| slovo | definícia |
scum
(encz) | scum,bahno n: Zdeněk Brož |
scum
(encz) | scum,kal v: Zdeněk Brož |
scum
(encz) | scum,pěna n: Zdeněk Brož |
scum
(encz) | scum,spodina n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scum
(gcide) | Scum \Scum\ (sk[u^]m), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw.
skum, Icel. sk[=u]m, LG. schum, D. schuim, OHG. sc[=u]m, G.
schaum; probably from a root meaning, to cover. [root]158.
Cf. Hide skin, Meerschaum, Skim, v., Sky.]
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1. The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the
surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which
form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of
metals in a molten state; dross.
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Some to remove the scum as it did rise. --Spenser.
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2. refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
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The great and innocent are insulted by the scum and
refuse of the people. --Addison.
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Scum
(gcide) | Scum \Scum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scummed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scumming.]
1. To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from
the surface of; to skim.
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You that scum the molten lead. --Dryden &
Lee.
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2. To sweep or range over the surface of. [Obs.]
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Wandering up and down without certain seat, they
lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates.
--Milton.
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Scum
(gcide) | Scum \Scum\, v. i.
To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used
figuratively.
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Life, and the interest of life, have stagnated and
scummed over. --A. K. H.
Boyd.
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scum
(wn) | scum
n 1: worthless people [syn: trash, scum]
2: a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the
surface of a liquid
v 1: remove the scum from |
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molluscum
(encz) | molluscum, n: |
molluscum contagiosum
(encz) | molluscum contagiosum, n: |
oleoresin capiscum
(encz) | oleoresin capiscum, n: |
pond scum
(encz) | pond scum, n: |
pond-scum parasite
(encz) | pond-scum parasite, n: |
scum bag
(encz) | scum bag, n: |
scumbag
(encz) | scumbag, |
scumble
(encz) | scumble,potlačit v: Jakub Kalousekscumble,rozmazat v: Jakub Kalousek |
scummy
(encz) | scummy,odporný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Bescumber
(gcide) | Bescumber \Be*scum"ber\, Bescummer \Be*scum"mer\, v. t. [Pref.
be- + scumber, scummer.]
To discharge ordure or dung upon. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Bescummer
(gcide) | Bescumber \Be*scum"ber\, Bescummer \Be*scum"mer\, v. t. [Pref.
be- + scumber, scummer.]
To discharge ordure or dung upon. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Discumbency
(gcide) | Discumbency \Dis*cum"ben*cy\, n. [From L. discumbens, p. pr. of
discumbere. See Discubitory.]
The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the
ancients at their meals. --Sir T. Browne.
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Discumber
(gcide) | Discumber \Dis*cum"ber\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + cumber: cf. OF.
descombrer.]
To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
[Archaic] --Pope.
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Molluscum
(gcide) | Molluscum \Mol*lus"cum\, n. [NL. See Mollusk.] (Med.)
A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of
various forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from
the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals.
--Dunglison.
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Offscum
(gcide) | Offscum \Off"scum`\, n. [Off + scum.]
Removed scum; refuse; dross.
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Scum
(gcide) | Scum \Scum\ (sk[u^]m), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw.
skum, Icel. sk[=u]m, LG. schum, D. schuim, OHG. sc[=u]m, G.
schaum; probably from a root meaning, to cover. [root]158.
Cf. Hide skin, Meerschaum, Skim, v., Sky.]
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1. The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the
surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which
form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of
metals in a molten state; dross.
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Some to remove the scum as it did rise. --Spenser.
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2. refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
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The great and innocent are insulted by the scum and
refuse of the people. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]Scum \Scum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scummed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scumming.]
1. To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from
the surface of; to skim.
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You that scum the molten lead. --Dryden &
Lee.
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2. To sweep or range over the surface of. [Obs.]
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Wandering up and down without certain seat, they
lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]Scum \Scum\, v. i.
To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used
figuratively.
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Life, and the interest of life, have stagnated and
scummed over. --A. K. H.
Boyd.
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Scumber
(gcide) | Scumber \Scum"ber\, v. i. [Cf. Discumber.]
To void excrement. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Massinger.
[1913 Webster]Scumber \Scum"ber\, n.
Dung. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Scumble
(gcide) | Scumble \Scum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scumbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scumbling.] [Freq. of scum. [root] 158.] (Fine Arts)
To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin
wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on
with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work,
so as to produce a softened effect.
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Scumbled
(gcide) | Scumble \Scum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scumbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scumbling.] [Freq. of scum. [root] 158.] (Fine Arts)
To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin
wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on
with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work,
so as to produce a softened effect.
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Scumbling
(gcide) | Scumbling \Scum"bling\, n.
