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"dbe472b674", "def": "obscene terms for penis", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tool" ] }, { "id": "182d4514bb", "def": "to set the trigger of a firearm back for firing", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "499da14e16", "def": "to tilt or slant to one side", "example": "cock one's head", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "051a8dec31", "def": "to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others", "example": "The lead singer cocked around the stage.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "strut" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "sabreuse", "msingle" ] }, "canary bird": { "word": "canary bird", "wordset_id": "46ea143b82", "meanings": [ { "id": "e64225a5d3", "def": "any of several small Old World finches", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "canary" ] } ] }, "common canary": { "word": "common canary", "wordset_id": "75b073ff28", "meanings": [ { "id": "3b02f8def9", "def": "native to the Canary Islands and Azores", 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"speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chat": { "word": "chat", "wordset_id": "ae56ab605e", "meanings": [ { "id": "19f85a0bc4", "def": "songbirds having a chattering call", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "03496eef57", "def": "birds having a chattering call", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "cd19613c52", "def": "an informal conversation", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "confabulation", "confab", "schmooze", "schmoose" ] }, { "id": "e06943c068", "def": "to talk socially without exchanging too much information", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "visit" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "sabreuse" ] }, "cardinal grosbeak": { "word": "cardinal grosbeak", "wordset_id": "b93f864392", "meanings": [ { "id": "1281d5bade", "def": "crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "redbird", "cardinal" ] } ] }, "chewink": { "word": "chewink", "wordset_id": "25608ad980", "meanings": [ { "id": "f1a46dc0e7", "def": "common towhee of eastern North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cheewink" ] } ] }, "cheewink": { "word": "cheewink", "wordset_id": "cf22143491", "meanings": [ { "id": "ed15f5b7bb", "def": "common towhee of eastern North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chewink" ] } ] }, "common starling": { "word": "common starling", "wordset_id": "948d8451d5", "meanings": [ { "id": "2db53ce56a", "def": "gregarious bird having plumage with dark metallic gloss", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "currawong": { "word": "currawong", "wordset_id": "6f3c5809c5", "meanings": [ { "id": "a708c433a9", "def": "bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bell magpie" ] } ] }, "common yellowthroat": { "word": "common yellowthroat", "wordset_id": "b50df41516", "meanings": [ { "id": "b0bfe87771", "def": "an American warbler", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crested myna": { "word": "crested myna", "wordset_id": 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", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "3871a457b2", "def": "to express pleasure verbally", "example": "We crowed with joy.", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "2911f6d272", "def": "to utter shrill sounds", "example": "The cocks crowed all morning", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "9414e822cc", "def": "to dwell on with satisfaction", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "triumph", "gloat" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "ike", "testmasterj13", "fusion2004", "jessecurry", "sabreuse", "malrase", "musicchild", "zellerpress" ] }, "cactus wren": { "word": "cactus wren", "wordset_id": "2179caddb2", "meanings": [ { "id": "da08440a8e", "def": "large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chough": { "word": "chough", "wordset_id": "7a19cd6417", "meanings": [ { "id": "88ffb01be5", "def": "a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cacique": { "word": "cacique", "wordset_id": "91e29ed2e8", "meanings": [ { "id": "62efcee41d", "def": "black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cazique" ] } ] }, "cackler": { "word": "cackler", "wordset_id": "2fe5dde82a", "meanings": [ { "id": "b76ebaa193", "def": "any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "babbler" ] }, { "id": "0db9fab583", "def": "a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cazique": { "word": "cazique", "wordset_id": "cc512e3b02", "meanings": [ { "id": "b6322cb608", "def": "black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cacique" ] } ] }, "common European jay": { "word": "common European jay", "wordset_id": "e97380805a", "meanings": [ { "id": "c3e455fd62", "def": "fawn-colored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wings", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crow blackbird": { "word": "crow blackbird", "wordset_id": "499eb807ad", "meanings": [ { "id": "7ae0bc328e", "def": "long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "grackle" ] } ] }, "catbird": { "word": "catbird", "wordset_id": "a104c70672", "meanings": [ { "id": "50f67a85b9", "def": "North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "grey