Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Spiranthes — noun large cosmopolitan genus of white flowered terrestrial orchids • Syn: ↑genus Spiranthes • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Spiranthes — noun large cosmopolitan genus of white flowered terrestrial orchids • Syn: ↑Spiranthes • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ladies' tresses — noun an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers • Syn: ↑lady s tresses • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑screw augur, ↑Spiranthes cernua … Useful english dictionary
lady's tresses — noun an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers • Syn: ↑ladies tresses • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑screw augur, ↑Spiranthes cernua … Useful english dictionary
Spiranthes cernua — noun an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having tall erect densely flowered spiraling clusters of creamy white vanilla scented flowers; widely distributed especially in low damp places of eastern and central North America • Syn: ↑screw augur •… … Useful english dictionary
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Cross — (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cross action — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cross aisle — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cross axle — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
