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Agrostis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Analogue
noun · 78% connection
A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Badger
noun · 78% connection
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Barbel
noun · 78% connection
A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Barberry
noun · 78% connection
A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Calendula
noun · 78% connection
A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Capsicum
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Columbine
noun · 78% connection
A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, A. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild red columb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Crocodile
noun · 78% connection
A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the larg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Crucian carp
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior to the common carp; -- called also German carp.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Fox
noun · 78% connection
A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Francolin
noun · 78% connection
A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly commo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Gang-flower
noun · 78% connection
The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Garfish
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Genus
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Goatsucker
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Euro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Grosbeak
noun · 78% connection
One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
Hake
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, polygala, many, species.
