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Banana
noun · 78% connection
A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Band
verb · 78% connection
A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Cammock
noun · 78% connection
A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cam…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Carpophore
noun · 78% connection
A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Cestus
noun · 78% connection
A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Cluster
noun · 78% connection
A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Clustery
noun · 78% connection
Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Comb
noun · 78% connection
An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Coreopsis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Cumin
noun · 78% connection
A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm tast…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Daddy longlegs
unknown · 78% connection
An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also harvestman,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Dessert
noun · 78% connection
A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Escalop
noun · 78% connection
A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Fibre
noun · 78% connection
One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Hyalonema
noun · 78% connection
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Ladies' tresses
unknown · 78% connection
A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender ax…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Long
superl. · 78% connection
Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.
Long-lived
adjective · 78% connection
Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umbelliferous, plant, scandix, pecten-veneris, clusters.