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Acerb
adjective · 78% connection
Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Acescent
adjective · 78% connection
Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Acetic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Acetous
adjective · 78% connection
Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Acid
adjective · 78% connection
Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Acidulate
verb · 78% connection
To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Adansonia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Anchovy pear
unknown · 78% connection
A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Apricot
noun · 78% connection
A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Cinnamon
noun · 78% connection
The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Cress
noun · 78% connection
A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Cyanuric acid
unknown · 78% connection
an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Guava
noun · 78% connection
A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Lemon
noun · 78% connection
An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Lime
noun · 78% connection
A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Litchi
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
Longish
adjective · 78% connection
Somewhat long; moderately long.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somewhat, sour, moderately, acid, fruit.
