angelica | (noun) aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica | - |
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(noun) candied stalks of the angelica plant | - |
(noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelique |
arnica | (noun) an ointment used in treating bruises | - |
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(noun) any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica | - |
(noun) used especially in treating bruises | - |
basilica | (noun) a Roman building used for public administration | Synonyms: Roman basilica |
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(noun) an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges | - |
erica | (noun) any plant of the genus Erica | Synonyms: true heath |
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erotica | (noun) creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | Synonyms: porn, porno, pornography, smut |
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esoterica | (noun) secrets known only to an initiated minority | - |
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harmonica | (noun) a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole | Synonyms: harp, mouth harp, mouth organ |
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hepatica | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions | Synonyms: liverleaf |
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(noun) a common liverwort | Synonyms: Marchantia polymorpha |
japonica | (noun) deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms | Synonyms: Chaenomeles japonica, maule's quince |
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(noun) greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties | Synonyms: Camellia japonica |
linguica | (noun) a highly seasoned Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic and onions | - |
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lorica | (noun) a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example) | - |
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maiolica | (noun) highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide | Synonyms: majolica |
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majolica | (noun) highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide | Synonyms: maiolica |
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merica | (noun) A pejorative term for the United States | - |
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mica | (noun) any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity | Synonyms: isinglass |
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panamica | (noun) low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers | Synonyms: friendship plant, panamiga, Pilea involucrata |
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pica | (noun) a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing | Synonyms: em, pica em |
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(noun) an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently | - |
plica | (noun) a folded part (as in skin or muscle) | Synonyms: fold |
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replica | (noun) copy that is not the original; something that has been copied | Synonyms: replication, reproduction |
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sciatica | (noun) neuralgia along the sciatic nerve | - |
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silica | (noun) a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite | Synonyms: silicon dioxide, silicon oxide |
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tunica | (noun) an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue | Synonyms: adventitia, tunic |
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veronica | (noun) any plant of the genus Veronica | Synonyms: speedwell |
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vesica | (noun) a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) | Synonyms: bladder |
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