| amalgam | (noun) a combination or blend of diverse things | - |
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| (noun) an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams | Synonyms: dental amalgam |
| cryptogam | (noun) formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi | - |
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| gam | (noun) a herd of whales | - |
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| lingam | (noun) the Hindu phallic symbol of Siva | - |
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| phanerogam | (noun) plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores | Synonyms: seed plant, spermatophyte |
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