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fetid
(encz) | fetid,páchnoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fetid
(encz) | fetid,smrdící adj: Michal Ambrož |
Fetid
(gcide) | Fetid \Fet"id\ (? or ?; 277), a. [L. fetidus, foetidus, fr.
fetere, foetere, to have an ill smell, to stink: cf. F.
f['e]tide.]
Having an offensive smell; stinking.
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Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy.
--Bacon.
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fetid
(wn) | fetid
adj 1: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen
smelled really funky" [syn: fetid, foetid, foul,
foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly,
stinking, ill-scented] |
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fetid
(encz) | fetid,páchnoucí adj: Zdeněk Brožfetid,smrdící adj: Michal Ambrož |
fetid bugbane
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fetid horehound
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fetidness
(encz) | fetidness,smrdutost n: Zdeněk Brožfetidness,zápach n: Zdeněk Brož |
Asafetida
(gcide) | Asafetida \As`a*fet"i*da\, Asafoetida \As`a*f[oe]t"i*da\, n.
[Asa + L. foetidus fetid.]
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large
umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the
East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[Written also assafoetida.]
[1913 Webster]Ferula \Fer"u*la\, n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were
used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to
strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]
1. A ferule. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
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3. [capitalized] A genus of plants of the parsley family
Apiaceae (of the order Umbelliferae), including some
yielding asafetida. Members include Ferula asafoetida
(Ferula foetida), the giant fennel (Ferula communis),
and Ferula orientalis.
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asafetida
(gcide) | Asafetida \As`a*fet"i*da\, Asafoetida \As`a*f[oe]t"i*da\, n.
[Asa + L. foetidus fetid.]
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large
umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the
East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[Written also assafoetida.]
[1913 Webster]Ferula \Fer"u*la\, n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were
used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to
strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]
1. A ferule. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
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3. [capitalized] A genus of plants of the parsley family
Apiaceae (of the order Umbelliferae), including some
yielding asafetida. Members include Ferula asafoetida
(Ferula foetida), the giant fennel (Ferula communis),
and Ferula orientalis.
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Fetid buckeye
(gcide) | Buckeye \Buck"eye`\ (b[u^]k"[imac]`), n.
1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs
of the same genus ([AE]sculus) as the horse chestnut.
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The Ohio buckeye, or Fetid buckeye, is Aesculus glabra.
Red buckeye is Aesculus Pavia.
Small buckeye is Aesculus paviflora.
Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is Aesculus flava.
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2. A cant name for a native or resident of Ohio. [U.S.]
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Buckeye State, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees
abound there.
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Fetid horehound
(gcide) | Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[=a]rhune;
h[=a]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species
of organum, Gr. ?, Skr. kn?y to smell.] (Bot.)
1. A plant of the genus Marrubium (Marrubium vulgare),
which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a
household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also
hoarhound.]
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2. A lozenge or tablet, usually sweetened, containing extract
of horehound, used as a remedy for a cough or a sore
throat.
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Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant
resembling horehound (Ballota nigra).
Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus,
resembling mint, but not aromatic.
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Fetidity
(gcide) | Fetidity \Fet*id"i*ty\ (? or ?), n.
Fetidness.
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Fetidness
(gcide) | Fetidness \Fet"id*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being fetid.
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asafetida
(wn) | asafetida
n 1: the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste
and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic [syn:
asafetida, asafoetida] |
fetid
(wn) | fetid
adj 1: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen
smelled really funky" [syn: fetid, foetid, foul,
foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly,
stinking, ill-scented] |
fetid bugbane
(wn) | fetid bugbane
n 1: bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling
green-white flowers [syn: fetid bugbane, {foetid
bugbane}, Cimicifuga foetida] |
fetid horehound
(wn) | fetid horehound
n 1: ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of
dark purple flowers [syn: black horehound, {black
archangel}, fetid horehound, stinking horehound,
Ballota nigra] |
fetidness
(wn) | fetidness
n 1: the attribute of having a strong offensive smell [syn:
malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness,
fetidness] |
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