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Carica
(gcide) | Carica \Carica\ n.
the type genus of the Caricaceae; consisting of tropical
American trees; the papayas.
Syn: genus Carica.
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carica
(wn) | Carica
n 1: type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees:
papayas [syn: Carica, genus Carica] |
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caricature
(encz) | caricature,karikatura n: Jiří Šmoldascaricature,karikovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
caricature plant
(encz) | caricature plant, n: |
caricatured
(encz) | caricatured, |
caricatures
(encz) | caricatures,karikatury n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
caricaturisation
(encz) | caricaturisation,karikaturizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
caricaturist
(encz) | caricaturist,karikaturista Jiří Šmoldas |
caricaturization
(encz) | caricaturization,karikaturizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
Carica
(gcide) | Carica \Carica\ n.
the type genus of the Caricaceae; consisting of tropical
American trees; the papayas.
Syn: genus Carica.
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Carica Papaya
(gcide) | papaya \pa*pa"ya\, n. [Prob. from the native name in the West
Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.]
1. (Bot.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America,
belonging to the order Passiflore[ae]; called also
papaw and pawpaw. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen
or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large,
long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of
the plant is said to have the property of making meat
tender.
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2. The fruit of the papaya tree; it is a dull orange-colored,
melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or
pickled. The fruit contains papain, a protease.
[1913 Webster + PJC]Papain \Pa*pa"in\, n. [From Papaw.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of
the green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical
America.
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Caricaceae
(gcide) | Caricaceae \Caricaceae\ n.
a natural family of trees native to tropical America and
Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves.
Syn: family Caricaceae, papaya family.
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caricatura
(gcide) | Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to
charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, v. t.]
1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts
or characteristics, as in a picture.
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2. A picture or other figure or description in which the
peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as
to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly
written caricatura.]
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The truest likeness of the prince of French
literature will be the one that has most of the look
of a caricature. --I. Taylor.
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A grotesque caricature of virtue. --Macaulay.
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Caricature
(gcide) | Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caricatured;
p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing.]
To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous
exaggeration; to burlesque.
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He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one,
with a masterly hand. --Lord
Lyttelton.
[1913 Webster]Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to
charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, v. t.]
1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts
or characteristics, as in a picture.
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2. A picture or other figure or description in which the
peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as
to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly
written caricatura.]
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The truest likeness of the prince of French
literature will be the one that has most of the look
of a caricature. --I. Taylor.
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A grotesque caricature of virtue. --Macaulay.
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Caricatured
(gcide) | Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caricatured;
p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing.]
To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous
exaggeration; to burlesque.
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He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one,
with a masterly hand. --Lord
Lyttelton.
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Caricaturing
(gcide) | Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caricatured;
p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing.]
To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous
exaggeration; to burlesque.
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He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one,
with a masterly hand. --Lord
Lyttelton.
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Caricaturist
(gcide) | Caricaturist \Car"i*ca*tu`rist\, n.
One who caricatures.
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F Carica
(gcide) | Ficus \Fi"cus\, n. [L., a fig.]
A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which ({F.
Carica}) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.
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Note: Ficus Indica is the banyan tree; F. religiosa, the
peepul tree; F. elastica, the India-rubber tree.
[1913 Webster]Fig \Fig\ (f[i^]g), n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr.
figa, fr. L. ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. Fico.]
1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large
leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably
native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
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2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong
shape, and of various colors.
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Note: The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a
stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity.
Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in
only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The
fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its
fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See
Caprification.
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3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]
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4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used
in scorn or contempt. "A fig for Peter." --Shak.
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Cochineal fig. See Conchineal fig.
Fig dust, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged
birds.
Fig faun, one of a class of rural deities or monsters
supposed to live on figs. "Therefore shall dragons dwell
there with the fig fauns." --Jer. i. 39. (Douay version).
Fig gnat (Zool.), a small fly said to be injurious to figs.
Fig leaf, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first
clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a
thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate
covering; a symbol for affected modesty.
Fig marigold (Bot.), the name of several plants of the
genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which are prized for the
brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.
Fig tree (Bot.), any tree of the genus Ficus, but
especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce.
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Ficus Carica
(gcide) | Fig \Fig\ (f[i^]g), n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr.
figa, fr. L. ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. Fico.]
1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large
leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably
native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
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2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong
shape, and of various colors.
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Note: The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a
stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity.
Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in
only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The
fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its
fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See
Caprification.
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3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]
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4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used
in scorn or contempt. "A fig for Peter." --Shak.
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Cochineal fig. See Conchineal fig.
Fig dust, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged
birds.
Fig faun, one of a class of rural deities or monsters
supposed to live on figs. "Therefore shall dragons dwell
there with the fig fauns." --Jer. i. 39. (Douay version).
Fig gnat (Zool.), a small fly said to be injurious to figs.
Fig leaf, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first
clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a
thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate
covering; a symbol for affected modesty.
Fig marigold (Bot.), the name of several plants of the
genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which are prized for the
brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.
Fig tree (Bot.), any tree of the genus Ficus, but
especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce.
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Fulgar carica
(gcide) | Winkle \Win"kle\, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zool.)
(a) Any periwinkle. --Holland.
(b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the
United States, either of two species of Fulgar ({Fulgar
canaliculata}, and Fulgar carica).
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Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large
numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking
their blood.
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Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell ({Murex
erinaceus}). See Illust. of Murex.
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Fulgur carica
(gcide) | Periwinkle \Per"i*win`kle\, n. [From AS. pinewincla a shellfish,
in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin
to Gr. ?. Cf. Winkle.] (Zool.)
Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina.
The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe
extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized
abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina.
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Note: In America the name is often applied to several large
univalves, as Fulgur carica, and {Fulgur
canaliculata}.
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carica papaya
(wn) | Carica papaya
n 1: tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply
palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit [syn:
papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree,
Carica papaya] |
caricaceae
(wn) | Caricaceae
n 1: trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky
juice and large palmately lobed leaves [syn: Caricaceae,
family Caricaceae, papaya family] |
caricature
(wn) | caricature
n 1: a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic
effect [syn: caricature, imitation, impersonation]
v 1: represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing
caricatured the President" [syn: caricature, ape] |
caricature plant
(wn) | caricature plant
n 1: tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular
flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human
face [syn: caricature plant, Graptophyllum pictum] |
caricaturist
(wn) | caricaturist
n 1: someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner |
family caricaceae
(wn) | family Caricaceae
n 1: trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky
juice and large palmately lobed leaves [syn: Caricaceae,
family Caricaceae, papaya family] |
ficus carica
(wn) | Ficus carica
n 1: Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
[syn: fig, common fig, common fig tree, {Ficus
carica}] |
ficus carica sylvestris
(wn) | Ficus carica sylvestris
n 1: wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate
pollination of certain figs [syn: caprifig, {Ficus carica
sylvestris}] |
genus carica
(wn) | genus Carica
n 1: type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees:
papayas [syn: Carica, genus Carica] |
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