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noun
- Several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers.
- (informal) A person who is socially awkward, especially one who does not dance at a party due to shyness.
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| walnut |
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noun
- A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
- The nut of the walnut tree.
- The wood of the walnut tree.
- (colour) A dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
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adjective
- (colour) Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
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| Wandering Jew |
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proper noun
- A Jewish shoemaker who, in Christian tradition, taunted Jesus Christ on the way to his (Jesus') crucifixion and for that was condemned to wander the Earth until Jesus' return (ie. the second coming).
- One of three species of spiderwort plants, Tradescantia pallida (also called Setcreasea purpurea), Tradescantia fluminensis, and Tradescantia zebrina.
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| wasabi |
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noun
- A green Japanese condiment made from the plant Wasabia japonica.
- An imitation of this condiment made from horseradish with green dye.
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| watercress |
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noun (es, -)
- a perennial European herb, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish
- a similar plant, Nasturtium officinale
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| water lily |
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noun
- (botany) Any of various members of the Nymphaeaceae family that are tuberous plants, rooted in soil with leaves and flowers floating on the water surface.
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| watermelon |
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noun
- A plant of the genus Citrullus, a variety of melon.
- The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is bright red when ripe and contains black pips.
- (derogatory slang) An environmentalist with socialist leanings (from the similarily to the fruit, being green on the outside, and red on the inside).
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| wattle |
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noun
- A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof
- A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards
- A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat
- Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person
- Any of several Australian trees of the Genus Acacia
verb (wattl, ing)
- (transitive) To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles
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| waxwork |
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noun - a figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person
- (italbrac, attributively) Of or relating to such a figure.
- a waxwork dummy
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| wealthy |
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noun
- rich people (preceded by "the")
adjective (wealthi, er, more)
- rich
- having abundance
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| weeping willow |
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noun
- A variety of willow tree
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| Weld |
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proper noun
- An old English surname, possibly deriving from the ancient word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.
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| wheat |
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noun (uncountable)
- a cereal grain that yields white flour as used in bakery.
- (colour) a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
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- F5DEB3?" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
adjective
- (colour) wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
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| wheatgrass |
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noun
- a cereal of the genus Agropyron
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| whitebeam |
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noun (plural: whitebeams)
- Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus native to Eurasia.
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| white clover |
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noun
- a species of clover, Trifolium repens, native to much of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia and introduced elsewhere as a pasture crop.
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| wildflower |
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noun
- a wild (uncultivated) flowering plant
- a flower from such a plant
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| willow |
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noun
- Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
- (context, cricket, colloquial) A cricket bat
- (context, baseball, slang) an 1800s baseball term meaning the bat
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| windflower |
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noun
- A species of the genus Anemone.
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| wintergreen |
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noun
- Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
- A North American creeping evergreen plant, Gaultheria procumbens, having solitary white flowers and aromatic leaves; the checkerberry or teaberry
- The spicy red berries of this plant
- The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries
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| wisteria |
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noun
- A genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines native to the eastern United States and the East Asian states of China, Korea, and Japan.
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| witch grass |
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noun
- a North American grass, Panicum capillare
- a European grass that spreads rapidly; couch grass
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| woad |
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noun
- Common name of the plant Isatis tinctoria whose leaves are used to make a blue dye.
- The dye made from the plant Isatis tinctoria.
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| wolfberry |
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noun (wolfberries)
- Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium.
- The berry of the above mentioned plant.
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| wolfsbane |
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noun
- Any of several poisonous perennial herbs of the genus Aconitum.
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| Woodbine |
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noun
- A cigarette of this brand
proper noun
- A British brand of unfiltered cigarette, now made in Ireland
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| wood sorrel |
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noun
- a white-flowered woodland plant, Oxalis acetosella
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| wormseed |
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noun
- Botanical: Artemisia cina. Family: N.O. Compositae.
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| wormwood |
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noun
- (botany) An extremely bitter aromatic plant from which a dark green oil is extracted to use in making absinthe and to flavor some wines.
- Anything that causes bitterness or affliction.
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| wort |
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noun
- liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer
- any of various plants or herbs
- The word is usually used in combination to refer to specific plants, e.g. St. John's wort, St. John"s wort; however, it may be used on its own as a generic term.
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| woundwort |
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noun (Plural: woundworts)
- Any of several plants of the Genus Stachys, including the hedge woundwort and the marsh woundwort. Formerly often used in poultices for wounds.
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