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bractlet |
Noun
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a small bract |
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bijugate leaf |
Noun
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a pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets |
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bijugous leaf |
Noun
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a pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets |
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betel |
Noun
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Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians |
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bipinnate leaf |
Noun
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a leaf having pinnate leaflets |
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betel pepper |
Noun
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Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians |
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buckthorn family |
Noun
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trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value |
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buckthorn berry |
Noun
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fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments |
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bearwood |
Noun
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shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States |
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bear's-paw fern |
Noun
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epiphytic fern with large fronds |
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bracken |
Noun
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large coarse fern often several feet high |
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bracken |
Noun
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fern of southeastern Asia |
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buckler fern |
Noun
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any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori |
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bead fern |
Noun
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beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe |
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button fern |
Noun
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Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils |
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button fern |
Noun
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fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets |
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black tree fern |
Noun
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a showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides |
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black spleenwort |
Noun
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spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent |
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bird's nest fern |
Noun
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tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches |
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bladder fern |
Noun
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any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori |
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brittle bladder fern |
Noun
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delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems |
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ball fern |
Noun
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feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia |
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brittle fern |
Noun
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delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems |
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black-stem spleenwort |
Noun
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fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil |
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black-stemmed spleenwort |
Noun
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fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil |
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bulblet fern |
Noun
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North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets |
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bulblet bladder fern |
Noun
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North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets |
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berry fern |
Noun
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North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets |
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boulder fern |
Noun
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fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay |
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bird's-foot fern |
Noun
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cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalks |
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brittle maidenhair |
Noun
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tropical American fern with broad pinnae |
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brittle maidenhair fern |
Noun
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tropical American fern with broad pinnae |
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basket spikemoss |
Noun
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spikemoss forming dense mats |
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bamboo fern |
Noun
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fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern |
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butterfly weed |
Noun
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erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers |
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benefice |
Noun
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an endowed church office giving income to its holder |
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benefice |
Verb
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to endow with an office in the church |
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beech fern |
Noun
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any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds |
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broad beech fern |
Noun
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beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes |
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big bucks |
Noun
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a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) |
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booty |
Noun
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goods or money obtained illegally |
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big money |
Noun
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a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) |
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borough English |
Noun
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a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers |
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bequest |
Noun
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(law) a gift of personal property by will |
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booted armillaria |
Noun
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fungus with a brown cap and white gills and a membranous ring halfway up the stalk |
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buy |
Noun
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an advantageous purchase |
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buy |
Verb
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to accept as true |
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buy |
Verb
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to obtain by purchase |
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buy |
Verb
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to acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange |
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buy |
Verb
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to make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence |