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Afford
verb · 78% connection
To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the ear…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Anchovy pear
unknown · 78% connection
A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Apricot
noun · 78% connection
A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Bergamot
noun · 78% connection
A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of deli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Bletting
noun · 78% connection
A form of decay seen in fleshy, overripe fruit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Bright
verb · 78% connection
See Brite, v. i.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Bruise
verb · 78% connection
To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Carpogenic
adjective · 78% connection
Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Carpophyll
noun · 78% connection
A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Caryopsis
noun · 78% connection
A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Chokecherry
noun · 78% connection
The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Crop
noun · 78% connection
The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Cucumber
noun · 78% connection
A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten eit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Decay
verb · 78% connection
To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to dec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Dewberry
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. caesius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Failure
noun · 78% connection
Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Fertile
adjective · 78% connection
Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
Flesh
noun · 78% connection
The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the musc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decay, fruit, overripe.
