hyssop | (noun) bitter leaves used sparingly in salads; dried flowers used in soups and tisanes | - |
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(noun) a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bruises; yields hyssop oil | Synonyms: Hyssopus officinalis |
milksop | (noun) a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive | Synonyms: Milquetoast, pansy, pantywaist, sissy |
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sop | (noun) a concession given to mollify or placate | - |
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(noun) piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid | Synonyms: sops |
(verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, dowse, drench, soak, souse |
(verb) dip into liquid | - |
(verb) be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid | Synonyms: soak through |
(verb) give a conciliatory gift or bribe to | - |
soursop | (noun) large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples | Synonyms: guanabana |
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(noun) small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit | Synonyms: Annona muricata, prickly custard apple, soursop tree |
sweetsop | (noun) sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds | Synonyms: annon, sugar apple |
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(noun) tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds | Synonyms: Annona squamosa, sweetsop tree |