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noun
- A lettuce cultivar noted for its crunchiness; the most familiar of all lettuces sold in the United States.
noun Impatiens
- A genus of flowering plants of the family Balsaminaceae comprising many species, among then Busy Lizzie.
noun
- A desert shrub producing a resin that when burned emits a fragrant odor.
noun
- A variety of maize in which the kernels are variously coloured, rather than being all of the same color.
noun
- (archaic) The prickly pear.
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1809: The is very different from other figs; when ripe, it is of an oval form, and of a colour inclining to yellow; it has a thick succulent rind, so covered with fine sharp prickles, as to render gloves, or some other substitute necessary, when peeling it. " James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco (London 1809, p. 77)
noun
- a small tree of the madder family found from India to Australasia, characterized by shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit; Morinda citrifolia.
noun
- (colour) A purplish-blue colour
- A blue dye obtained from certain plants (the indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
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adjective
- (colour) Having a deep blue colour.
noun
- Those who are innocent; young children.
- The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.
adjective
- Pure, incorrupt, unspoiled, or naí¯ve.
- Bearing no responsibility for a crime.
- Harmless.
noun
- Any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood.
- The wood of any ironwood tree.
proper noun
- (given name, female); popular in Britain in the beginning of the twentieth century.
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