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Goss
(gcide) | Goss \Goss\, n. [See Gorse.]
Gorse. [Obs.] --Shak.
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gossip
(mass) | gossip
- reči, hovoriť, klebety |
gossamer
(encz) | gossamer,pavučinový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
gossip
(encz) | gossip,drby Zdeněk Brožgossip,klábosení n: Zdeněk Brožgossip,klep n: Zdeněk Brožgossip,klepna n: Zdeněk Brožgossip,klepy gossip,klevetit v: Zdeněk Brožgossip,pomluvy n: Zdeněk Brožgossip,povídání n: Zdeněk Brožgossip,povídat gossip,řeči Zdeněk Brožgossip,tlachat v: Zdeněk Brožgossip,tlachy Zdeněk Brož |
gossip columnist
(encz) | gossip columnist, n: |
gossiper
(encz) | gossiper,někdo kdo přišel do řečí n: Michal Ambrož |
gossiping
(encz) | gossiping,klábosení n: Zdeněk Brož |
gossipmonger
(encz) | gossipmonger,klepna n: Zdeněk Brož |
gossipmongering
(encz) | gossipmongering, n: |
gossipy
(encz) | gossipy,upovídaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
malicious gossip
(encz) | malicious gossip, n: |
mishegoss
(encz) | mishegoss, n: |
saragossa
(encz) | Saragossa, |
Gossamer
(gcide) | Gossamer \Gos"sa*mer\, n. [OE. gossomer, gossummer, gosesomer,
perh. for goose summer, from its downy appearance, or perh.
for God's summer, cf. G. mariengarr gossamer, properly Mary's
yarn, in allusion to the Virgin Mary. Perhaps the E. word
alluded to a legend that the gossamer was the remnant of the
Virgin Mary's winding sheet, which dropped from her when she
was taken up to heaven. For the use of summer in the sense of
film or threads, cf. G. M[aum]dchensommer, Altweibersommer,
fliegender Sommer, all meaning, gossamer.]
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1. A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the
air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is
seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is
formed by small spiders.
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2. Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof
stuff.
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3. An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.
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Gossamer spider (Zool.), any small or young spider which
spins webs by which to sail in the air. See {Ballooning
spider}.
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Gossamer spider
(gcide) | Gossamer \Gos"sa*mer\, n. [OE. gossomer, gossummer, gosesomer,
perh. for goose summer, from its downy appearance, or perh.
for God's summer, cf. G. mariengarr gossamer, properly Mary's
yarn, in allusion to the Virgin Mary. Perhaps the E. word
alluded to a legend that the gossamer was the remnant of the
Virgin Mary's winding sheet, which dropped from her when she
was taken up to heaven. For the use of summer in the sense of
film or threads, cf. G. M[aum]dchensommer, Altweibersommer,
fliegender Sommer, all meaning, gossamer.]
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1. A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the
air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is
seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is
formed by small spiders.
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2. Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof
stuff.
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3. An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.
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Gossamer spider (Zool.), any small or young spider which
spins webs by which to sail in the air. See {Ballooning
spider}.
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Gossamery
(gcide) | Gossamery \Gos"sa*mer*y\, a.
Like gossamer; flimsy.
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The greatest master of gossamery affectation. --De
Quincey.
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Gossan
(gcide) | Gossan \Gos"san\, n. (Geol.)
Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to
oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.
Called also iron hat.
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Gossaniferous
(gcide) | Gossaniferous \Gos`san*if"er*ous\, a. [Gossan + -ferous.]
Containing or producing gossan.
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Gossaries
(gcide) | Glossary \Glos"sa*ry\, n.; pl. Gossaries. [L. glossarium, fr.
glossa: cf. F. glossaire. See 3d Gloss.]
A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages
of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an
author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic,
technical, or other uncommon words.
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Gossat
(gcide) | Gossat \Gos"sat\, n. (Zool.)
A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called
also whistler and three-bearded rockling. [Prov. Eng.]
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Gossib
(gcide) | Gossib \Gos"sib\, n.
A gossip. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.
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Gossip
(gcide) | Gossip \Gos"sip\, n. [OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor
in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS.
godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe,
Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabh[=a] assembly.]
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1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
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Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip,
in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill
taken. --Selden.