catbird", "gray catbird" ] }, { "id": "f59331a042", "def": "any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bowerbird" ] } ] }, "camp robber": { "word": "camp robber", "wordset_id": "bcf0506751", "meanings": [ { "id": "10bd416c3c", "def": "a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "grey jay" ] } ] }, 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iguana": { "word": "common iguana", "wordset_id": "0cd8913bda", "meanings": [ { "id": "36b1340850", "def": "large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "iguana" ] } ] }, "caiman": { "word": "caiman", "wordset_id": "93f4093722", "meanings": [ { "id": "f7f909aa71", "def": "a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cayman" ] } ] }, "cayman": { "word": "cayman", "wordset_id": "05c6806c90", "meanings": [ { "id": "e6438dcd0e", "def": "a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "caiman" ] } ] }, "chuckwalla": { "word": "chuckwalla", "wordset_id": "8d4ce3d9a4", "meanings": [ { "id": "7f062b7b3c", "def": "a herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United 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"carcase", "wordset_id": "abc09f9fee", "meanings": [ { "id": "b15191279a", "def": "the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carcass" ] } ] }, "carcass": { "word": "carcass", "wordset_id": "ef16783bdf", "meanings": [ { "id": "b1b7cb57d3", "def": "the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carcase" ] } ] }, "carrion": { "word": "carrion", "wordset_id": "255e4936b8", "meanings": [ { "id": "70ea635b54", "def": "the dead and rotting body of an animal", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common viper": { "word": "common viper", "wordset_id": "d9c8361474", "meanings": [ { "id": "2b1793be34", "def": "small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "adder" ] } ] }, "chelicera": { "word": "chelicera", "wordset_id": "b5d6b8cfc2", "meanings": [ { "id": "4c48c36634", "def": "either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cerastes": { "word": "cerastes", "wordset_id": "131526fe94", "meanings": [ { "id": "f070dd860c", "def": "highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sand viper" ] } ] }, "copperhead": { "word": "copperhead", "wordset_id": "53bc68b919", "meanings": [ { "id": "de866dd8d9", "def": "venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "de1c2043c3", "def": "common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cobra": { "word": "cobra", "wordset_id": "b73867435c", "meanings": [ { "id": "7138ec0fa3", "def": "venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cottonmouth": { "word": "cottonmouth", "wordset_id": "72f9e3b0cc", "meanings": [ { "id": "2d54bc238b", "def": "venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cottonmouth moccasin", "water moccasin" ] } ] }, "cottonmouth moccasin": { "word": "cottonmouth moccasin", "wordset_id": "48197ac46b", "meanings": [ { "id": "656cc435aa", "def": "venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cottonmouth" ] } ] }, "constrictor": { "word": "constrictor", "wordset_id": "21b1936a00", "meanings": [ { "id": "f14f629894", "def": "any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "canebrake rattlesnake": { "word": "canebrake rattlesnake", "wordset_id": "4a66ee8e41", "meanings": [ { "id": "94d0ab8212", "def": "southern variety", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "canebrake rattler" ] } ] }, "canebrake rattler": { "word": "canebrake rattler", "wordset_id": "5d18081fed", "meanings": [ { "id": "09ec32d27b", "def": "southern variety", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "canebrake rattlesnake" ] } ] }, "carpet snake": { "word": "carpet snake", "wordset_id": "9134e262fb", "meanings": [ { "id": "a77abc7101", "def": "Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common water snake": { "word": "common water snake", "wordset_id": "76a4eef2ff", "meanings": [ { "id": "4f15e18e02", "def": "in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "banded water snake" ] } ] }, "coral snake": { "word": "coral snake", "wordset_id": "660afd13b4", "meanings": [ { "id": "784042ba0b", "def": "any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "harlequin-snake" ] }, { "id": "513a3c1178", "def": "any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "comb-footed spider": { "word": "comb-footed spider", "wordset_id": 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lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common mosquito": { "word": "common mosquito", "wordset_id": "4f63f8abb2", "meanings": [ { "id": "64f4b9d2f7", "def": "common house mosquito", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cat flea": { "word": "cat flea", "wordset_id": "c56fda6d8b", "meanings": [ { "id": "c0cb38288b", "def": "flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chigoe": { "word": "chigoe", "wordset_id": "e9c31e2998", "meanings": [ { "id": "f1e977879e", "def": "small tropical flea", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chigger" ] } ] }, "cuckoo-bumblebee": { "word": "cuckoo-bumblebee", "wordset_id": "df0e4a76b0", "meanings": [ { "id": "8ed3c74a8a", "def": "a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chigoe flea": { "word": "chigoe flea", "wordset_id": "7f52404121", "meanings": [ { "id": "3100a2a3df", "def": "small tropical