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Poi

A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.

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Dish 76% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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Edda 70% connected

The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old n…

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Taro 70% connected

A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagit…

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Bionomics noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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Ecology noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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El Nino noun · 78% connection

(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…

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Environmental science noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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Oceanography noun · 78% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Oceanology noun · 78% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Aboriginal noun · 78% connection

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scr…

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Aborigine noun · 78% connection

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scr…

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Biodiversity noun · 78% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Bionomic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Bionomical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Biotic community noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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Community noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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Ecologic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological niche noun · 78% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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ecosystem noun · 78% connection

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Fertility noun · 78% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Allowance noun · 78% connection

That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any p…

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Bread noun · 78% connection

An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.

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Breadstuff noun · 78% connection

food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

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Cocoyam noun · 78% connection

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

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Contusion noun · 78% connection

The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.

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Cook verb · 78% connection

To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.

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Crush verb · 78% connection

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

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Dasheen noun · 78% connection

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

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Eddo noun · 78% connection

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

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Eddoes n. pl. · 78% connection

The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro.

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Exemption noun · 78% connection

a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of their status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.); "additiona…

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Furnace noun · 78% connection

An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, fo…

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