1. (Fine Arts)
(a) A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and
drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque
color to the surface of a painting, or part of the
surface, which is too bright in color, or which
requires harmonizing.
(b) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump.
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2. The color so laid on. Also used figuratively.
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Shining above the brown scumbling of leafless
orchards. --L. Wallace.
[1913 Webster]Scumble \Scum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scumbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scumbling.] [Freq. of scum. [root] 158.] (Fine Arts)
To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin
wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on
with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work,
so as to produce a softened effect.
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Scummed
(gcide) | Scum \Scum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scummed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scumming.]
1. To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from
the surface of; to skim.
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You that scum the molten lead. --Dryden &
Lee.
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2. To sweep or range over the surface of. [Obs.]
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Wandering up and down without certain seat, they
lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates.
--Milton.
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Scummer
(gcide) | Scummer \Scum"mer\, v. i.
To scumber. [Obs.] --Holland.
[1913 Webster]Scummer \Scum"mer\, n.
Excrement; scumber. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Scummer \Scum"mer\, n. [Cf. OF. escumoire, F. ['e]cumoire. See
Scum, and cf. Skimmer.]
An instrument for taking off scum; a skimmer.
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Scumming
(gcide) | Scum \Scum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scummed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scumming.]
1. To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from
the surface of; to skim.
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You that scum the molten lead. --Dryden &
Lee.
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2. To sweep or range over the surface of. [Obs.]
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Wandering up and down without certain seat, they
lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]Scumming \Scum"ming\, n.
(a) The act of taking off scum.
(b) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used
chiefly in the plural.
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Scummy
(gcide) | Scummy \Scum"my\, a.
Covered with scum; of the nature of scum. --Sir P. Sidney.
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Verbascum Blattaria
(gcide) | Moth \Moth\, n.; pl. Moths (m[o^]thz). [OE. mothe, AS.
mo[eth][eth]e; akin to D. mot, G. motte, Icel. motti, and
prob. to E. mad an earthworm. Cf. Mad, n., Mawk.]
1. (Zool.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not
included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io
moth; hawk moth.
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2. (Zool.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments,
grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth.
See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of various other insects that destroy
woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several
species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and
Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of
Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet,
Dermestes, Anthrenus.
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4. Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or
wastes any other thing.
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Moth blight (Zool.), any plant louse of the genus
Aleurodes, and related genera. They are injurious to
various plants.
Moth gnat (Zool.), a dipterous insect of the genus
Bychoda, having fringed wings.
Moth hunter (Zool.), the goatsucker.
Moth miller (Zool.), a clothes moth. See Miller, 3,
(a) .
Moth mullein (Bot.), a common herb of the genus Verbascum
(Verbascum Blattaria), having large wheel-shaped yellow
or whitish flowers.
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Verbascum Thapsus
(gcide) | Hag-taper \Hag"-ta`per\ (-t[=a]`p[~e]r), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and
Hig-taper.] (Bot.)
The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
[1913 Webster]Adam \Ad"am\, n.
1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the
progenitor of the human race.
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2. (As a symbol) "Original sin;" human frailty.
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And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak.
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Adam's ale, water. [Coll.]
Adam's apple.
1. (Bot.)
(a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a
height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton.
(b) A species of lime (Citris limetta).
2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the
neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so
called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden
fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first
parent.
Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus).
Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca)
of liliaceous plants.
[1913 Webster]Mullein \Mul"lein\, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs
having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The
common species, with densely woolly leaves, is {Verbascum
Thapsus}.
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Moth mullein. See under Moth.
Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla)
with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a
spreading border.
Petty mullein, the cowslip. --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the
common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera |
Verbascum thapsus
(gcide) | Hag-taper \Hag"-ta`per\ (-t[=a]`p[~e]r), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and
Hig-taper.] (Bot.)
The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
[1913 Webster]Adam \Ad"am\, n.
1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the
progenitor of the human race.
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2. (As a symbol) "Original sin;" human frailty.
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And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak.
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Adam's ale, water. [Coll.]
Adam's apple.
1. (Bot.)
(a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a
height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton.
(b) A species of lime (Citris limetta).
2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the
neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so
called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden
fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first
parent.
Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus).
Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca)
of liliaceous plants.
[1913 Webster]Mullein \Mul"lein\, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs
having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The
common species, with densely woolly leaves, is {Verbascum
Thapsus}.
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Moth mullein. See under Moth.
Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla)
with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a
spreading border.
Petty mullein, the cowslip. --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the
common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera |
Verbascum Thapsus
(gcide) | Hag-taper \Hag"-ta`per\ (-t[=a]`p[~e]r), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and
Hig-taper.] (Bot.)
The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
[1913 Webster]Adam \Ad"am\, n.
