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Achenium
noun · 78% connection
A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Adansonia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Amber seed
unknown · 78% connection
Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Angiomonospermous
adjective · 78% connection
Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Arillus
noun · 78% connection
A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Baobab
noun · 78% connection
A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Bockey
noun · 78% connection
A bowl or vessel made from a gourd.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Boll
noun · 78% connection
The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Boza
noun · 78% connection
An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Calabash
noun · 78% connection
The common gourd (plant or fruit).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Carpellum
noun · 78% connection
A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
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: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Colocynth
noun · 78% connection
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Cucurbitaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Cucurbite
noun · 78% connection
A vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Cyclops
n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection
One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
Disseminate
v. t. & i. · 78% connection
To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, op…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shape, gourd, seed, said, certain.
