small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by…
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small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
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small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts, Plants.small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts, Plants.small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts, Plants.(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a v…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a v…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a v…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Oceans and coasts.there are usually two high and two low tides each day
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aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, mediterranean, evergreen, tree, blackish.
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