1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the
progenitor of the human race.
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2. (As a symbol) "Original sin;" human frailty.
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And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak.
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Adam's ale, water. [Coll.]
Adam's apple.
1. (Bot.)
(a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a
height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton.
(b) A species of lime (Citris limetta).
2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the
neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so
called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden
fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first
parent.
Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus).
Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca)
of liliaceous plants.
[1913 Webster]Mullein \Mul"lein\, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs
having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The
common species, with densely woolly leaves, is {Verbascum
Thapsus}.
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Moth mullein. See under Moth.
Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla)
with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a
spreading border.
Petty mullein, the cowslip. --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the
common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera |
Viscum
(gcide) | Viscum \Vis"cum\, n. [L.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the
mistletoe of Europe.
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2. Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the
European mistletoe.
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Viscum album
(gcide) | Mistletoe \Mis"tle*toe\, n. [AS. mistelt[=a]n; mistel mistletoe
+ t[=a]n twig. AS. mistel is akin of D., G., Dan. & Sw.
mistel, OHG. mistil, Icel. mistilteinn; and AS. t[=a]n to D.
teen, OHG. zein, Icel. teinn, Goth. tains. Cf. Missel.]
(Bot.)
A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album),
bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it
is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the
Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also
misletoe, misseltoe, and mistleto.] --Lindley.
--Loudon.
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Note: The mistletoe of the United States is {Phoradendron
serotinum} (syn. Phoradendron flavescens), having
broader leaves than the European kind. In different
regions various similar plants are called by this name.
The mistletoe is used as a decoration at Christmas
time, and it is a tradition that two persons of the
oposite sex finding each other under a mistletoe sprig
should kiss.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Viscin \Vis"cin\, n. (Chem.)
A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the
mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly,
etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime.
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genus verbascum
(wn) | genus Verbascum
n 1: genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly
leaves [syn: Verbascum, genus Verbascum] |
genus viscum
(wn) | genus Viscum
n 1: type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs
parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple
trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods [syn: Viscum,
genus Viscum] |
molluscum
(wn) | molluscum
n 1: any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules |
molluscum contagiosum
(wn) | molluscum contagiosum
n 1: a virus disease of the skin marked by round white
swellings; transmitted from person to person (most often in
children or in adults with impaired immune function) |
oleoresin capiscum
(wn) | oleoresin capiscum
n 1: an oleoresin extracted from the capsicum pepper plant |
pond scum
(wn) | pond scum
n 1: free-floating freshwater green algae |
pond-scum parasite
(wn) | pond-scum parasite
n 1: an aquatic fungus of genus Synchytriaceae that is parasitic
on pond scum |
scum bag
(wn) | scum bag
n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
"only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the
bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a
contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog,
rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke,
crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] |
scumble
(wn) | scumble
n 1: the application of very thin coat of color over the surface
of a picture |
scummy
(wn) | scummy
adj 1: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low
stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable
treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a
scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [syn: abject, low,
low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy]
2: covered with scum; "the scummy surface of the polluted pond" |
verbascum
(wn) | Verbascum
n 1: genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly
leaves [syn: Verbascum, genus Verbascum] |
verbascum blattaria
(wn) | Verbascum blattaria
n 1: European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or
purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
[syn: moth mullein, Verbascum blattaria] |
verbascum lychnitis
(wn) | Verbascum lychnitis
n 1: densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers;
naturalized in North America [syn: white mullein,
Verbascum lychnitis] |
verbascum phoeniceum
(wn) | Verbascum phoeniceum
n 1: Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers [syn:
purple mullein, Verbascum phoeniceum] |
verbascum thapsus
(wn) | Verbascum thapsus
n 1: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow
flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in
tallow for funeral torches [syn: common mullein, {great
mullein}, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, {woolly
mullein}, torch, Verbascum thapsus] |
viscum
(wn) | Viscum
n 1: type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs
parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple
trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods [syn: Viscum,
genus Viscum] |
viscum album
(wn) | Viscum album
n 1: Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems
with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the
traditional mistletoe of Christmas [syn: mistletoe,
Viscum album, Old World mistletoe] |
scumos
(foldoc) | ScumOS
/skuhm'os/ or /skuhm'O-S/ An
Unflattering hackerism for SunOS, the Unix variant once
supported on Sun Microsystems's Unix workstations.
Despite what this term might suggest, Sun was founded by
hackers and still enjoys excellent relations with hackerdom;
usage is more often in exasperation than outright loathing.
See also sun-stools. Compare AIDX, Macintrash, {Nominal
Semidestructor}, Open DeathTrap, HP-SUX.
[Jargon File]
(1995-04-19)
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