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japanese
(mass) | Japanese
- japonský, Japonec, japonský jazyk |
japanese
(encz) | Japanese,Japonci Zdeněk Brož |
japanese
(encz) | Japanese,Japonec web |
japanese
(encz) | Japanese,japonský adj: |
japanese
(encz) | Japanese,japonština n: |
Japanese
(gcide) | Japanese \Jap`a*nese"\, a.
Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.
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Japanese
(gcide) | Japanese \Jap`a*nese"\, n. sing. & pl.
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1. A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people
of Japan.
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2. sing. The language of the people of Japan, called in the
Japanese language nihongo.
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japanese
(wn) | Japanese
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its
people or their culture or language; "the Japanese
Emperor"; "Japanese cars" [syn: Japanese, Nipponese]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Japan [syn: Japanese,
Nipponese]
2: the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the
Japanese |
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japanese
(mass) | Japanese
- japonský, Japonec, japonský jazyk |
russojapanese
(mass) | Russo-Japanese
- Rusko-japonský |
imperial japanese morning glory
(encz) | imperial Japanese morning glory, n: |
japanese
(encz) | Japanese,Japonci Zdeněk BrožJapanese,Japonec webJapanese,japonský adj: Japanese,japonština n: |
japanese barberry
(encz) | Japanese barberry, |
japanese beetle
(encz) | Japanese beetle,malý zelený brouk Zdeněk Brož |
japanese cedar
(encz) | Japanese cedar, |
japanese cherry
(encz) | Japanese cherry, |
japanese chestnut
(encz) | Japanese chestnut, |
japanese clover
(encz) | japanese clover, n: |
japanese crab
(encz) | Japanese crab, |
japanese honeysuckle
(encz) | Japanese honeysuckle, |
japanese ivy
(encz) | Japanese ivy, |
japanese leaf
(encz) | Japanese leaf, |
japanese maple
(encz) | Japanese maple, |
japanese persimmon
(encz) | Japanese persimmon, |
japanese quince
(encz) | Japanese quince, |
japanese spurge
(encz) | Japanese spurge, |
japanese yew
(encz) | Japanese yew, |
japanese-speaking
(encz) | Japanese-speaking, adj: |
Japanese ivy
(gcide) | Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. Ivies. [AS. [imac]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi,
ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Hedera (Hedera helix), common in
Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and
mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the
berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees
by rootlike fibers.
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Direct
The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton.
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Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton.
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American ivy. (Bot.) See Virginia creeper.
English ivy (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy
proper (Hedera helix).
German ivy (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent
stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of
Senecio (Senecio scandens).
Ground ivy. (Bot.) Gill (Nepeta Glechoma).
Ivy bush. (Bot.) See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.
Ivy owl (Zool.), the barn owl.
Ivy tod (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson.
Japanese ivy (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ampelopsis
tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper.
Poison ivy (Bot.), an American woody creeper ({Rhus
Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and
greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the
touch for most persons.
To pipe in an ivy leaf, to console one's self as best one
can. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
West Indian ivy, a climbing plant of the genus
Marcgravia.
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Japanese persimmon
(gcide) | Persimmon \Per*sim"mon\, n. [Virginia Indian.] (Bot.)
An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit,
found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in
appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has
been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and
nutritious.
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Japanese persimmon, Diospyros Kaki and its red or yellow
edible fruit, which outwardly resembles a tomato, but
contains a few large seeds.
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Japanese wax
(gcide) | Wax \Wax\, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs,
OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ.
vosk'.]
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1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed
by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually
called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of
pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which,
being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened
and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.
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Note: Beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid
(constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl
palmitate (constituting the less soluble part).
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2. Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or
appearance. Specifically:
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(a) (Physiol.) Cerumen, or earwax. See Cerumen.
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(b) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for
excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing
wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.
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(c) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing
their thread.
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(d) (Zool.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by
several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax.
See Wax insect, below.
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(e) (Bot.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants.
See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
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(f) (Min.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in
connection with certain deposits of rock salt and
coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
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(g) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar
maple, and then cooling. [Local U. S.]
