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Agalmatolite
noun · 78% connection
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Archerfish
noun · 78% connection
any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indone…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Bryonin
noun · 78% connection
A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Canary bird
unknown · 78% connection
A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th cent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Cat
noun · 78% connection
An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
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: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Deerberry
noun · 78% connection
small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Dextrose
noun · 78% connection
A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Ecballium
noun · 78% connection
A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Elater
noun · 78% connection
The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica E…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Euphorbia
noun · 78% connection
Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Fig
noun · 78% connection
fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Flatness
noun · 78% connection
a deficiency in flavor; "it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Fluorescein
noun · 78% connection
A yellowish red, crystalline substance, C20H12O5, produced by heating together phthalic anhydride and resorcin; -- so called, from the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Gamboge
noun · 78% connection
A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Genipap
noun · 78% connection
The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiaceae. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Kino
noun · 78% connection
The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.
Leadhillite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been firs…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cathartic, substance, obtained, yellowish, greenish.