| | slovo | definícia |  | colorado (encz)
 | Colorado,Colorado	n: [jmén.]	příjmení, okres v USA, stát v USA	Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
 |  | colorado (encz)
 | Colorado,Kolorado			Zdeněk Brož |  | colorado (czen)
 | Colorado,Coloradon: [jmén.]	příjmení, okres v USA, stát v USA	Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
 |  | Colorado (gcide)
 | Colorado \Col`o*ra"do\, a. [Sp., red.] 1. Reddish; -- often used in proper names of rivers or
 creeks. [Southwestern U. S.]
 [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
 
 2. Medium in color and strength; -- said of cigars. [Cant]
 [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
 |  | colorado (wn)
 | Colorado n 1: a state in west central United States in the Rocky
 Mountains [syn: Colorado, Centennial State, CO]
 2: a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
 [syn: Colorado, Colorado River]
 3: an important river in the southwestern United States; rises
 in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows
 southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through
 the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip
 of Nevada, then forming the border between California and
 Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the
 Gulf of California; the main source of water in the
 southwestern United States [syn: Colorado, {Colorado
 River}]
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 | | podobné slovo | definícia |  | colorado (encz)
 | Colorado,Colorado	n: [jmén.]	příjmení, okres v USA, stát v USA	Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladColorado,Kolorado			Zdeněk Brož
 |  | colorado beetle (encz)
 | colorado beetle,mandelinka	n:		Zdeněk Brož |  | colorado springs (encz)
 | Colorado Springs,město - Spojené státy americké	n: [jmén.]		Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
 |  | colorado spruce (encz)
 | Colorado spruce, |  | coloradoan (encz)
 | Coloradoan, |  | colorado (czen)
 | Colorado,Coloradon: [jmén.]	příjmení, okres v USA, stát v USA	Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
 |  | hl.m. - colorado v usa (czen)
 | hl.m. - Colorado v USA,Denvern: [jmén.]		Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
 |  | Colorado beetle (gcide)
 | Colorado beetle \Col`o*ra"do bee"tle\ (Zool.) A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten
 longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated
 eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very
 destructive to the potato plant; -- called also {potato
 beetle} and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
 [1913 Webster]
 |  | Colorado group (gcide)
 | Colorado group \Col`o*ra"do group\ (Geol.) A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North
 America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper
 Missouri region.
 [1913 Webster]
 |  | Colorado potato beetle (gcide)
 | Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. Potatoes. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably
 batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.)
 (a) A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade
 family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which
 there are numerous varieties used for food. It is
 native of South America, but a form of the species is
 found native as far north as New Mexico.
 (b) The sweet potato (see below).
 [1913 Webster]
 
 Potato beetle, Potato bug. (Zool.)
 (a) A beetle (Doryphora decemlineata) which feeds, both
 in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the
 potato, often doing great damage. Called also
 Colorado potato beetle, and Doryphora. See
 Colorado beetle.
 (b) The Lema trilineata, a smaller and more slender
 striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur
 does less injury than the preceding species.
 
 Potato fly (Zool.), any one of several species of blister
 beetles infesting the potato vine. The black species
 (Lytta atrata), the striped (Lytta vittata), and the
 gray (Lytta Fabricii syn. Lytta cinerea) are the most
 common. See Blister beetle, under Blister.
 
 Potato rot, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed
 to be caused by a kind of mold (Peronospora infestans),
 which is first seen upon the leaves and stems.
 
 Potato weevil (Zool.), an American weevil ({Baridius
 trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of
 potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop.
 
 Potato whisky, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky
 taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made
 from potatoes or potato starch.
 
 Potato worm (Zool.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or
 hawk moth (Macrosila quinquemaculata); -- called also
 tomato worm. See Illust. under Tomato.
 
 Seaside potato (Bot.), Ipom[oe]a Pes-Capr[ae], a kind of
 morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed
 leaves. [West Indies]
 
 Sweet potato (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ipom[oe]a Balatas)
 allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a
 sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is
 probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively
 in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far
 north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this
 plant before it was to the Solanum tuberosum, and this
 is the "potato" of the Southern United States.
 
 Wild potato. (Bot.)
 (a) A vine (Ipom[oe]a pandurata) having a pale purplish
 flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy
 places in the United States.
 (b) A similar tropical American plant ({Ipom[oe]a
 fastigiata}) which it is thought may have been the
 original stock of the sweet potato.
 [1913 Webster]
 |  | Coloradoite (gcide)
 | Coloradoite \Col`o*ra"do*ite\, n. (Min.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in
 Colorado.
 [1913 Webster]
 |  | capital of colorado (wn)
 | capital of Colorado n 1: the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in
 central Colorado on the South Platte river [syn: Denver,
 Mile-High City, capital of Colorado]
 |  | colorado (wn)
 | Colorado n 1: a state in west central United States in the Rocky
 Mountains [syn: Colorado, Centennial State, CO]
 2: a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
 [syn: Colorado, Colorado River]
 3: an important river in the southwestern United States; rises
 in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows
 southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through
 the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip
 of Nevada, then forming the border between California and
 Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the
 Gulf of California; the main source of water in the
 southwestern United States [syn: Colorado, {Colorado
 River}]
 |  | colorado beetle (wn)
 | Colorado beetle n 1: black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval
 stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky
 Mountains; now worldwide [syn: Colorado potato beetle,
 Colorado beetle, potato bug, potato beetle,
 Leptinotarsa decemlineata]
 |  | colorado blue spruce (wn)
 | Colorado blue spruce n 1: tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown;
 older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping
 downward [syn: Colorado spruce, Colorado blue spruce,
 silver spruce, Picea pungens]
 |  | colorado desert (wn)
 | Colorado Desert n 1: an arid region of southeastern California
 |  | colorado fir (wn)
 | Colorado fir n 1: medium to tall fir of central to western United States
 having a narrow erect crown and soft wood [syn: {white
 fir}, Colorado fir, California white fir, {Abies
 concolor}, Abies lowiana]
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