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Lappa
(gcide) | Burdock \Bur"dock\, n. [Bur + dock the plant.] (Bot.)
A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small
burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or
wool of animals.
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Note: The common burdock is the Lappa officinalis.
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unflappability
(encz) | unflappability, |
unflappable
(encz) | unflappable, |
unflappably
(encz) | unflappably, |
Lappa officinalis
(gcide) | Burdock \Bur"dock\, n. [Bur + dock the plant.] (Bot.)
A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small
burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or
wool of animals.
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Note: The common burdock is the Lappa officinalis.
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Lappaceous
(gcide) | Lappaceous \Lap*pa"ceous\ (l[a^]p*p[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L.
lappaceus burlike, fr. lappa a bur.] (Bot.)
Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked
points.
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Nephelium lappaceum
(gcide) | Rambutan \Ram*bu"tan\ (r[a^]m*b[=oo]"t[a^]n), n. [Malay
ramb[=u]tan, fr. rambut hair of the head.] (Bot.)
A Malayan fruit produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum,
and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval
in shape, covered with coarse hairs (whence the name), and
contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also ramboostan.
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arctium lappa
(wn) | Arctium lappa
n 1: burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland,
hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N)
and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and
culinary use [syn: great burdock, greater burdock,
cocklebur, Arctium lappa] |
nephelium lappaceum
(wn) | Nephelium lappaceum
n 1: Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit [syn: rambutan,
rambotan, rambutan tree, Nephelium lappaceum] |
saussurea lappa
(wn) | Saussurea lappa
n 1: annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having
purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile
oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs [syn:
costusroot, Saussurea costus, Saussurea lappa] |
unflappable
(wn) | unflappable
adj 1: not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by
extreme calm and composure; "hitherto imperturbable, he
now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self-
possession"; "unflappable in a crisis" [syn:
imperturbable, unflappable] |
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