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Acinus

One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.

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Drupelet 76% connected

A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry.

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Sac 76% connected

See Sacs.

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Acinous 74% connected

Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Acinous 74% connected

Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.

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Gland 70% connected

An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth.

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Esophagus noun · 85% connection

the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

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Gorge noun · 85% connection

the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

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Gullet noun · 85% connection

the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

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Oesophagus noun · 85% connection

the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

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Ascomycete noun · 85% connection

any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus

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Ascomycetous fungus noun · 85% connection

any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus

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Aspergillus fumigatus noun · 85% connection

a mold causing aspergillosis in birds and man

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Basidiomycete noun · 85% connection

any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota

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Basidiomycetous fungi noun · 85% connection

any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota

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Bird's-nest fungus noun · 85% connection

any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores

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Black root rot fungus noun · 85% connection

fungus causing black root rot in apples

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Blastomycete noun · 85% connection

any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals

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Bottom rot fungus noun · 85% connection

fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce

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Brown root rot fungus noun · 85% connection

fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families

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Candida noun · 85% connection

any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida

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Carrion fungus noun · 85% connection

any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales; "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry th…

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Ceratostomella ulmi noun · 85% connection

fungus causing Dutch elm disease

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fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia)

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Aggregate adjective · 78% connection

Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspbe…

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Alectryomancy noun · 78% connection

Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in…

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Berry noun · 78% connection

a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)

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Blackberry noun · 78% connection

The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R. villosus an…

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Blackcap noun · 78% connection

raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit

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Bramble noun · 78% connection

Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.

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Bruise noun · 78% connection

An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body;…

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Bulblet noun · 78% connection

A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some aerial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or rep…

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Cane noun · 78% connection

Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry.

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Cloudberry noun · 78% connection

A species of raspberry (Rubus Chamaemerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.

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Cutworm noun · 78% connection

A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and ea…

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Dewberry noun · 78% connection

any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America

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