| slovo | definícia |
yam
(encz) | yam,jam n: Zdeněk Brož |
yam
(encz) | yam,sladký brambor n: Josef |
Yam
(gcide) | Yam \Yam\ (y[a^]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native
name.]
1. (Bot.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various
climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants
themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants
have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three
broad wings. The commonest species is Dioscorea sativa,
but several others are cultivated.
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2. (Bot.) Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet
potato. [U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Chinese yam, a plant (Dioscorea Batatas) with a long and
slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species.
Wild yam.
(a) A common plant (Dioscorea villosa) of the Eastern
United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock.
(b) An orchidaceous plant (Gastrodia sesamoides) of
Australia and Tasmania.
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yam
(wn) | yam
n 1: edible tuber of any of several yams
2: any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many
having edible tuberous roots [syn: yam, yam plant]
3: sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when
baked
4: edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus
Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food |
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chinese yam
(encz) | Chinese yam, |
cocoyam
(encz) | cocoyam, n: |
elephant yam
(encz) | elephant yam, n: |
ezo-yama-hagi
(encz) | ezo-yama-hagi, n: |
hyoscyamine
(encz) | hyoscyamine,hyosciamin Zdeněk Brož |
nakayama
(encz) | Nakayama,Nakayama n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
okayama
(encz) | Okayama,město - Japonsko n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
omar khayyam
(encz) | Omar Khayyam, |
polyamide
(encz) | polyamide,polyamid n: Zdeněk Brož |
water yam
(encz) | water yam, n: |
white yam
(encz) | white yam, n: |
wild yam
(encz) | wild yam, n: |
yam bean
(encz) | yam bean, n: |
yam family
(encz) | yam family, n: |
yam plant
(encz) | yam plant, n: |
yama
(encz) | Yama,Jama n: bůh smrti v hinduismu Dayalpuri |
yamaha
(encz) | Yamaha,Yamaha japonská firma |
yammer
(encz) | yammer,naříkání n: Zdeněk Brožyammer,remcat v: Zdeněk Brož |
yammerer
(encz) | yammerer,fňukal v: Zdeněk Brož |
yamoussoukro
(encz) | Yamoussoukro,město - Pobřeží Slonoviny n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
nakayama
(czen) | Nakayama,Nakayaman: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
polyamid
(czen) | polyamid,polyamiden: Zdeněk Brož |
yamaha
(czen) | Yamaha,Yamaha japonská firma |
Bayamo
(gcide) | Bayamo \Ba*ya"mo\, n. (Meteor.)
A violent thunder squall occurring on the south coast of
Cuba, esp. near Bayamo. The gusts, called bayamo winds, are
modified foehn winds.
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Chinese yam
(gcide) | Yam \Yam\ (y[a^]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native
name.]
1. (Bot.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various
climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants
themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants
have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three
broad wings. The commonest species is Dioscorea sativa,
but several others are cultivated.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet
potato. [U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Chinese yam, a plant (Dioscorea Batatas) with a long and
slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species.
Wild yam.
(a) A common plant (Dioscorea villosa) of the Eastern
United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock.
(b) An orchidaceous plant (Gastrodia sesamoides) of
Australia and Tasmania.
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Cyamelide
(gcide) | Cyamelide \Cy*am"e*lide\ (s[-i]*[a^]m"[-e]*l[i^]d or -l[imac]d;
104), n. (Chem.)
A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric
modification of isocyanic acid.
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Cyamellone
(gcide) | Cyamellone \Cy*am"el*lone\ (s[-i]*[a^]m"[e^]l*l[=o]n), n. (Chem)
A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and
known chiefly in its salts; -- called also {hydromellonic
acid}.
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Cyamus
(gcide) | Cyamus \Cyamus\ prop. n.
a genus of whale lice.
Syn: genus Cyamus.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Cyamus ceti
(gcide) | Whale \Whale\, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch,
G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval,
hvalfisk. Cf. Narwhal, Walrus.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one
of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred
feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and
baleen, or whalebone.
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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the
toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that
have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm
whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales
(Mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of
teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper
jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of
whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale
(see Illust. of Right whale), the Biscay whale, the
Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under Gray), the
humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.
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Whale bird. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels
which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and
floating oil; especially, Prion turtur (called also
blue petrel), and Pseudoprion desolatus.
(b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the
carcasses of whales. [Canada]
Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds.
Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking,
whales.
Whale louse (Zool.), any one of several species of degraded
amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus,
especially Cyamus ceti. They are parasitic on various
cetaceans.
Whale's bone, ivory. [Obs.]
Whale shark. (Zool.)
(a) The basking, or liver, shark.
(b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native
of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet
long.
Whale shot, the name formerly given to spermaceti.
Whale's tongue (Zool.), a balanoglossus.
