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claude
(encz) | Claude,Claude n: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno, mužské křestní
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claude
(czen) | Claude,Clauden: [jmén.] příjmení, ženské křestní jméno, mužské křestní
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Claude Lorraine glass
(gcide) | Claude Lorraine glass \Claude" Lor*raine" glass`\ [Its name is
supposed to be derived from the similarity of the effects it
gives to those of a picture by Claude Lorrain (often written
Lorraine).]
A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a
toy for viewing the reflected landscape.
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Claudent
(gcide) | Claudent \Clau"dent\, a. [L. claudens, p. pr. of claudere to
shut.]
Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent muscle.
[R.] --Jonson
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Inclaudent
(gcide) | Inclaudent \In*clau"dent\, a.
Not closing or shutting.
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Reine Claude
(gcide) | Greengage \Green"gage`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish
flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France {Reine
Claude}, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.
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Reine Claude Violette
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
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Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
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claude achille debussy
(wn) | Claude Achille Debussy
n 1: French composer who is said to have created Impressionism
in music (1862-1918) [syn: Debussy, Claude Debussey,
Claude Achille Debussy] |
claude bernard
(wn) | Claude Bernard
n 1: French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the
alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver
(1813-1878) [syn: Bernard, Claude Bernard] |
claude debussey
(wn) | Claude Debussey
n 1: French composer who is said to have created Impressionism
in music (1862-1918) [syn: Debussy, Claude Debussey,
Claude Achille Debussy] |
claude e. shannon
(wn) | Claude E. Shannon
n 1: United States electrical engineer who pioneered
mathematical communication theory (1916-2001) [syn:
Shannon, Claude Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, {Claude
Elwood Shannon}] |
claude elwood shannon
(wn) | Claude Elwood Shannon
n 1: United States electrical engineer who pioneered
mathematical communication theory (1916-2001) [syn:
Shannon, Claude Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, {Claude
Elwood Shannon}] |
claude levi-strauss
(wn) | Claude Levi-Strauss
n 1: French cultural anthropologist who promoted structural
analysis of social systems (born in 1908) [syn: {Levi-
Strauss}, Claude Levi-Strauss] |
claude monet
(wn) | Claude Monet
n 1: French impressionist painter (1840-1926) [syn: Monet,
Claude Monet] |
claude shannon
(wn) | Claude Shannon
n 1: United States electrical engineer who pioneered
mathematical communication theory (1916-2001) [syn:
Shannon, Claude Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, {Claude
Elwood Shannon}] |
jean-claude duvalier
(wn) | Jean-Claude Duvalier
n 1: son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of
Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born
in 1951) [syn: Duvalier, Jean-Claude Duvalier, {Baby
Doc}] |
william claude dukenfield
(wn) | William Claude Dukenfield
n 1: United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946) [syn:
Fields, W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield] |
CURIA CLAUDENDA
(bouvier) | CURIA CLAUDENDA, WRIT DE, Eng. law. The name of a writ, used to compel a
party to enclose his land. F. N. B. 297.
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