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(h) any of numerous substances or mixtures composed
predominantly of the longer-chain saturated
hydrocarbons such as the paraffins, which are solid at
room teperature, or their alcohol, carboxylic acid, or
ester derivatives.
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Japanese wax, a waxlike substance made in Japan from the
berries of certain species of Rhus, esp. {Rhus
succedanea}.
Mineral wax. (Min.) See Wax, 2
(f), above.
Wax cloth. See Waxed cloth, under Waxed.
Wax end. See Waxed end, under Waxed.
Wax flower, a flower made of, or resembling, wax.
Wax insect (Zool.), any one of several species of scale
insects belonging to the family Coccidae, which secrete
from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially the
Chinese wax insect (Coccus Sinensis) from which a large
amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained. Called
also pela.
Wax light, a candle or taper of wax.
Wax moth (Zool.), a pyralid moth (Galleria cereana) whose
larvae feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken galleries
among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray wings
streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva is
yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also {bee
moth}.
Wax myrtle. (Bot.) See Bayberry.
Wax painting, a kind of painting practiced by the ancients,
under the name of encaustic. The pigments were ground with
wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted
with hot irons and the color thus fixed.
Wax palm. (Bot.)
(a) A species of palm (Ceroxylon Andicola) native of the
Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion,
consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax,
which, when melted with a third of fat, makes
excellent candles.
(b) A Brazilian tree (Copernicia cerifera) the young
leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy
secretion.
Wax paper, paper prepared with a coating of white wax and
other ingredients.
Wax plant (Bot.), a name given to several plants, as:
(a) The Indian pipe (see under Indian).
(b) The Hoya carnosa, a climbing plant with polished,
fleshy leaves.
(c) Certain species of Begonia with similar foliage.
Wax tree (Bot.)
(a) A tree or shrub (Ligustrum lucidum) of China, on
which certain insects make a thick deposit of a
substance resembling white wax.
(b) A kind of sumac (Rhus succedanea) of Japan, the
berries of which yield a sort of wax.
(c) A rubiaceous tree (Elaeagia utilis) of New Grenada,
called by the inhabitants "arbol del cera."
Wax yellow, a dull yellow, resembling the natural color of
beeswax.
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chino-japanese war
(wn) | Chino-Japanese War
n 1: a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the
control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly
defeated at Port Arthur [syn: Chino-Japanese War, {Sino-
Japanese War}] |
imperial japanese morning glory
(wn) | imperial Japanese morning glory
n 1: hybrid from Ipomoea nil [syn: {imperial Japanese morning
glory}, Ipomoea imperialis] |
japanese
(wn) | Japanese
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its
people or their culture or language; "the Japanese
Emperor"; "Japanese cars" [syn: Japanese, Nipponese]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Japan [syn: Japanese,
Nipponese]
2: the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the
Japanese |
japanese allspice
(wn) | Japanese allspice
n 1: deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow
flowers [syn: Japan allspice, Japanese allspice,
winter sweet, Chimonanthus praecox] |
japanese andromeda
(wn) | Japanese andromeda
n 1: broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and
drooping clusters of white flowers [syn: andromeda,
Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, {Pieris
japonica}] |
japanese angelica tree
(wn) | Japanese angelica tree
n 1: deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree;
adventive in the eastern United States [syn: {Japanese
angelica tree}, Aralia elata] |
japanese apricot
(wn) | Japanese apricot
n 1: Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink
blossoms and small yellow fruits [syn: Japanese apricot,
mei, Prunus mume] |
japanese archipelago
(wn) | Japanese Archipelago
n 1: a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia
extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the
western Pacific Ocean [syn: Japan, Japanese Islands,
Japanese Archipelago] |
japanese banana
(wn) | Japanese banana
n 1: Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage
plant in Japan [syn: Japanese banana, Musa basjoo] |
japanese barberry
(wn) | Japanese barberry
n 1: compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries;
widespread in cultivation especially for hedges [syn:
Japanese barberry, Berberis thunbergii] |
japanese barnyard millet