flea", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ 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various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chalcid fly" ] } ] }, "chalcid": { "word": "chalcid", "wordset_id": "34b0023c0a", "meanings": [ { "id": "0311b20257", "def": "any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chalcid fly" ] } ] }, "chalcid wasp": { "word": "chalcid wasp", "wordset_id": "c55c948e3c", "meanings": [ { "id": "cdc1712022", "def": "any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chalcid fly" ] } ] }, "cockroach": { "word": "cockroach", "wordset_id": "95b7a436be", "meanings": [ { "id": "666d2de5bd", "def": "any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "roach" ] } ] }, "chalcis fly": { "word": "chalcis fly", "wordset_id": "2ea692b2d8", "meanings": [ { "id": "8138c9cdd0", "def": "a variety of 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{ "id": "b5a363c2e7", "def": "Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cochineal insect" ] }, { "id": "df3fcf2f55", "def": "a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chrysopid": { "word": "chrysopid", "wordset_id": "445cba211d", "meanings": [ { "id": "94734e4d4c", "def": "pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "green lacewing" ] } ] }, "citrophilous mealybug": { "word": "citrophilous mealybug", "wordset_id": "13a00118a5", "meanings": [ { "id": "5e732db5d5", "def": "destructive especially to citrus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "citrophilus mealybug" ] } ] }, "citrophilus mealybug": { "word": "citrophilus mealybug", "wordset_id": "bfd25c701e", "meanings": [ { "id": "89d35c2714", "def": "destructive especially to citrus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "citrophilous mealybug" ] } ] }, "common pond-skater": { "word": "common pond-skater", "wordset_id": "064c86aef1", "meanings": [ { "id": "fd6647bfad", "def": "a variety of water strider", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "citrus mealybug": { "word": "citrus mealybug", "wordset_id": "a76a26b459", "meanings": [ { "id": "046124240e", "def": "feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "conenose": { "word": "conenose", "wordset_id": "d263a3013c", "meanings": [ { "id": "877e178879", "def": "large bloodsucking bug", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cone-nosed bug", "conenose bug", "big bedbug", "kissing bug" ] } ] }, "cone-nosed bug": { "word": "cone-nosed bug", "wordset_id": "96f3e07082", "meanings": [ { "id": "1cd2c43715", "def": "large bloodsucking bug", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "conenose" ] } ] }, "conenose bug": { "word": "conenose bug", "wordset_id": "0ef4fb3860", "meanings": [ { "id": "1d0db5fb59", "def": "large bloodsucking bug", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "conenose" ] } ] }, "cotton stainer": { "word": "cotton stainer", "wordset_id": "6cdc5b1ee3", "meanings": [ { "id": "17edc0ce60", "def": "a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "citrus whitefly": { "word": "citrus whitefly", "wordset_id": "fd9a4195aa", "meanings": [ { "id": "54afa375bb", "def": "whitefly that attacks citrus trees", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common booklouse": { "word": "common booklouse", "wordset_id": "b2b2dc08b5", "meanings": [ { "id": "9c7c3a270c", "def": "a variety of booklouse", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cotton strain": { "word": "cotton strain", "wordset_id": "363c049fb7", "meanings": [ { "id": "bf0f1d33cc", "def": "feeds primarily on cotton", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coccid insect": { "word": "coccid insect", "wordset_id": "7f0df65c7d", "meanings": [ { "id": "0526ca4132", "def": "scale insects and mealybugs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "superfamily Coccoidea" ] } ] }, "clothes moth": { "word": "clothes moth", "wordset_id": "7707042570", "meanings": [ { "id": "07462f1d39", "def": "any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "caddisworm": { "word": "caddisworm", "wordset_id": "235ca9cdbd", "meanings": [ { "id": "086432d664", "def": "larva of the caddis fly", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "strawworm" ] } ] }, "casemaking clothes moth": { "word": "casemaking clothes moth", "wordset_id": "7c6defd88e", "meanings": [ { "id": "692016d05a", "def": "the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "codling moth": { "word": "codling moth", "wordset_id": "58f4d1d623", "meanings": [ { "id": "c9ada5fecd", "def": "a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "codlin moth" ] } ] }, "comma": { "word": "comma", "wordset_id": "1c8edbed14", "meanings": [ { "id": "8341316261", "def": "anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "comma butterfly" ] }, { "id": "d18667f4d6", "def": "a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "codlin moth": { "word": "codlin moth", "wordset_id": "332d3aa9b5", "meanings": [ { "id": "7e8c0b53bd", "def": "a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "codling moth" ] } ] }, "comma butterfly": { "word": "comma butterfly", "wordset_id": "a33d5716d9", "meanings": [ { "id": "294a671b3b", "def": "anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "comma" ] } ] }, "carpet moth": { "word": "carpet moth", "wordset_id": "77ec13bbe0", "meanings": [ { "id": "c2b5fbe7a8", "def": "larvae