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hyoscyamia
(gcide) | Hyoscyamine \Hy`os*cy"a*mine\, n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and
regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other
alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is
extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp,
offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is
very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like
belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
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Hyoscyamine
(gcide) | Hyoscyamine \Hy`os*cy"a*mine\, n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and
regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other
alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is
extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp,
offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is
very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like
belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
[1913 Webster]Duboisine \Du*bois"ine\, n. (Med.)
An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree
(Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with
hyoscyamine. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye.
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hyoscyamine
(gcide) | Hyoscyamine \Hy`os*cy"a*mine\, n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and
regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other
alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is
extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp,
offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is
very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like
belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
[1913 Webster]Duboisine \Du*bois"ine\, n. (Med.)
An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree
(Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with
hyoscyamine. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye.
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Hyoscyamus
(gcide) | Hyoscyamus \Hy`os*cy"a*mus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? a sow, hog + ?
a bean.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade
family; henbane.
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2. (Med.) The leaves of the black henbane ({Hyoscyamus
niger}), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.
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Hyoscyamus niger
(gcide) | Hyoscyamine \Hy`os*cy"a*mine\, n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and
regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other
alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is
extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp,
offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is
very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like
belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
[1913 Webster]Hyoscyamus \Hy`os*cy"a*mus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? a sow, hog + ?
a bean.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade
family; henbane.
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2. (Med.) The leaves of the black henbane ({Hyoscyamus
niger}), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.
[1913 Webster]Henbane \Hen"bane`\, n. [Hen + bane.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (Hyoscyamus niger). All
parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for
the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic
fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade,
from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.
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Lyam
(gcide) | Lyam \Ly"am\, n. [See Leam.]
A leash. [Obs.]
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Oxyammonia
(gcide) | Oxyammonia \Ox`y*am*mo"ni*a\, n. [Oxy
(b) + ammonia.] (Chem.) Same as Hydroxylamine.
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Tsung-li Yamen
(gcide) | Tsung-li Yamen \Tsung"-li Ya"men\ [Written also Tsung-li-Yamen
or Tsungli Yamen.] [Chin.]
The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese
government. See Yamen.
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Tsungli Yamen
(gcide) | Tsung-li Yamen \Tsung"-li Ya"men\ [Written also Tsung-li-Yamen
or Tsungli Yamen.] [Chin.]
The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese
government. See Yamen.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Tsung-li-Yamen
(gcide) | Tsung-li Yamen \Tsung"-li Ya"men\ [Written also Tsung-li-Yamen
or Tsungli Yamen.] [Chin.]
The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese
government. See Yamen.
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Wild yam
(gcide) | Yam \Yam\ (y[a^]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native
name.]
1. (Bot.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various
climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants
themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants
have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three
broad wings. The commonest species is Dioscorea sativa,
but several others are cultivated.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet
potato. [U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Chinese yam, a plant (Dioscorea Batatas) with a long and
slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species.
Wild yam.
(a) A common plant (Dioscorea villosa) of the Eastern
United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock.
(b) An orchidaceous plant (Gastrodia sesamoides) of
Australia and Tasmania.
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Yam
(gcide) | Yam \Yam\ (y[a^]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native
name.]
1. (Bot.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various
climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants
themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants
have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three
broad wings. The commonest species is Dioscorea sativa,
but several others are cultivated.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet
potato. [U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Chinese yam, a plant (Dioscorea Batatas) with a long and
slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species.
Wild yam.
(a) A common plant (Dioscorea villosa) of the Eastern
United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock.
(b) An orchidaceous plant (Gastrodia sesamoides) of
Australia and Tasmania.
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Yama
(gcide) | Yama \Ya"ma\, n. [Skr. yama a twin.] (Hindoo Myth.)
The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek
Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times
he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and
the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green
color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his
eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and
noose in his hands.
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Yamen
(gcide) | Yamen \Ya"men\, n. [Chin. ya a civil or military court + men a
gate.]
In China, the official headquarters or residence of a
mandarin, including court rooms, offices, gardens, prisons,
etc.; the place where the business of any public department
is transcated.
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Yamma
(gcide) | Yamma \Yam"ma\, n. [See Llama.] (Zool.)
The llama.
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Yamp
(gcide) | Yamp \Yamp\, n. (Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small
fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to
California.
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yams
(gcide) | Dioscorea \Di`os*co"re*a\, n. [NL. Named after Dioscorides the
Greek physician.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, the roots of which are eaten as yams.
See Yam.
