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nuts
(encz) | nuts,koule n: pl. [vulg.] jose |
nuts
(encz) | nuts,ořechy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
nuts
(encz) | nuts,praštěný adj: |
nuts
(encz) | nuts,zcvoklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
nuts
(gcide) | Fruit \Fruit\, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus
enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to
enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See Brook, v. t., and cf.
Fructify, Frugal.]
1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of
man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as
corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the
plural.
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Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather
in the
fruits thereof. --Ex. xxiii.
10.
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2. (Hort.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants,
especially those grown on branches above ground, as
apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
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3. (Bot.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its
contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
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Note: Fruits are classified as fleshy, drupaceous, and dry.
Fleshy fruits include berries, gourds, and melons,
orangelike fruits and pomes; drupaceous fruits are
stony within and fleshy without, as peaches, plums, and
cherries; and dry fruits are further divided into
achenes, follicles, legumes, capsules, nuts,
and several other kinds.
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4. (Bot.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless
plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores
contained in them.
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6. The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of
the womb, of the loins, of the body.
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King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown.
--Shak.
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6. That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any
action; advantageous or desirable product or result;
disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the
fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.
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The fruit of rashness. --Shak.
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What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain.
--Burke.
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They shall eat the fruit of their doings. --Is. iii
10.
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The fruits of this education became visible.
--Macaulay.
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Note: Fruit is frequently used adjectively, signifying of,
for, or pertaining to a fruit or fruits; as, fruit bud;
fruit frame; fruit jar; fruit knife; fruit loft; fruit
show; fruit stall; fruit tree; etc.
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Fruit bat (Zool.), one of the Frugivora; -- called also
fruit-eating bat.
Fruit bud (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; -- in most
oplants the same as the power bud.
Fruit dot (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns.
See Sorus.
Fruit fly (Zool.), a small dipterous insect of the genus
Drosophila, which lives in fruit, in the larval state.
There are seveal species, some of which are very damaging
to fruit crops. One species, Drosophila melanogaster,
has been intensively studied as a model species for
genetic reserach.
Fruit jar, a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made
of glass or earthenware.
Fruit pigeon (Zool.), one of numerous species of pigeons of
the family Carpophagid[ae], inhabiting India, Australia,
and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon fruit. and
are noted for their beautiful colors.
Fruit sugar (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally
formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The
name is also, though rarely, applied to invert sugar, or
to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling
it, and found in fruits and honey.
Fruit tree (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit.
Fruit worm (Zool.), one of numerous species of insect
larv[ae]: which live in the interior of fruit. They are
mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera.
Small fruits (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries,
etc.
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nuts
(gcide) | nuts \nuts\ (n[u^]ts), pred. a.
Crazy; loony; insane; batty; -- used in a predicate position,
ususually in phrases such as to go nuts, went nuts, are you
nuts? [slang]
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nuts
(gcide) | nuts \nuts\ (n[u^]ts), interj.
An expression of disapproval, defiance, or displeasure, as
in: "Ah, nuts! My knife just broke." [slang]
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nuts
(wn) | nuts
adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used
to drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy,
bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked,
crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire,
kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts,
nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky,
whacky] |
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bet you dollars to donuts
(encz) | bet you dollars to donuts,vsaď se že ... Zdeněk Brož |
chestnuts
(encz) | chestnuts,kaštan n: Zdeněk Brož |
donuts
(encz) | donuts,koblihy n: Zdeněk Brož |
doughnuts
(encz) | doughnuts,koblihy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
drive you nuts
(encz) | drive you nuts, |
everything from soup to nuts
(encz) | everything from soup to nuts, |
go nuts
(encz) | go nuts,zbláznit se v: Zdeněk Brož |
hazelnuts
(encz) | hazelnuts,lískové ořechy Zdeněk Brož |
in a nutshell
(encz) | in a nutshell,v kostce [fráz.] stručně Ivan Masárin a nutshell,ve zkratce jose |
knutsen
(encz) | Knutsen,Knutsen n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
knutson
(encz) | Knutson,Knutson n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
nuts about
(encz) | nuts about, |
nuts and bolts
(encz) | nuts and bolts,zásadní informace n: pl. jose |
nutsedge
(encz) | nutsedge, n: |
nutshell
(encz) | nutshell,skořápka n: |
nutshells
(encz) | nutshells,skořápky n: pl. |
peanuts
(encz) | peanuts,arašídy n: pl. Martin Král |
walnuts
(encz) | walnuts,vlašské ořechy n: pl. Radka D. |
knutsen
(czen) | Knutsen,Knutsenn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
knutson
(czen) | Knutson,Knutsonn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Barbados nuts
(gcide) | Barbados \Bar*ba"dos\ or Barbadoes \Bar*ba"does\, n.
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a
cherry, etc.
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Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies
(Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a
cherry.
Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to
hot climates.
Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant
growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and
their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See
Physic nut.
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ben nuts
(gcide) | Moringa \Mo*rin"ga\, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One
species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree,
and its seeds, as well as those of Moringa aptera, are
known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil
called oil of ben.
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Brazil nuts
(gcide) | Juvia \Ju"vi*a\, n. (Bot.)
A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree ({Bertholetia
excelsa}) which produces the large seeds known as {Brazil
nuts}.
