JohnnyB
May 1st, 2007, 05:15 PM
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(using DIXOBASE)
1. _Obs slang [U.S. west, mid-19th cent]_ settlers' term for a traditional American Indian digestive remedy; now believed to have
been a variety of goldenseal (_Hydrastis canadensis_)
2. a relative of the soybean which is noxious to both humans and animals, causing vomiting and diarrhea
3. low- or poor-quality tobacco made from the stems and upper roots of _Nicotiana spp._
4. a local name in Norfolk for the common nettle, Urtica dioica
5. a savory herb used mainly in ragouts and soups
6. the corn sow-thistle; sonchus arvensis
7. common sense [Pennsylvania Dutch]
8. [slang] murder by poisoning
9. cud
10. bagpipes (orig. unkn.)
11. [Arab.] looking good, desirable
12. a wall-covering similar to linoleum
13. continuous band of plates on side of a ship
14. a bedouin tribe of the Hadhramaut region of South Arabia
15. a saltwort, _Salsola kali tenuifolia_, that has narrow, spinelike leaves
16. an Old World perennial grass, widespread as a weed in warm regions and used for thatching
17. fibrous material taken from the silk gland of a silkworm before it spins a cocoon, used for fishing tackle
which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary
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JohnnyB
(using DIXOBASE)
1. _Obs slang [U.S. west, mid-19th cent]_ settlers' term for a traditional American Indian digestive remedy; now believed to have
been a variety of goldenseal (_Hydrastis canadensis_)
2. a relative of the soybean which is noxious to both humans and animals, causing vomiting and diarrhea
3. low- or poor-quality tobacco made from the stems and upper roots of _Nicotiana spp._
4. a local name in Norfolk for the common nettle, Urtica dioica
5. a savory herb used mainly in ragouts and soups
6. the corn sow-thistle; sonchus arvensis
7. common sense [Pennsylvania Dutch]
8. [slang] murder by poisoning
9. cud
10. bagpipes (orig. unkn.)
11. [Arab.] looking good, desirable
12. a wall-covering similar to linoleum
13. continuous band of plates on side of a ship
14. a bedouin tribe of the Hadhramaut region of South Arabia
15. a saltwort, _Salsola kali tenuifolia_, that has narrow, spinelike leaves
16. an Old World perennial grass, widespread as a weed in warm regions and used for thatching
17. fibrous material taken from the silk gland of a silkworm before it spins a cocoon, used for fishing tackle