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immersed
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verb
  1. (past of, immerse)
imparipinnate
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adjective
  1. (botany) Pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex
imperfect
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noun
  1. Something having a minor flaw
  2. (grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.
adjective
  1. Not perfect
  2. (botany) A flower that is unisexual: either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil), but not with both (the latter condition is termed "perfect").
included
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verb
  1. (past of, include)
indentation
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noun
  1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
  2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
  3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
  4. The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
  5. The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
indeterminate
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adjective
  1. not accurately determined or determinable
  2. imprecise or vague
inflated
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adjective
  1. fill, Filled with air or fluid
The balloons danced in the breeze.
  1. expanded, Expanded; in a state of inflation, of increased size
His belly looked uncomfortable.
  1. (economics): In a state of higher cost.
His prices made the vendor unpopular.
  1. (fig.): pompous, Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego)
  2. (fig.): Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show
The speech did not impress the audience.
inflect
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verb
  1. (transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
  2. (context, transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
  3. (context, transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
inflorescence
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noun
  1. flower cluster
  2. (eventual etymological fallacy) a beginning to flower
inlay
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noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
  1. The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
verb (inlays, inlaying, inlaid)
  1. To place
    1. Verb, place pieces of a foreign material within another material to form a decorative design.
internode
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noun
  1. whatever lies between two nodes
  1. (botany) a section of stem between two nodes
intine
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noun
  1. (biology) The innermost wall of a spore or pollen grain
involucre
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noun
  1. (botany) Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
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