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butternuts
(gcide) | Walnut \Wal"nut\, n. [OE. walnot, AS. wealh-hnutu a Welsh or
foreign nut, a walnut; wealh foreign, strange, n., a
Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG. Walh, properly, a Celt, from the
name of a Celtic tribe, in L. Volcae) + hnutu a nut; akin to
D. walnoot, G. walnuss, Icel. valhnot, Sw. valn["o]t, Dan
valn["o]d. See Nut, and cf. Welsh.] (Bot.)
The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also,
the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species
are all natives of the north temperate zone.
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Note: In some parts of America, especially in New England,
the name walnut is given to several species of hickory
(Carya), and their fruit.
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Ash-leaved walnut, a tree (Juglans fraxinifolia), native
in Transcaucasia.
Black walnut, a North American tree (Juglans nigra)
valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively
used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are
thick-shelled, and nearly globular.
English walnut, or European walnut, a tree ({Juglans
regia}), native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan,
valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which
are also called Madeira nuts.
Walnut brown, a deep warm brown color, like that of the
heartwood of the black walnut.
Walnut oil, oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in
cooking, making soap, etc.
White walnut, a North American tree (Juglans cinerea),
bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly
called butternuts. See Butternut.
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in a nutshell
(gcide) | Nutshell \Nut"shell`\, n.
1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of
a nut is inclosed.
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2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
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3. (Zool.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
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in a nutshell in a summarized and very abbreviated form; --
of statments, descriptions, reports, and other
communications; as, to describe the convention in a
nutshell.
To be in a nutshell or To lie in a nutshell,, to be
within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple
determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a
nutshell." --Macaulay.
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Madeira nuts
(gcide) | Walnut \Wal"nut\, n. [OE. walnot, AS. wealh-hnutu a Welsh or
foreign nut, a walnut; wealh foreign, strange, n., a
Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG. Walh, properly, a Celt, from the
name of a Celtic tribe, in L. Volcae) + hnutu a nut; akin to
D. walnoot, G. walnuss, Icel. valhnot, Sw. valn["o]t, Dan
valn["o]d. See Nut, and cf. Welsh.] (Bot.)
The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also,
the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species
are all natives of the north temperate zone.
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Note: In some parts of America, especially in New England,
the name walnut is given to several species of hickory
(Carya), and their fruit.
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Ash-leaved walnut, a tree (Juglans fraxinifolia), native
in Transcaucasia.
Black walnut, a North American tree (Juglans nigra)
valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively
used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are
thick-shelled, and nearly globular.
English walnut, or European walnut, a tree ({Juglans
regia}), native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan,
valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which
are also called Madeira nuts.
Walnut brown, a deep warm brown color, like that of the
heartwood of the black walnut.
Walnut oil, oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in
cooking, making soap, etc.
White walnut, a North American tree (Juglans cinerea),
bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly
called butternuts. See Butternut.
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nutsedge
(gcide) | nutsedge \nutsedge\, nut sedge \nut sedge\n.
a widely distributed perennial sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
having small edible nutlike tubers; also called nut grass.
Syn: nutgrass, nut grass, Cyperus rotundus.
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Nutshell
(gcide) | Nutshell \Nut"shell`\, n.
1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of
a nut is inclosed.
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2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
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3. (Zool.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
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in a nutshell in a summarized and very abbreviated form; --
of statments, descriptions, reports, and other
communications; as, to describe the convention in a
nutshell.
To be in a nutshell or To lie in a nutshell,, to be
within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple
determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a
nutshell." --Macaulay.
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To be in a nutshell
(gcide) | Nutshell \Nut"shell`\, n.
1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of
a nut is inclosed.
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2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
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3. (Zool.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
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in a nutshell in a summarized and very abbreviated form; --
of statments, descriptions, reports, and other
communications; as, to describe the convention in a
nutshell.
To be in a nutshell or To lie in a nutshell,, to be
within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple
determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a
nutshell." --Macaulay.
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To lie in a nutshell
(gcide) | Nutshell \Nut"shell`\, n.
1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of
a nut is inclosed.
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2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
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3. (Zool.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
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in a nutshell in a summarized and very abbreviated form; --
of statments, descriptions, reports, and other
communications; as, to describe the convention in a
nutshell.
To be in a nutshell or To lie in a nutshell,, to be
within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple
determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a
nutshell." --Macaulay.
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with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil
(gcide) | babassu \babassu\ n.
1. a tall feather palm of northern Brazil ({Orbignya
barbosiana}) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable
oil () with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil ()
and a kind of vegetable ivory.
Syn: babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata,
Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana.
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in a nutshell
(wn) | in a nutshell
adv 1: summed up briefly; "gave the facts in a nutshell"; "just
tell me the story in a nutshell"; "explained the
situation in a nutshell" |
nuts and bolts
(wn) | nuts and bolts
n 1: detailed practical information about how something works or
how something can be accomplished |
nutsedge
(wn) | nutsedge
n 1: a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible
nutlike tubers [syn: nutgrass, nut grass, nutsedge,
nut sedge, Cyperus rotundus] |
nutshell
(wn) | nutshell
n 1: the shell around the kernel of a nut |
peanuts
(wn) | peanuts
n 1: an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount; "her
salary is peanuts compared to his" |
donuts
(foldoc) | donuts
(Obsolete) A collective noun for any set of memory bits. This
usage is extremely archaic and may no longer be live jargon;
it dates from the days of ferrite core memories in which
each bit was implemented by a doughnut-shaped magnetic
flip-flop.
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