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• Crab-eating macaque — Crab eating Macaque[1] Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• crab grass — crab′ grass n. pln a weed grass, Digitaria sanguinales, that roots vigorously from the lower stem joints and grows in thick patches on lawns and uncultivated areas • Etymology: 1590–1600 …   From formal English to slang

• weed — weed1 weedless, adj. weedlike, adj. /weed/, n. 1. a valueless plant growing wild, esp. one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop. 2. any undesirable or troublesome plant, esp. one that grows profusely… …   Universalium

• Crab-eating Macaque — Taxobox name = Crab eating MacaqueMSW3 Groves|pages=161 162] status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Eudey et al |year=2000|id=12551|title=Macaca fascicularis|downloaded=09 May 2006] trend = unknown regnum = Animalia… …   Wikipedia

• Crab boil — Soldiers preparing a crab boil at Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, Iraq Crab boil usually refers to a spice mixture that is used to flavor the water in which crabs or other shellfish are boiled. But Crab boil can also refer to a social event in …   Wikipedia

• crab grass — noun grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns • Syn: ↑crabgrass, ↑finger grass • Hypernyms: ↑grass • Hyponyms: ↑Egyptian grass, ↑crowfoot grass, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• weed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. root out, extirpate, clear (of weeds); cull; remove, eliminate. See cleanness, exclusion. n. pest, nuisance; informal, tobacco, smoking. See vegetable, agriculture, pungency. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …   English dictionary for students

• weed — Synonyms and related words: Canada thistle, DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, abate, abrade, abstract, acid, amphibian, angiosperm, annual, antidepressant, aquatic plant, ataractic, backset, bate, biennial, black sheep, blemish, bones, boo,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• crab grass — an annual grass, Digitaria sanguinalis, common in cultivated and waste grounds and often occurring as a pest weed in lawns. [1590 1600] * * * …   Universalium

• Horse crab — Horse Horse (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf. {Walrus}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus {Equus}; especially, the domestic horse… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English