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51watercress — /waw teuhr kres , wot euhr /, n. 1. a cress, Nasturtium officinale, of the mustard family, usually growing in clear, running streams and having pungent leaves. 2. the leaves, used for salads, soups, and as a garnish. [1300 50; ME; c. MD, MLG… …
52Winteraceae — ▪ plant family family of aromatic trees and shrubs of the order Magnoliales that contains 4–7 genera and 60–90 species, depending on the authority consulted. All but four species are native to Southeast Asia and Australasia. Members of the… …
53Tasmannia lanceolata — Mount Donna Buang, Victoria, Australia Scientific classification Kingdom …
54fiery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impetuous, passionate, hot tempered, fervid; irritable; blazing, glowing; inflamed. See heat, excitement, irascibility, excitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Burning] Syn. blazing, flaming,… …
55hot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. heated (see heat); peppery, biting. See taste, excitability, pungency. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having a high temperature] Syn. torrid, burning, fiery, flaming, blazing, very warm, feverish,… …
56quarrelsome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. contentious, disputatious, pugnacious, combative. See irascibility, contention. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Inclined to fight] Syn. factious, combative, pugnacious, contentious, disputatious,… …
57quick-tempered — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impetuous, hotheaded, irascible, hot, peppery. See irascibility. Ant., cool headed, slow to anger. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. temperamental, quarrelsome, irascible, excitable; see irritable . III… …
58pungent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sharp, acid, tart; see sour 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PUN junt] sharply flavorful or sharp smelling. Also, sharp or biting in language or speech. Both the meal and the conversation were… …
59Pungency — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pungency >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pungency pungency piquancy poignancy haut gout strong taste twang race GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 sharpness sharpness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 2 acrimony acr …
60fiery — adj 1. on fire, afire, in flames, flaming, conflagrant; burning, blazing, ablaze; igneous, volcanic; intensely hot, red hot, white hot, candent; tropical, sweltering, Archaic. calid, torrid, parching; heated, thermal, calorific. 2. glowing, aglow …