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ahmed zoki yamani
(wn) | Ahmed Zoki Yamani
n 1: Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central
figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930) [syn:
Yamani, Ahmed Zoki Yamani] |
chinese yam
(wn) | Chinese yam
n 1: hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and
cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-
shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its
edible tubers [syn: cinnamon vine, Chinese yam,
Dioscorea batata] |
cocoyam
(wn) | cocoyam
n 1: edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants [syn: taro,
cocoyam, dasheen, eddo]
2: tropical starchy tuberous root [syn: taro, taro root,
cocoyam, dasheen, edda] |
cyamopsis
(wn) | Cyamopsis
n 1: small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical
Africa and Arabia [syn: Cyamopsis, genus Cyamopsis] |
cyamopsis psoraloides
(wn) | Cyamopsis psoraloides
n 1: drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed
which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing
material [syn: guar, cluster bean, {Cyamopsis
tetragonolobus}, Cyamopsis psoraloides] |
cyamopsis tetragonolobus
(wn) | Cyamopsis tetragonolobus
n 1: drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed
which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing
material [syn: guar, cluster bean, {Cyamopsis
tetragonolobus}, Cyamopsis psoraloides] |
cyamus
(wn) | Cyamus
n 1: whale lice [syn: Cyamus, genus Cyamus] |
elephant yam
(wn) | elephant yam
n 1: putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the
Philippines) grown for its edible tuber [syn: pungapung,
telingo potato, elephant yam, {Amorphophallus
paeonifolius}, Amorphophallus campanulatus] |
ezo-yama-hagi
(wn) | ezo-yama-hagi
n 1: Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers
widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as
a source of feed for wild birds [syn: bicolor lespediza,
ezo-yama-hagi, Lespedeza bicolor] |
fujinoyama
(wn) | Fujinoyama
n 1: an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the
highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its
symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site
for pilgrimages [syn: Fuji, Mount Fuji, Fujiyama,
Fujinoyama, Fuji-san] |
fujiyama
(wn) | Fujiyama
n 1: an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the
highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its
symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site
for pilgrimages [syn: Fuji, Mount Fuji, Fujiyama,
Fujinoyama, Fuji-san] |
genus cyamopsis
(wn) | genus Cyamopsis
n 1: small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical
Africa and Arabia [syn: Cyamopsis, genus Cyamopsis] |
genus cyamus
(wn) | genus Cyamus
n 1: whale lice [syn: Cyamus, genus Cyamus] |
genus hyoscyamus
(wn) | genus Hyoscyamus
n 1: genus of poisonous herbs: henbane [syn: Hyoscyamus,
genus Hyoscyamus] |
hyoscyamine
(wn) | hyoscyamine
n 1: a poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine
but more potent); used to treat excess motility of the
gastrointestinal tract |
hyoscyamus
(wn) | Hyoscyamus
n 1: genus of poisonous herbs: henbane [syn: Hyoscyamus,
genus Hyoscyamus] |
hyoscyamus muticus
(wn) | Hyoscyamus muticus
n 1: poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine
[syn: Egyptian henbane, Hyoscyamus muticus] |
hyoscyamus niger
(wn) | Hyoscyamus niger
n 1: poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves
and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and
scopolamine [syn: henbane, black henbane, {stinking
nightshade}, Hyoscyamus niger] |
isoroku yamamoto
(wn) | Isoroku Yamamoto
n 1: Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in
1941 (1884-1943) [syn: Yamamoto, Isoroku Yamamoto] |
nyamuragira
(wn) | Nyamuragira
n 1: an active volcano in eastern Congo |
nyamwezi
(wn) | Nyamwezi
n 1: a Bantu language spoken in central Tanzania |
omar khayyam
(wn) | Omar Khayyam
n 1: Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry
was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation
(1050-1123) |
peronospora hyoscyami
(wn) | Peronospora hyoscyami
n 1: fungus causing a downy mildew on growing tobacco [syn:
tobacco mildew, Peronospora hyoscyami] |
polyamide
(wn) | polyamide
n 1: a polymer containing repeated amide groups [syn:
polyamide, polymeric amide] |
rashtriya swayamsevak sangh
(wn) | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
n 1: an all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster
nationalism in India's Hindus [syn: {Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh}, National Volunteers Association] |
water yam
(wn) | water yam
n 1: grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with
fine edible white flesh [syn: white yam, water yam,
Dioscorea alata] |
white yam
(wn) | white yam
n 1: grown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with
fine edible white flesh [syn: white yam, water yam,
Dioscorea alata] |
wild yam
(wn) | wild yam
n 1: having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat
rheumatism or liver disorders [syn: wild yam, {Dioscorea
paniculata}] |
yam bean
(wn) | yam bean
n 1: twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
[syn: yam bean, potato bean, Pachyrhizus tuberosus]
2: Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods;
large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young
and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also
yield rotenone and oils [syn: yam bean, {Pachyrhizus
erosus}] |
yam family
(wn) | yam family
n 1: yams [syn: Dioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, {yam
family}] |
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