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oval kumquat |
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shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats |
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osier |
Noun
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any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture |
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osier |
Noun
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flexible twig of a willow tree |
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oil nut |
Noun
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oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood |
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oriental bittersweet |
Noun
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ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril |
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orpine |
Noun
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perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers |
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orpin |
Noun
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perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers |
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opossum wood |
Noun
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medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas |
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oriental plane |
Noun
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large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor |
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oswego tea |
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perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads |
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origanum |
Noun
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any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings |
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obedient plant |
Noun
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North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers |
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old-field toadflax |
Noun
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North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers |
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orange mushroom pimple |
Noun
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a variety of mushroom pimple |
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osmund |
Noun
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any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes |
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ostiole |
Noun
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a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass |
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onion mildew |
Noun
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fungus causing a downy mildew on onions |
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orchil |
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any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil |
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orchil |
Noun
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a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens |
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onion stem |
Noun
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a white agaric that tends to cluster and has a club-shaped base |
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oyster mushroom |
Noun
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edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood |
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oyster fungus |
Noun
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edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood |
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oyster agaric |
Noun
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edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood |
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olive-tree agaric |
Noun
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red luminescent mushroom of Europe |
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orange peel fungus |
Noun
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a discomycete with bright orange cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting bodies and pale orange exteriors |
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old-man-of-the-woods |
Noun
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edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America |
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onion smut |
Noun
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smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions |
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oak apple |
Noun
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oak gall caused by larvae of a cynipid wasp |
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obtuse leaf |
Noun
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a simple leaf having a rounded or blunt tip |
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oblanceolate leaf |
Noun
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a leaf having a rounded apex and tapering base |
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oblong leaf |
Noun
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a simple leaf that is rounded at each end with parallel sides |
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obovate leaf |
Noun
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an egg-shaped leaf with the narrower end at the base |
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ovate leaf |
Noun
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an egg-shaped leaf with the broader end at the base |
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orbiculate leaf |
Noun
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circular or nearly circular leaf |
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odd-pinnate leaf |
Noun
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a pinnate leaf with a single leaflet at the apex |
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oak fern |
Noun
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bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere |
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ostrich fern |
Noun
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tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes |
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oblong woodsia |
Noun
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a common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds |
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orange milkweed |
Noun
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erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers |
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old growth |
Noun
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forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity |
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orangery |
Noun
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a place where oranges are grown |
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overcompensation |
Noun
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excessive compensation |
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overcompensation |
Noun
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(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite |
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offertory |
Noun
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the offerings of the congregation at a religious service |
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offer price |
Noun
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(stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to sell a certain security |
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outgo |
Noun
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money paid out |
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outgo |
Verb
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be or do something to a greater degree |
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opportunity cost |
Noun
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cost in terms of foregoing alternatives |
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operating expense |
Noun
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the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance) |
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operating cost |
Noun
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the expense of maintaining property, including things such as paying property taxes, utilities and insurance |