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Canna

A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4.

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Arrowroot 76% connected

A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutr…

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Herb 76% connected

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

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Angiosperm noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Annual noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Apophysis noun · 86% connection

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Bast noun · 86% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…

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Blister noun · 86% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 86% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Calyx noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…

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Coma noun · 86% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Corolla noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 86% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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Embryo noun · 86% connection

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Fern noun · 86% connection

any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by s…

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Flowering plant noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Germ tube noun · 86% connection

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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Leaf node noun · 86% connection

(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

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Ligule noun · 86% connection

(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap

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Lip noun · 86% connection

(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

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Bandle noun · 78% connection

An Irish measure of two feet in length.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: measure, length, italy, varying, seven.
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Barleycorn noun · 78% connection

Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.

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Blacksnake noun · 78% connection

A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six fee…

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Cane verb · 78% connection

To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.

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Caroline noun · 78% connection

A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents.

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Cocoa palm unknown · 78% connection

A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty…

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Cord noun · 78% connection

A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four fee…

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Cross noun · 78% connection

An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such…

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Deal noun · 78% connection

The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches i…

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Dimension noun · 78% connection

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…

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Fanega noun · 78% connection

A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land.

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Fathom noun · 78% connection

A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage,…

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