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  • 101basil mint — noun perennial herb of the eastern United States having inconspicuous greenish flowers and narrow leaves that are very aromatic when bruised • Syn: ↑Pycnanthemum virginianum • Hypernyms: ↑mountain mint * * * noun Etymology: basil (I) …

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  • 102hoary plantain — noun 1. North American annual or biennial with long soft hairs on the leaves • Syn: ↑Plantago virginica • Hypernyms: ↑plantain 2. widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous… …

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  • 103Aspidiotus Aurantii — Orange Or ange ([o^]r [e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga orange tree. The o in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L.… …

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  • 104background — ack ground , n. [Back, a. + ground.] [1913 Webster] 1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the {foreground}, or the ground in front. [1913 Webster] 2. (Paint.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait… …

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  • 105bitter orange — Orange Or ange ([o^]r [e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga orange tree. The o in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L.… …

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  • 106blood orange — Orange Or ange ([o^]r [e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga orange tree. The o in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L.… …

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  • 107Bract — Bract, n. [See {Bractea}.] (Bot.) (a) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises. (b) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower. [1913 Webster] Note:… …

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  • 108Brownwort — Brown wort , n. (Bot.) A species of figwort or {Scrophularia} ({Scrophularia vernalis}), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 109Cassine maurocenia — Hottentot Hot ten*tot, n. [D. Hottentot; so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Wedgwood.] 1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded [1913 Webster] 2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its… …

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  • 110Citriobatus parviflorus — Orange Or ange ([o^]r [e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga orange tree. The o in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L.… …

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