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Agora
(gcide) | Agora \Ag"o*ra\ ([a^]g"[-o]*r[.a]), n. [Gr. 'agora`.]
An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the
market place, in an ancient Greek city.
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agora
(wn) | agora
n 1: 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
2: the marketplace in ancient Greece
3: a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece [syn:
agora, public square] |
agora
(foldoc) | AGORA
A distributed object-oriented language.
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mandragora
(msas) | mandragora
- mandrake |
mandragora
(msasasci) | mandragora
- mandrake |
agoraphobia
(encz) | agoraphobia,agorafobie Josef Kosekagoraphobia,strach z velkého otevřeného prostoru Josef Kosek |
agoraphobic
(encz) | agoraphobic,agorafobický adj: Zdeněk Brožagoraphobic,agorafobik n: Zdeněk Brož |
pythagoras
(encz) | Pythagoras,Pýthagorás n: [jmén.] [hist.] ~ ze Samu, řecký filosof a
matematik, žil 580-500 BC mamm |
agorafobický
(czen) | agorafobický,agoraphobicadj: Zdeněk Brož |
agorafobie
(czen) | agorafobie,agoraphobia Josef Kosek |
agorafobik
(czen) | agorafobik,agoraphobicn: Zdeněk Brož |
mandragora
(czen) | mandragora,mandrake luke |
Agora
(gcide) | Agora \Ag"o*ra\ ([a^]g"[-o]*r[.a]), n. [Gr. 'agora`.]
An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the
market place, in an ancient Greek city.
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Mandragora
(gcide) | Mandragora \Man*drag"o*ra\, n. [L., mandragoras the mandrake.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1.
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Mandragora officinarum
(gcide) | mandrake \man"drake\ (m[a^]n"dr[=a]k), n. [AS. mandragora, L.
mandragoras, fr. Gr. mandrago`ras: cf. F. mandragore.]
1. (Bot.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the
Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and
supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts
of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the
Mediterranean region.
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And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak.
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Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
but proof is wanting.
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2. (Bot.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See {May
apple} under May, and Podophyllum. [U.S.]
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agoraphobia
(wn) | agoraphobia
n 1: a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone
in some public place) |
agoraphobic
(wn) | agoraphobic
adj 1: suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or
public places |
anaxagoras
(wn) | Anaxagoras
n 1: a presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that
everything is composed of very small particles that were
arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC) |
genus mandragora
(wn) | genus Mandragora
n 1: a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae [syn:
Mandragora, genus Mandragora] |
mandragora
(wn) | Mandragora
n 1: a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae [syn:
Mandragora, genus Mandragora] |
mandragora officinarum
(wn) | Mandragora officinarum
n 1: a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple
flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought
to have magical powers [syn: mandrake, devil's apples,
Mandragora officinarum] |
pythagoras
(wn) | Pythagoras
n 1: Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the
Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true
mathematician (circa 580-500 BC) |
pythagoras
(foldoc) | Pythagoras
(Pythagoras of Samos, Ionia; about 569-475 BC) The
Greek mathematician who founded a philosophical and religious
school in Croton (now Crotone) in southern Italy.
Pythagoras is most famous for Pythagoras's Theorem but other
important postulates are attributed to him, e.g. the sum of
the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles.
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