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2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary
acquaintance. [Obs.]
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My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. --Shak.
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3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an
idle tattler.
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The common chat of gossips when they meet. --Dryden.
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4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
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Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and
spite. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]Gossip \Gos"sip\, v. t.
To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Gossip \Gos"sip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gossiped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gossiping.]
1. To make merry. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. --Shak.
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3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
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Gossiped
(gcide) | Gossip \Gos"sip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gossiped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gossiping.]
1. To make merry. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. --Shak.
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3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
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Gossiper
(gcide) | Gossiper \Gos"sip*er\, n.
One given to gossip. --Beaconsfield.
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Gossiping
(gcide) | Gossip \Gos"sip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gossiped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gossiping.]
1. To make merry. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. --Shak.
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3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
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Gossiprede
(gcide) | Gossiprede \Gos"sip*rede\, n. [Cf. Kindred.]
The relationship between a person and his sponsors. [Obs.]
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Gossipry
(gcide) | Gossipry \Gos"sip*ry\, n.
1. Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special
intimacy. --Bale.
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2. Idle talk; gossip. --Mrs. Browning.
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Gossipy
(gcide) | Gossipy \Gos"sip*y\, a.
Full of, or given to, gossip.
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Gossoon
(gcide) | Gossoon \Gos*soon"\, n. [Scot. garson an attendant, fr. F.
gar[,c]on, OF. gars.]
A boy; a servant. [Ireland]
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Gossyparia mannipara
(gcide) | Manna \Man"na\ (m[a^]n"n[.a]), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, Heb.
m[=a]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).]
1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their
journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely
supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15.
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2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora,
sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and
Africa, and gathered and used as food; called also {manna
lichen}.
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3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale
yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and
shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the
secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and {Fraxinus
rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
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Note: Persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn
(see Camel's thorn, under Camel); Tamarisk manna,
that of the Tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of Western
Asia; Australian, manna, that of certain species of
eucalyptus; Brian[,c]on manna, that of the European
larch.
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Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect ({Gossyparia
mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the
Tamarix tree in Arabia.
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Gossypium
(gcide) | Gossypium \Gos*syp"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. gossypion, gossipion.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The
species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given
to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island
cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety.
There are several other kinds besides these.
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Gossypium herbaceum
(gcide) | Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[o^]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the
cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr.
Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.]
1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting
of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds
of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber
sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two
thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
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2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
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3. Cloth made of cotton.
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Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a
sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton
bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry;
cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick.
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Cotton cambric. See Cambric, n., 2.
Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton
fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it
is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel.
Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton,
invented by Eli Whitney.
Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the
Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles
surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate
at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton.
Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse ({Hesperomys
gossypinus}), injurious to cotton crops.
Cotton plant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of
several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing
the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally
Asiatic, is Gossypium herbaceum.
Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton
bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a
press for baling cotton.
Cotton rose (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs (Filago),
covered with a white substance resembling cotton.
Cotton scale (Zool.), a species of bark louse ({Pulvinaria
innumerabilis}), which does great damage to the cotton
plant.
Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant.
Cotton stainer (Zool.), a species of hemipterous insect
(Dysdercus suturellus), which seriously damages growing
cotton by staining it; -- called also redbug.
Cotton thistle (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under
Thistle.
Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both
of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made
wholly of cotton.
Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills.
Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state.
Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({Aletia
argillacea}), which in the larval state does great damage
to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on
corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and
Southern army worm.
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Gossypium religiosum
(gcide) | Nankeen \Nan*keen"\, n. [So called from its being originally
manufactured at Nankin (Nanjing), in China.] [Written also
nankin.]
1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought
from China, made of a species of cotton ({Gossypium
religiosum}) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color
quite indestructible and permanent.
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2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
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3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton.
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Nankeen bird (Zool.), the Australian night heron
(Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.
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Hesperomys gossypinus
(gcide) | Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[o^]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the
cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr.
Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.]
1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting
of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds
of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber
sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two
thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
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2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
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3. Cloth made of cotton.
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Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a
sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton
bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry;
cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick.
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Cotton cambric. See Cambric, n., 2.
Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton
fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it
is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel.
Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton,
invented by Eli Whitney.
Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the
Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles
surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate
at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton.
Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse ({Hesperomys
gossypinus}), injurious to cotton crops.
Cotton plant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of
several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing
the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally
Asiatic, is Gossypium herbaceum.
Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton
bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a
press for baling cotton.
Cotton rose (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs (Filago),
covered with a white substance resembling cotton.
Cotton scale (Zool.), a species of bark louse ({Pulvinaria
innumerabilis}), which does great damage to the cotton
plant.
Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant.
Cotton stainer (Zool.), a species of hemipterous insect
(Dysdercus suturellus), which seriously damages growing
cotton by staining it; -- called also redbug.
Cotton thistle (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under
Thistle.
Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both
of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made
wholly of cotton.
Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills.
Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state.
Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({Aletia
argillacea}), which in the larval state does great damage
to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on
corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and
Southern army worm.
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gelechia gossypiella
(wn) | Gelechia gossypiella
n 1: larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on
the seeds of cotton bolls [syn: pink bollworm, {Gelechia
gossypiella}]
2: small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of
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genus gossypium
(wn) | genus Gossypium
n 1: herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton [syn: Gossypium,
genus Gossypium] |
gossamer
(wn) | gossamer
adj 1: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this
smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading
through his playing" [syn: ethereal, gossamer]
2: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil";
"filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down";
"gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent
chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy,
gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer,
transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]
n 1: a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
2: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider [syn:
cobweb, gossamer] |
gossip
(wn) | gossip
n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab,
gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, {chin-
wag}, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie]
2: a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other
people; "the divorce caused much gossip" [syn: gossip,
comment, scuttlebutt]
3: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal
information about others [syn: gossip, gossiper,
gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger]
v 1: wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or
intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt" [syn: {dish the
dirt}, gossip]
2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit] |
gossip columnist
(wn) | gossip columnist
n 1: a journalist who writes a column of gossip about
celebrities |
gossiper
(wn) | gossiper
n 1: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal
information about others [syn: gossip, gossiper,
gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger,
newsmonger] |
gossiping
(wn) | gossiping
n 1: a conversation that spreads personal information about
other people [syn: gossiping, gossipmongering] |
gossipmonger
(wn) | gossipmonger
n 1: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal
information about others [syn: gossip, gossiper,
gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger,
newsmonger] |
gossipmongering
(wn) | gossipmongering
n 1: a conversation that spreads personal information about
other people [syn: gossiping, gossipmongering] |
gossipy
(wn) | gossipy
adj 1: prone to friendly informal communication [syn: chatty,
gossipy, newsy] |
gossypium
(wn) | Gossypium
n 1: herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton [syn: Gossypium,
genus Gossypium] |
gossypium arboreum
(wn) | Gossypium arboreum
n 1: East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for
its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms [syn: {tree
cotton}, Gossypium arboreum] |
gossypium barbadense
(wn) | Gossypium barbadense
n 1: small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off
the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields
cotton with unusually long silky fibers [syn: {sea island
cotton}, tree cotton, Gossypium barbadense] |
gossypium herbaceum
(wn) | Gossypium herbaceum
n 1: Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds
with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered
an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons [syn: {Levant
cotton}, Gossypium herbaceum] |
gossypium hirsutum
(wn) | Gossypium hirsutum
n 1: native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United
States yielding short-staple cotton [syn: upland cotton,
Gossypium hirsutum] |
gossypium peruvianum
(wn) | Gossypium peruvianum
n 1: cotton with long rough hairy fibers [syn: {Peruvian
cotton}, Gossypium peruvianum] |
gossypium thurberi
(wn) | Gossypium thurberi
n 1: shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico [syn: wild cotton,
Arizona wild cotton, Gossypium thurberi] |
malicious gossip
(wn) | malicious gossip
n 1: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
[syn: scandal, dirt, malicious gossip] |
mishegoss
(wn) | mishegoss
n 1: (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity [syn:
meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss] |
peromyscus gossypinus
(wn) | Peromyscus gossypinus
n 1: large dark mouse of southeastern United States [syn:
cotton mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus] |
saragossa
(wn) | Saragossa
n 1: an ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain;
formerly the capital of Aragon [syn: Zaragoza,
Saragossa] |
igoss
(vera) | IGOSS
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