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Ambigenous
adjective · 78% connection
Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Bromeliaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Bill…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Broom rape
unknown · 78% connection
A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spik…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Countersink
verb · 78% connection
To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Die
noun · 78% connection
A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Doublethreaded
adjective · 78% connection
Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Drag
verb · 78% connection
The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Hindleys screw
unknown · 78% connection
A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Irideous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceae), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Lambert pine
unknown · 78% connection
The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Lightwood
noun · 78% connection
Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fir…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Lily
noun · 78% connection
A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Maranta
noun · 78% connection
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large am…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Monotropa
noun · 78% connection
A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Musa
noun · 78% connection
A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Narcissus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Nut
noun · 78% connection
A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
Orchidaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, endogenous, plants, screw, pine.
