amorphophallus | (noun) any plant of the genus Amorphophallus | - |
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bacillus | (noun) aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil | Synonyms: B |
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callus | (noun) (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid | - |
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(noun) bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone | - |
(noun) an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) | Synonyms: callosity |
(verb) form a callus or calluses | - |
(verb) cause a callus to form on | - |
coccobacillus | (noun) a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus | - |
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entellus | (noun) langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India | Synonyms: hanuman, Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus |
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gallus | (noun) elastic straps that hold trousers up | Synonyms: brace, suspender |
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lactobacillus | (noun) a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk) | - |
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microphallus | (noun) an abnormally small penis | Synonyms: micropenis |
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nucellus | (noun) central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac | - |
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ocellus | (noun) an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color | Synonyms: eyespot |
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(noun) an eye having a single lens | Synonyms: simple eye, stemma |
phallus | (noun) the male sex organ | Synonyms: member, penis |
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streptobacillus | (noun) any of various rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria | - |
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thallus | (noun) a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes | - |
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thiobacillus | (noun) small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur | - |
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villus | (noun) a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane | - |
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vitellus | (noun) nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) | Synonyms: yolk |
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