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Periwinkle

Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina.

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Herb 76% connected

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

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Myrtle 76% connected

A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a…

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Containing substance 1

Winkle 70% connected

Any periwinkle.

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Winkle 70% connected

Any periwinkle.

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Winkle 92% connected

Any periwinkle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Angiosperm noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Annual noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Apophysis noun · 86% connection

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Bast noun · 86% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…

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Blister noun · 86% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 86% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Calyx noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…

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Coma noun · 86% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Corolla noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 86% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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Embryo noun · 86% connection

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Fern noun · 86% connection

any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by s…

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Flowering plant noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Germ tube noun · 86% connection

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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Leaf node noun · 86% connection

(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

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Ligule noun · 86% connection

(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap

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Lip noun · 86% connection

(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

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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: small, marine, gastropod, shell, genus.
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Boat shell unknown · 78% connection

A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck.

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Bubble shell noun · 78% connection

marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell

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Crayfish noun · 78% connection

Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very d…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, marine, gastropod, shell, genus.
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Dioecia n. pl. · 78% connection

A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, marine, gastropod, shell, genus.
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Drill noun · 78% connection

A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, marine, gastropod, shell, genus.
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Eggshell noun · 78% connection

A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, marine, gastropod, shell, genus.
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Fissurella noun · 78% connection

A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet.

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Frogshell noun · 78% connection

One of numerous species of marine gastropod shells, belonging to Ranella and allied genera.

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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: small, marine, gastropod, shell, genus.
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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: small, marine, gastropod, shell, genus.
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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: small, marine, gastropod, shell, genus.
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