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colorado (encz) | Colorado,Colorado n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, stát v USA Zdeněk
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colorado (encz) | Colorado,Kolorado Zdeněk Brož |
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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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colorado (encz) | Colorado,Colorado n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, stát v USA Zdeněk
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colorado beetle (encz) | colorado beetle,mandelinka n: Zdeněk Brož |
colorado springs (encz) | Colorado Springs,město - Spojené státy americké n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož
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colorado spruce (encz) | Colorado spruce, |
coloradoan (encz) | Coloradoan, |
colorado (czen) | Colorado,Coloradon: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, stát v USA Zdeněk
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hl.m. - colorado v usa (czen) | hl.m. - Colorado v USA,Denvern: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Coloradoite (gcide) | Coloradoite \Col`o*ra"do*ite\, n. (Min.)
Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in
Colorado.
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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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