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meadow (mass) | meadow
- lúka |
meadow (encz) | meadow,louka n: Zdeněk Brož |
meadow (encz) | meadow,luční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Meadow (gcide) | Meadow \Mead"ow\, n. [AS. meady; akin to m[=ae]d, and to G.
matte; prob. also to E. mow. See Mow to cut (grass), and
cf. 2d Mead.]
1. A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown
for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay.
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2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near
rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt
meadows near Newark Bay.
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Meadow (gcide) | Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.
Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;
produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. "Fat meadow
ground." --Milton.
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Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see
the particular word in the Vocabulary.
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Meadow beauty. (Bot.) Same as Deergrass.
Meadow foxtail (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass
(Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but with
softer spikes.
Meadow hay, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in
uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or
bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]
Meadow hen. (Zool.)
(a) The American bittern. See Stake-driver.
(b) The American coot (Fulica).
(c) The clapper rail.
Meadow mouse (Zool.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola, as
the common American species Arvicola riparia; -- called
also field mouse, and field vole.
Meadow mussel (Zool.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola
plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.
Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.
Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip.
Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink.
Meadow pipit (Zool.), a small singing bird of the genus
Anthus, as Anthus pratensis, of Europe.
Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus
Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white
flowers. There are many species.
Meadow saffron. (Bot.) See under Saffron.
Meadow sage. (Bot.) See under Sage.
Meadow saxifrage (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe
(Silaus pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel.
Meadow snipe (Zool.), the common or jack snipe.
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meadow (wn) | meadow
n 1: a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into
hay [syn: hayfield, meadow] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
meadow (mass) | meadow
- lúka |
eastern meadowlark (encz) | eastern meadowlark, n: |
meadow (encz) | meadow,louka n: Zdeněk Brožmeadow,luční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
meadow beauty (encz) | meadow beauty, n: |
meadow bright (encz) | meadow bright, n: |
meadow buttercup (encz) | meadow buttercup, n: |
meadow clary (encz) | meadow clary, n: |
meadow cranesbill (encz) | meadow cranesbill, n: |
meadow cress (encz) | meadow cress, n: |
meadow fern (encz) | meadow fern, n: |
meadow fescue (encz) | meadow fescue, n: |
meadow foxtail (encz) | meadow foxtail, n: |
meadow goldenrod (encz) | meadow goldenrod, n: |
meadow grass (encz) | meadow grass, n: |
meadow jumping mouse (encz) | meadow jumping mouse, n: |
meadow leek (encz) | meadow leek, n: |
meadow lily (encz) | meadow lily, n: |
meadow mouse (encz) | meadow mouse, n: |
meadow mushroom (encz) | meadow mushroom, n: |
meadow pea (encz) | meadow pea, n: |
meadow pipit (encz) | meadow pipit, n: |
meadow rue (encz) | meadow rue, n: |
meadow saffron (encz) | meadow saffron, n: |
meadow salsify (encz) | meadow salsify, n: |
meadow saxifrage (encz) | meadow saxifrage, n: |
meadow spikemoss (encz) | meadow spikemoss, n: |
meadow spittlebug (encz) | meadow spittlebug, n: |
meadow vole (encz) | meadow vole, n: |
meadow-beauty family (encz) | meadow-beauty family, n: |
meadow-saffron (encz) | meadow-saffron,ocún pajout |
meadowgrass (encz) | meadowgrass, n: |
meadowland (encz) | meadowland,louky Jaroslav Šedivý |
meadowlark (encz) | meadowlark,severoamerický skřivánek Zdeněk Brož |
meadows (encz) | meadows,louky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
reed meadow grass (encz) | reed meadow grass, n: |
tall meadow grass (encz) | tall meadow grass, n: |
western meadowlark (encz) | western meadowlark, n: |
wild meadow lily (encz) | wild meadow lily, n: |
wood meadowgrass (encz) | wood meadowgrass, n: |
woodland meadow (encz) | woodland meadow,lužní les [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Catch-meadow (gcide) | Catch-meadow \Catch"-mead`ow\, n.
A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the
side of hill.
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Dole meadow (gcide) | Dole \Dole\, n. [AS. d[=a]l portion; same word as d[=ae]l. See
Deal.]
1. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
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At her general dole,
Each receives his ancient soul. -- Cleveland.
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2. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a
scanty share or allowance.
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3. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.
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So sure the dole, so ready at their call,
They stood prepared to see the manna fall. --Dryden.
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Heaven has in store a precious dole. --Keble.
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4. A boundary; a landmark. --Halliwell.
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5. A void space left in tillage. --[Prov. Eng.]
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Dole beer, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.]
Dole bread, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.]
Dole meadow, a meadow in which several persons have a
common right or share.
on the dole, receiving financial assistance from a
governmental agency, such as a welfare agency; as, after
his unemployment benefits ran out, his family was on the
dole for a year.
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Meadow beauty (gcide) | Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.
Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;
produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. "Fat meadow
ground." --Milton.
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Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see
the particular word in the Vocabulary.
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Meadow beauty. (Bot.) Same as Deergrass.
Meadow foxtail (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass
(Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but with
softer spikes.
Meadow hay, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in
uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or
bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]
Meadow hen. (Zool.)
(a) The American bittern. See Stake-driver.
(b) The American coot (Fulica).
(c) The clapper rail.
Meadow mouse (Zool.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola, as
the common American species Arvicola riparia; -- called
also field mouse, and field vole.
Meadow mussel (Zool.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola
plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.
Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.
Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip.
Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink.
Meadow pipit (Zool.), a small singing bird of the genus
Anthus, as Anthus pratensis, of Europe.
Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus
Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white
flowers. There are many species.
Meadow saffron. (Bot.) See under Saffron.
Meadow sage. (Bot.) See under Sage.
Meadow saxifrage (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe
(Silaus pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel.
Meadow snipe (Zool.), the common or jack snipe.
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meadow browns (gcide) | Satyr \Sa"tyr\ (?; 277), n. [L. satyrus, Gr. ?: cf. F. satyre.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as
part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous
merriment and lasciviousness.
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Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel,
From the glad sound would not be absent long.
--Milton.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of many species of butterflies belonging
to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly
brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called
also meadow browns.
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3. (Zool.) The orang-outang.
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