feed on carpets and other woolens", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tapestry moth" ] } ] }, "cankerworm": { "word": "cankerworm", "wordset_id": "7a8462dd61", "meanings": [ { "id": "a845f2aeb6", "def": "green caterpillar of a geometrid moth", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cabbage butterfly": { "word": "cabbage butterfly", "wordset_id": "c933a9999c", "meanings": [ { "id": "a8c05eef27", "def": "white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common European earwig": { "word": "common European earwig", "wordset_id": "872b5061c2", "meanings": [ { "id": "ccca021a04", "def": "sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "corn borer": { "word": "corn borer", "wordset_id": "db19a8e70b", "meanings": [ { "id": "1047bf634b", "def": "native to Europe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corn borer moth" ] }, { "id": "72f13143c2", "def": "larva of the European corn borer moth", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "copper": { "word": "copper", "wordset_id": "4904d6c9fb", "meanings": [ { "id": "e0b24539fe", "def": "any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "7224507e5e", "def": "a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "copper color" ] }, { "id": "ea266a5afa", "def": "uncomplimentary terms for a policeman", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bull" ] }, { "id": "566e5651b0", "def": "a copper penny", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "51dd1505b0", "def": "a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "b7df0e1ec6", "def": "to coat with a layer of copper", "example": "I coppered the baby shoes.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "msingle" ] }, "corn borer moth": { "word": "corn borer moth", "wordset_id": "feb050ab37", "meanings": [ { "id": "d5e2e2f139", "def": "native to Europe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corn borer" ] } ] }, "cacao moth": { "word": "cacao moth", "wordset_id": "c2ea87399b", "meanings": [ { "id": "1327c80618", "def": "small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tobacco moth" ] } ] }, "caddis fly": { "word": "caddis fly", "wordset_id": "68a64e0e49", "meanings": [ { "id": "8b1dcf5efc", "def": "small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "caddis-fly", "caddice fly", "caddice-fly" ] } ] }, "caddis-fly": { "word": "caddis-fly", "wordset_id": "43352f5f96", "meanings": [ { "id": "2431c97b34", "def": "small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "caddis fly" ] } ] }, "caddice fly": { "word": "caddice fly", "wordset_id": "25b1e8a3d8", "meanings": [ { "id": "5e397fff01", "def": "small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "caddis fly" ] } ] }, "caddice-fly": { "word": "caddice-fly", "wordset_id": "3f96598a32", "meanings": [ { "id": "47a1f80289", "def": "small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "caddis fly" ] } ] }, "caseworm": { "word": "caseworm", "wordset_id": "e340af7cc8", "meanings": [ { "id": "6485e71f72", "def": "insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cottontail": { "word": "cottontail", "wordset_id": "e30ed1507d", "meanings": [ { "id": "cdd518f37b", "def": "common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wood rabbit" ] } ] }, "cottontail rabbit": { "word": "cottontail rabbit", "wordset_id": "79682ed4eb", "meanings": [ { "id": "8520feb2b3", "def": "common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wood rabbit" ] } ] }, "canecutter": { "word": "canecutter", "wordset_id": "8e52244b1e", "meanings": [ { "id": "86a6f1d256", "def": "a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "swamp rabbit" ] } ] }, "caterpillar": { "word": "caterpillar", "wordset_id": "1e2d9fb256", "meanings": [ { "id": "cb59f0b91a", "def": "a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "corn earworm": { "word": "corn earworm", "wordset_id": "567e6ab5ad", "meanings": [ { "id": "0095dc4316", "def": "larva of a noctuid moth", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cotton bollworm", "tomato fruitworm", "tobacco budworm", "vetchworm" ] } ] }, "cotton bollworm": { "word": "cotton bollworm", "wordset_id": "d608db90f5", "meanings": [ { "id": "0726324cd5", "def": "larva of a noctuid moth", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corn earworm" ] } ] }, "cabbageworm": { "word": "cabbageworm", "wordset_id": "507af9d835", "meanings": [ { "id": "2a222d0888", "def": "toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cecropia": { "word": "cecropia", "wordset_id": "aed7a36ba8", "meanings": [ { "id": "db894c9be3", "def": "North American silkworm moth", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cecropia moth" ] } ] }, "cecropia moth": { "word": "cecropia moth", "wordset_id": "e575ee05c5", "meanings": [ { "id": "b8dd3bfa07", "def": "North American silkworm moth", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cecropia" ] } ] }, "cutworm": { "word": "cutworm", "wordset_id": "3ff4ec02e6", "meanings": [ { "id": "ccd11f4c90", "def": "North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cynthia moth": { "word": "cynthia moth", "wordset_id": "1db5991c90", "meanings": [ { "id": "66f5c1968a", "def": "large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chrysalis": { "word": "chrysalis", "wordset_id": "7ab33cb2a9", "meanings": [ { "id": "44bb2d6b2f", "def": "pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cocoon": { "word": "cocoon", "wordset_id": "fc7397af0f", "meanings": [ { "id": "5052a181e3", "def": "silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "e21a7de18f", "def": "to wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "cdb3b58cd7", "def": "to retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment", "example": "Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "comatulid": { "word": "comatulid", "wordset_id": "7a81eba4c8", "meanings": [ { "id": "8f3f1a65c2", "def": "free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "feather star" ] } ] }, "coney": { "word": "coney", "wordset_id": "dbce364500", "meanings": [ { "id": "777a74b50b", "def": "any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rabbit" ] }, { "id": "70e03dbf4b", "def": "small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cony" ] }, { "id": "30095bcd46", "def": "any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cony", "hyrax", "dassie", "das" ] }, { "id": "53053a7c63", "def": "black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cinnabar moth": { "word": "cinnabar moth", "wordset_id": "287a4940e0", "meanings": [ { "id": "96ba17e231", "def": "large red-and-black European moth", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cinnabar" ] } ] }, "cony": { "word": "cony", "wordset_id": "1a30dba899", "meanings": [ { "id": "401467b60b", "def": "any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rabbit" ] }, { "id": "451156d2a2", "def": "small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pika", "mouse hare", "rock rabbit", "coney" ] }, { "id": "db5defcd7c", "def": "any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coney" ] } ] }, "cat squirrel": { "word": "cat squirrel", "wordset_id": "0fd7801b01", "meanings": [ { "id": "23485dea8b", "def": "common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "eastern grey squirrel" ] }, { "id": "75a6192aee", "def": 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"meanings": [ { "id": "0c6adcde05", "def": "a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "country and western" ] } ] }, "country and western": { "word": "country and western", "wordset_id": "0e0203a19f", "meanings": [ { "id": "53eb376400", "def": "a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "country music" ] } ] }, "choice of words": { "word": "choice of words", "wordset_id": "dae4da7eb9", "meanings": [ { "id": "f5b1c17f63", "def": "the manner in which something is expressed in words", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "phrasing" ] } ] }, "coda": { "word": "coda", "wordset_id": "27c7b827ad", "meanings": [ { "id": "34938034b2", "def": "the closing section of a musical composition", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "finale" ] } ] }, "chantey": { "word": "chantey", "wordset_id": "d63f2c76bb", "meanings": [ { "id": "c621a9b746", "def": "a rhythmical 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{ "word": "callithump", "wordset_id": "142bdd4d5f", "meanings": [ { "id": "a17b105af5", "def": "a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "shivaree" ] }, { "id": "967fee7dfb", "def": "a noisy boisterous parade", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "callathump", "callithump parade" ] } ] }, "concerto": { "word": "concerto", "wordset_id": "3b6971047a", "meanings": [ { "id": "98f55a2b9e", "def": "a composition for orchestra and a soloist", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "callathump": { "word": "callathump", "wordset_id": "92937b18f6", "meanings": [ { "id": "72915e4570", "def": "a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "shivaree" ] }, { "id": "9143e4148e", "def": "a noisy boisterous parade", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "callithump" ] } ] }, "concerto grosso": { "word": "concerto grosso", "wordset_id": "1dfff342ed", 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squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "a67cdde48d", "def": "to talk or utter in a cackling manner", "example": "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "counterproposal": { "word": "counterproposal", "wordset_id": "b849d7edbd", "meanings": [ { "id": "7f58edd27f", "def": "a proposal offered as an alternative to an earlier proposal", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chortle": { "word": "chortle", "wordset_id": "f53323feef", "meanings": [ { "id": "1440819eab", "def": "a soft partly suppressed laugh", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chuckle" ] }, { "id": "b850f394d6", "def": "to laugh quietly or with restraint", "example": "I couldn't stop myself from chortling.