| slovo | definícia |
ballota
(wn) | Ballota
n 1: perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean
area: black horehound [syn: Ballota, genus Ballota] |
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Ballota nigra
(gcide) | Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[=a]rhune;
h[=a]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species
of organum, Gr. ?, Skr. kn?y to smell.] (Bot.)
1. A plant of the genus Marrubium (Marrubium vulgare),
which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a
household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also
hoarhound.]
[1913 Webster]
2. A lozenge or tablet, usually sweetened, containing extract
of horehound, used as a remedy for a cough or a sore
throat.
[PJC]
Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant
resembling horehound (Ballota nigra).
Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus,
resembling mint, but not aromatic.
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Ballotade
(gcide) | Ballotade \Bal"lo*tade`\ (b[a^]l"l[-o]*t[aum]d` or
b[a^]l"l[-o]*t[=a]d`), n. [F. ballottade, fr. ballotter to
toss. See Ballot, v. i.] (Man.)
A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight
line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows
only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.
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Ballotage
(gcide) | Ballotage \Bal"lot*age\, n. [F. ballottage.]
In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first
ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a {runoff
election}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
Ballotation
(gcide) | Ballotation \Bal`lo*ta"tion\, n.
Voting by ballot. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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ballota nigra
(wn) | Ballota nigra
n 1: ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of
dark purple flowers [syn: black horehound, {black
archangel}, fetid horehound, stinking horehound,
Ballota nigra] |
genus ballota
(wn) | genus Ballota
n 1: perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean
area: black horehound [syn: Ballota, genus Ballota] |
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