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adjective , L. fabaceus, fr. faba bean.
- Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
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| fairy primrose |
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noun - A Chinese ornamental (Primula malcoides) grown for its large, rose to pink flowers grouped in many-flowered umbels.
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| fennel |
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noun
- A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family.
- The bulb, leaf, leaves, stalks, or seeds of the plant used as ingredients in cooking.
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| fenugreek |
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noun
- A spice made from the seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum, used in Indian and Thai cooking.
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| Fern |
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proper noun
- (given name, female) from the fern plant.
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| fescue |
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noun - A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
- 1997: "Now then," Mason rapping upon the Table"s Edge with a sinister-looking Fescue of Ebony, whose List of Uses simple Indication does not quite exhaust, whilst the Girls squirm pleasingly " Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
- A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates.
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| fig |
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noun (plural: figs)
- A tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics and produces a fruit of the same name.
- The fruit of the fig, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
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| fig leaf |
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noun
- A leaf of the fig plant.
- A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness).
- (context, figuratively) Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.
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| filbert |
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noun
- A small nut that grows on large bushes. The hazelnut.
- A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.
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| fimble |
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noun
- the male hemp plant
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| fir |
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noun
- A conifer of the genus Abies.
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| flag |
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noun
- A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- (context, nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
- (context, computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
- (context, computer science) In a CLI, command line interface, a notation requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
verb (flag, g, ing)
- To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of
- (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
- Please a taxi down for me.
- (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
- ''His strength flagged toward the end of the race.
- (context, computing): To signal (an event).
- The compiler flagged three errors.
- (context, computing): To set a program variable to true.
- Flag the debug option before running the program.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to an admiral, commodore, or general officer.
- Captains park in the second row, officers next to the building.
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| flamboyant |
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noun
- A showy tropical tree, the royal poinciana (Delonix regia)
adjective
- showy, Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
- (architecture) Referred to as the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
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| flax |
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noun
- A plant of the genus Linum, esp. L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.
- The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles.
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| flowering plant |
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noun
- any plant that produces flowers and fruit; an angiosperm
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| forbidden fruit |
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noun
- The fruit forbidden to w:Adam, Adam.
- (idiom) Illicit pleasure; something that one should not take or get involved with, such as an another person's spouse.
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| forget-me-not |
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noun (plural forget-me-nots)
- A genus of flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small 5-petalled blue flower.
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| forsythia |
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noun
- Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers that bloom in early spring
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| foxglove |
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noun
- (botany) Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.
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| fox grape |
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noun
- The native eastern North American grape, Vitis labrusca, with many cultivars, of which the Concord grape is the most important.
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| frankincense |
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noun
- a type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree
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| freesia |
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noun
- Any flowering plant of the genus Freesia, native to South Africa.
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| fuchsia |
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noun
- A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
- (colour) a purplish-red color, colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
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adjective
- (colour) having a purplish-red colour.
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| fumitory |
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noun
- a genus of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Fumariaceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.
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| fustic |
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noun
- A tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria or Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye. Also called old fustic or fustoc.
- A European tree, Cotinus coggyria or Rhus cotinus, whose wood produces an orange dye. Also called young fustic or fustet.
- The wood of these trees.
- A yellow dye obtained from the wood of these trees.
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