(wn) | Japanese barnyard millet
n 1: coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern
Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important
wildlife food in United States [syn: Japanese millet,
billion-dollar grass, Japanese barnyard millet, {sanwa
millet}, Echinochloa frumentacea] |
japanese beech
(wn) | Japanese beech
n 1: a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown
wood |
japanese beetle
(wn) | Japanese beetle
n 1: small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern
Asia; serious plant pest in North America [syn: {Japanese
beetle}, Popillia japonica] |
japanese bittersweet
(wn) | Japanese bittersweet
n 1: ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with
a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America [syn:
Japanese bittersweet, Japan bittersweet, {oriental
bittersweet}, Celastrus orbiculatus, {Celastric
articulatus}] |
japanese black pine
(wn) | Japanese black pine
n 1: large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of
2; widely planted in United States because of its
resistance to salt and smog [syn: Japanese black pine,
black pine, Pinus thunbergii] |
japanese brome
(wn) | Japanese brome
n 1: grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia [syn: {Japanese
brome}, Japanese chess, Bromus japonicus] |
japanese capital
(wn) | Japanese capital
n 1: the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and
cultural center of Japan [syn: Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo,
Yedo, Edo, Japanese capital, capital of Japan] |
japanese carpet grass
(wn) | Japanese carpet grass
n 1: lawn grass common in the Philippines; grown also in United
States [syn: Manila grass, Japanese carpet grass,
Zoysia matrella] |
japanese cedar
(wn) | Japanese cedar
n 1: tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft
wood [syn: Japanese cedar, Japan cedar, sugi,
Cryptomeria japonica] |
japanese cherry
(wn) | Japanese cherry
n 1: ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in
many varieties for its white blossoms [syn: {oriental
cherry}, Japanese cherry, Japanese flowering cherry,
Prunus serrulata] |
japanese chess
(wn) | Japanese chess
n 1: grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia [syn: {Japanese
brome}, Japanese chess, Bromus japonicus] |
japanese chestnut
(wn) | Japanese chestnut
n 1: a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk [syn:
Japanese chestnut, Castanea crenata] |
japanese clover
(wn) | japanese clover
n 1: an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States
[syn: japanese clover, japan clover, jap clover,
Lespedeza striata] |
japanese crab
(wn) | Japanese crab
n 1: crabmeat usually canned; from Japan |
japanese deer
(wn) | Japanese deer
n 1: small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers [syn:
Japanese deer, sika, Cervus nipon, Cervus sika] |
japanese deity
(wn) | Japanese deity
n 1: a deity worshipped by the Japanese |
japanese flowering cherry
(wn) | Japanese flowering cherry
n 1: ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in
many varieties for its pink blossoms [syn: {Japanese
flowering cherry}, Prunus sieboldii]
2: ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in
many varieties for its white blossoms [syn: {oriental
cherry}, Japanese cherry, Japanese flowering cherry,
Prunus serrulata] |
japanese honeysuckle
(wn) | Japanese honeysuckle
n 1: an Asiatic trailing evergreen honeysuckle with half-
evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers turning yellow
with age; has become a weed in some areas [syn: {Japanese
honeysuckle}, Lonicera japonica] |
japanese hop
(wn) | Japanese hop
n 1: ornamental vine native to eastern Asia; cultivated for its
variegated foliage [syn: Japanese hop, {Humulus
japonicus}] |
japanese iris
(wn) | Japanese iris
n 1: iris native to Japan having large showy flowers [syn:
Japanese iris, Iris kaempferi] |
japanese islands
(wn) | Japanese Islands
n 1: a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia
extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the
western Pacific Ocean [syn: Japan, Japanese Islands,
Japanese Archipelago] |
japanese ivy
(wn) | Japanese ivy
n 1: Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries
[syn: Boston ivy, Japanese ivy, {Parthenocissus
tricuspidata}] |
japanese lacquer tree
(wn) | Japanese lacquer tree
n 1: small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which
lacquer is obtained [syn: varnish tree, lacquer tree,
Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, {Japanese
varnish tree}, Japanese sumac, {Toxicodendron
vernicifluum}, Rhus verniciflua] |
japanese lawn grass
(wn) | Japanese lawn grass
n 1: lawn grass common in China and Japan; grown also in United
States [syn: Korean lawn grass, Japanese lawn grass,
Zoysia japonica] |
japanese leaf
(wn) | Japanese leaf
n 1: erect or partially climbing herb having large green or
