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Sorrel

Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.

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Chromatic 84% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Chromatic 84% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

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Green 76% connected

Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emer…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Hibiscus 76% connected

A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, w…

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Horse 76% connected

A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period.…

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Oca 76% connected

A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.

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Shamrock 76% connected

A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctr…

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Dock 92% connected

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Oxalis 92% connected

A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; -- called also wood sorrel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Roselle 92% connected

a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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