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Yolk

The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.

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Food 76% connected

What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; alim…

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Ingredient 76% connected

That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent.

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Nutrient 76% connected

Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.

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Containing whole 1

Egg 70% connected

The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or album…

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Vitellus 92% connected

The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk. See Illust. of Ovum.

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Aliment noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Alimentation noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Beverage noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Biodiversity noun · 86% 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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Chyme noun · 86% connection

a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

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Comestible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Commissariat noun · 86% connection

a stock or supply of foods

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Drink noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Drinkable noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Eatable noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Ecological niche noun · 86% connection

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

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ecosystem noun · 86% connection

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

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Edible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Fare noun · 86% connection

the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed

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Feed noun · 86% connection

food for domestic livestock

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Food cycle noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Food web noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Habitat noun · 86% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Bean caper unknown · 78% connection

A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophy…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, part, vitellus.
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Bellflower noun · 78% connection

A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple.

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Blackburnian warbler unknown · 78% connection

A beautiful warbler of the United States (Dendroica Blackburniae). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, and black on the h…

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Brocatel noun · 78% connection

A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble,…

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Brown noun · 78% connection

A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, part, vitellus.
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Chalcopyrite noun · 78% connection

Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragona…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, part, vitellus.
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Chrysaniline noun · 78% connection

A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, part, vitellus.
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Chrysolite noun · 78% connection

A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, part, vitellus.
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Chrysophyta noun · 78% connection

mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and d…

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Crocus noun · 78% connection

A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colco…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, part, vitellus.
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Division Chrysophyta noun · 78% connection

mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and d…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, part, vitellus.
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Euchlorine noun · 78% connection

A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to cons…

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