variegated leaves [syn: Chinese evergreen, {Japanese
leaf}, Aglaonema modestum] |
japanese leek
(wn) | Japanese leek
n 1: Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green
onions [syn: Welsh onion, Japanese leek, {Allium
fistulosum}] |
japanese lilac
(wn) | Japanese lilac
n 1: lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse
early summer rose-lilac flowers [syn: Japanese lilac,
Syringa villosa] |
japanese lime
(wn) | Japanese lime
n 1: medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental [syn:
Japanese linden, Japanese lime, Tilia japonica] |
japanese linden
(wn) | Japanese linden
n 1: medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental [syn:
Japanese linden, Japanese lime, Tilia japonica] |
japanese maple
(wn) | Japanese maple
n 1: ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with
deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties [syn:
Japanese maple, Acer palmatum]
2: leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan [syn:
Japanese maple, full moon maple, Acer japonicum] |
japanese medlar
(wn) | Japanese medlar
n 1: evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-
sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and
Japan [syn: loquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar,
Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica] |
japanese millet
(wn) | Japanese millet
n 1: coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern
Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important
wildlife food in United States [syn: Japanese millet,
billion-dollar grass, Japanese barnyard millet, {sanwa
millet}, Echinochloa frumentacea] |
japanese monetary unit
(wn) | Japanese monetary unit
n 1: monetary unit in Japan |
japanese morning glory
(wn) | Japanese morning glory
n 1: annual Old World tropical climbing herb distinguished by
wide color range and frilled or double flowers [syn:
Japanese morning glory, Ipomoea nil] |
japanese oak
(wn) | Japanese oak
n 1: oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan [syn:
Japanese oak, Quercus mongolica, {Quercus
grosseserrata}]
2: small evergreen tree of China and Japan [syn: Japanese oak,
Lithocarpus glabra, Lithocarpus glaber] |
japanese oyster
(wn) | Japanese oyster
n 1: a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the
Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for
introduction in Chesapeake Bay [syn: Japanese oyster,
Ostrea gigas] |
japanese pagoda tree
(wn) | Japanese pagoda tree
n 1: handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark
green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white
flowers; China and Japan [syn: Japanese pagoda tree,
Chinese scholartree, Chinese scholar tree, {Sophora
japonica}, Sophora sinensis] |
japanese persimmon
(wn) | Japanese persimmon
n 1: small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange
edible astringent fruit [syn: Japanese persimmon, kaki,
Diospyros kaki] |
japanese pink
(wn) | Japanese pink
n 1: a flowering variety of China pink distinguished by jagged-
edged petals [syn: Japanese pink, {Dianthus chinensis
heddewigii}] |
japanese plum
(wn) | Japanese plum
n 1: small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red
plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor
[syn: Japanese plum, Prunus salicina]
2: evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-
sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and
Japan [syn: loquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar,
Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica]
3: yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone
and relatively little flesh; used for jellies [syn: loquat,
Japanese plum] |
japanese poinsettia
(wn) | Japanese poinsettia
n 1: showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to
Peru [syn: Japanese poinsettia, mole plant, {paint
leaf}, Euphorbia heterophylla] |
japanese privet
(wn) | Japanese privet
n 1: evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves
and flowers in loose panicles; related to but smaller than
Chinese privet [syn: Japanese privet, {Ligustrum
japonicum}] |
japanese quince
(wn) | Japanese quince
n 1: deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white
blossoms [syn: Japanese quince, Chaenomeles speciosa] |
japanese radish
(wn) | Japanese radish
n 1: radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or
cooked [syn: radish, daikon, Japanese radish,
Raphanus sativus longipinnatus] |
japanese red army
(wn) | Japanese Red Army
n 1: a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the
Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world
revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian
terrorists; "in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible
for a massacre at an airport in Israel" [syn: {Japanese Red
Army}, JRA, Anti-Imperialist International Brigade] |
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