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "chuckle", "laugh softly" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "lefurjah" ] }, "chuckle": { "word": "chuckle", "wordset_id": "e15ea2ff82", "meanings": [ { "id": "c5822cb4bb", "def": "a soft partly suppressed laugh", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chortle" ] }, { "id": "d8db6b7c6d", "def": "to laugh quietly or with restraint", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "chortle" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "collective bargaining": { "word": "collective bargaining", "wordset_id": "60cf1058c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "a4440f5ec8", "def": "negotiation between an employer and trade union", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chatter": { "word": "chatter", "wordset_id": "55fd1db0c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "0362353783", "def": "noisy talk", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "yak" ] }, { "id": "77ad3cf406", "def": "the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals like birds or monkeys", "example": "The monkeys constant chatter got on the zookeeper's nerves.", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chattering" ] }, { 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"id": "5e1f63c0eb", "def": "creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wintergreen" ] } ] }, "cranberry": { "word": "cranberry", "wordset_id": "024bff3b63", "meanings": [ { "id": "a814b27e9d", "def": "very tart red berry used for sauce or juice", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "df68285e6e", "def": "any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common sorrel": { "word": "common sorrel", "wordset_id": "1945b074eb", "meanings": [ { "id": "3dd7c901da", "def": "large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sorrel" ] } ] }, "cowberry": { "word": "cowberry", "wordset_id": "f85f4bab61", "meanings": [ { "id": "cbe755f7d2", "def": "tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller", "speech_part": "noun", 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aromatic bark", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cassia" ] } ] }, "cassia bark": { "word": "cassia bark", "wordset_id": "0dead79783", "meanings": [ { "id": "446b7c4dc6", "def": "aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crowfoot family": { "word": "crowfoot family", "wordset_id": "a0f5bcdf29", "meanings": [ { "id": "2b3f54160e", "def": "a family of Ranunculaceae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "buttercup family" ] } ] }, "crowfoot": { "word": "crowfoot", "wordset_id": "1546c4c84f", "meanings": [ { "id": "792d9e7695", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "buttercup" ] } ] }, "common moonseed": { "word": "common moonseed", "wordset_id": "c7ded7021c", "meanings": [ { "id": "01dbcc4445", "def": "a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "calycanthus family": { "word": "calycanthus family", 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"wordset_id": "f5a85be591", "meanings": [ { "id": "3a035ccc38", "def": "a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "aquilegia", "aquilege" ] } ] }, "common buttercup": { "word": "common buttercup", "wordset_id": "0131b3e42b", "meanings": [ { "id": "6c2eecf63a", "def": "perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cowslip": { "word": "cowslip", "wordset_id": "8d478f93b2", "meanings": [ { "id": "dc5d86d1db", "def": "swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kingcup" ] }, { "id": "67fbc8851f", "def": "early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "paigle" ] } ] }, "candleberry": { "word": "candleberry", "wordset_id": "a16e3a7064", "meanings": [ { "id": "90265db872", "def": "deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bayberry" ] } ] }, "creeping buttercup": { "word": "creeping buttercup", "wordset_id": "212f328b4b", "meanings": [ { "id": "1877bc257e", "def": "perennial European herb with long creeping stolons", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "creeping crowfoot" ] } ] }, "creeping crowfoot": { "word": "creeping crowfoot", "wordset_id": "5548233a81", "meanings": [ { "id": "4c7ceb877a", "def": "perennial European herb with long creeping stolons", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "creeping buttercup" ] } ] }, "cursed crowfoot": { "word": "cursed crowfoot", "wordset_id": "8ac188af4d", "meanings": [ { "id": "601df7b727", "def": "annual herb growing in marshy places", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "celery-leaved buttercup" ] } ] }, "celery-leaved buttercup": { "word": "celery-leaved buttercup", "wordset_id": "89ccb21651", "meanings": [ { "id": "9551db8ca4", "def": "annual herb growing in marshy places", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cursed crowfoot" ] } ] }, "clematis": { "word": "clematis", "wordset_id": "1886dd1a34", "meanings": [ { "id": "b0fa994942", "def": "any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "corkwood": { "word": "corkwood", "wordset_id": "10b5c90a96", "meanings": [ { "id": "ec4cc3ac67", "def": "very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corkwood tree" ] } ] }, "corkwood tree": { "word": "corkwood tree", "wordset_id": "54aaba6939", "meanings": [ { "id": "87a658b969", "def": "very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corkwood" ] } ] }, "curly clematis": { "word": "curly clematis", "wordset_id": "a981d09992", "meanings": [ { "id": "a0d5789754", "def": "climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue jasmine" ] } ] }, "cohosh": { "word": "cohosh", "wordset_id": "6ce90174e1", "meanings": [ { "id": "aa1383859f", "def": "a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "herb Christopher" ] } ] }, "crimson clover": { "word": "crimson clover", "wordset_id": "7a9935f473", "meanings": [ { "id": "c0a9c770bb", "def": "southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "calliandra": { "word": "calliandra", "wordset_id": "671ed83b82", "meanings": [ { "id": "7679bf6ae7", "def": "any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "conacaste": { "word": "conacaste", "wordset_id": "5762f83839", "meanings": [ { "id": "e1bad0a0ca", "def": "tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "elephant's ear" ] } ] }, "common allamanda": { "word": "common allamanda", "wordset_id": "5eccd999cd", "meanings": [ { "id": "265bd790fd", "def": "vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "golden trumpet" ] } ] }, "cocuswood": { "word": "cocuswood", "wordset_id": "2b3eb02461", "meanings": [ { "id": "300b48fceb", "def": "wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cocoswood", "granadilla wood" ] } ] }, "cocoswood": { "word": "cocoswood", "wordset_id": "2100f4fc7c", "meanings": [ { "id": "f622fe7305", "def": "wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cocuswood" ] } ] }, "catechu": { "word": "catechu", "wordset_id": "8b5e37651d", "meanings": [ { "id": "62b0737c00", "def": "East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods", "example": "source of black catechu", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "a070194a45", "def": "extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black catechu" ] } ] }, "carissa": { "word": "carissa", "wordset_id": "8512a9e310", "meanings": [ { "id": "4eb61e3657", "def": "a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "camachile": { "word": "camachile", "wordset_id": "a6a1bd434a", "meanings": [ { "id": "6d9862d2b4", "def": "common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild tamarind" ] } ] }, "cassie": { "word": "cassie", "wordset_id": "a156493e8a", "meanings": [ { "id": "e786144d25", "def": "tropical American thorny shrub or small tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "huisache" ] } ] }, "cat's-claw": { "word": "cat's-claw", "wordset_id": "966ac80bf9", "meanings": [ { "id": "e119ed3524", "def": "erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "catclaw", "black bead" ] } ] }, "catclaw": { "word": "catclaw", "wordset_id": "4708650f6f", "meanings": [ { "id": "2cb193c0fd", "def": "erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cat's-claw" ] } ] }, "coumara nut": { "word": "coumara nut", "wordset_id": "0f61f5e3b9", "meanings": [ { "id": "7e63c402a7", "def": "fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tonka bean" ] } ] }, "cayenne jasmine": { "word": "cayenne jasmine", "wordset_id": "9ae25c6c6a", "meanings": [ { "id": "fc6807060b", "def": "commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "old maid" ] } ] }, "courbaril": { "word": "courbaril", "wordset_id": "e8916e3244", "meanings": [ { "id": "f7b975de25", "def": "West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "courbaril copal": { "word": "courbaril copal", "wordset_id": "c059c0790e", "meanings": [ { "id": "cddfdd8617", "def": "resin from the courbaril tree", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coralwood": { "word": "coralwood", "wordset_id": "9d89ab9b71", "meanings": [ { "id": "6ac6064b47", "def": "an East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers", "example": "I am growing coralwood in my garden.", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coral-wood", "red sandalwood", "peacock flower fence" ] } ], "editors": [ "bryanedu" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "coral-wood": { "word": "coral-wood", "wordset_id": "75923e8014", "meanings": [ { "id": "57b8de91e6", "def": "East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coralwood" ] } ] }, "common dogbane": { "word": "common dogbane", "wordset_id": "8db2c426f7", "meanings": [ { "id": "f50da8d453", "def": "North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rheumatism weed" ] } ] }, "clover": { "word": "clover", "wordset_id": "f9a18628d7", "meanings": [ { "id": "d35fdf3d4f", "def": "a plant of the genus Trifolium", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "trefoil" ] } ] }, "common ivy": { "word": "common ivy", "wordset_id": "7c391b858d", "meanings": [ { "id": "093b6c474c", "def": "Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ivy" ] } ] }, "crape jasmine": { "word": "crape jasmine", "wordset_id": "fac694a04e", "meanings": [ { "id": "a56b52972c", "def": "tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crepe jasmine", "crepe gardenia", "pinwheel flower", "coffee rose" ] } ] }, "crepe jasmine": { "word": "crepe jasmine", "wordset_id": "3267a4d86f", "meanings": [ { "id": "3ee97786f8", "def": "tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crape jasmine" ] } ] }, "crepe gardenia": { "word": "crepe gardenia", "wordset_id": "8bcca4f146", "meanings": [ { "id": "331a3b5594", "def": "tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crape jasmine" ] } ] }, "coffee rose": { "word": "coffee rose", "wordset_id": "7c6273f791", "meanings": [ { "id": "d3eb1abfcf", "def": "tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crape jasmine" ] } ] }, "caladium": { "word": "caladium", "wordset_id": "9436a46743", "meanings": [ { "id": "67f4d4aec6", "def": "any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "calla lily": { "word": "calla lily", "wordset_id": "390fb8f44e", "meanings": [ { "id": "10257900c5", "def": "South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "calla", "arum lily" ] } ] }, "calla": { "word": "calla", "wordset_id": "91ae7bb917", "meanings": [ { "id": "43aebc67f4", "def": "South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "calla lily" ] } ] }, "confederate jasmine": { "word": "confederate jasmine", "wordset_id": "2b3382669e", "meanings": [ { "id": "a219dbe622", "def": "evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "star jasmine" ] } ] }, "cryptocoryne": { "word": "cryptocoryne", "wordset_id": "dc192a401f", "meanings": [ { "id": "f26adaa8fb", "def": "any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "water trumpet" ] } ] }, "common duckweed": { "word": "common duckweed", "wordset_id": "0524e1a69a", "meanings": [ { "id": "76a932b8e5", "def": "of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lesser duckweed" ] } ] }, "cuckoopint": { "word": "cuckoopint", "wordset_id": "b1a87dca4b", "meanings": [ { "id": "3e0fa38596", "def": "common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lords-and-ladies", "jack-in-the-pulpit" ] } ] }, "common wolffia": { "word": "common wolffia", "wordset_id": "a82d30d507", "meanings": [ { "id": "df97711f84", "def": "smallest flowering plants known", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "conessi": { "word": "conessi", "wordset_id": "605b87f55a", "meanings": [ { "id": "74059b1a9c", "def": "tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ivory tree" ] } ] }, "calamus oil": { "word": "calamus oil", "wordset_id": "9bfc0e0e9b", "meanings": [ { "id": "1a8f2e302b", "def": "carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "clammy chickweed": { "word": "clammy chickweed", "wordset_id": "fe61437591", "meanings": [ { "id": "5e044c382e", "def": "any of various plants related to the common chickweed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mouse-ear chickweed" ] } ] }, "chickweed": { "word": "chickweed", "wordset_id": "9a64d3283e", "meanings": [ { "id": "32f6dfd00e", "def": "any of various plants related to the common chickweed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mouse-ear chickweed" ] }, { "id": "7e269622c9", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Stellaria", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "carpetweed": { "word": "carpetweed", "wordset_id": "99596e4135", "meanings": [ { "id": "2be2baa2ff", "def": "annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "campion": { "word": "campion", "wordset_id": "2563ef3166", "meanings": [ { "id": "162c62d95d", "def": "any plant of the genus Silene", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "silene" ] } ] }, "clove pink": { "word": "clove pink", "wordset_id": "6ff2e3f045", "meanings": [ { "id": "a4371e866b", "def": "Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carnation" ] } ] }, "china pink": { "word": "china pink", "wordset_id": "178a49ced9", "meanings": [ { "id": "f0661b1336", "def": "Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rainbow pink" ] } ] }, "cheddar pink": { "word": "cheddar pink", "wordset_id": "159d69d04f", "meanings": [ { "id": "262187b226", "def": "mat-forming perennial of central Europe with large fragrant pink or red flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cottage pink": { "word": "cottage pink", "wordset_id": "0ed476bc27", "meanings": [ { "id": "d9671807f0", "def": "European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "grass pink" ] } ] }, "corn spurry": { "word": "corn spurry", "wordset_id": "29fa0884af", "meanings": [ { "id": "7901392e54", "def": "small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corn spurrey" ] } ] }, "corn spurrey": { "word": "corn spurrey", "wordset_id": "c2b97feb6f", "meanings": [ { "id": "498ecbd0ec", "def": "small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corn spurry" ] } ] }, "common chickweed": { "word": "common chickweed", "wordset_id": "ed97a9c693", "meanings": [ { "id": "9a7052c6b5", "def": "a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coral necklace": { "word": "coral necklace", "wordset_id": "05530269c0", "meanings": [ { "id": "c7adbe4c94", "def": "glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cowherb": { "word": "cowherb", "wordset_id": "7ab0e92438", "meanings": [ { "id": "67a6731ee4", "def": "European annual with pale rose-colored flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cow cockle" ] } ] }, "catchfly": { "word": "catchfly", "wordset_id": "deaa708252", "meanings": [ { "id": "8fd75ee31f", "def": "mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lychnis" ] }, { "id": "dce957aa14", "def": "any plant of the genus Silene", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "silene" ] } ] }, "cow cockle": { "word": "cow cockle", "wordset_id": "191cd7f9b1", "meanings": [ { "id": "4455b6e6a6", "def": "European annual with pale rose-colored flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cowherb" ] } ] }, "common cockscomb": { "word": "common cockscomb", "wordset_id": "da35655476", "meanings": [ { "id": "8aec21e81a", "def": "garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cockscomb" ] } ] }, "cuckoo flower": { "word": "cuckoo flower", "wordset_id": "ca9a310457", "meanings": [ { "id": "37f7a63b58", "def": "common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ragged robin" ] }, { "id": "724ca8af7c", "def": "a bitter cress of Europe and America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lady's smock", "cuckooflower", "meadow cress" ] } ] }, "carnation family": { "word": "carnation family", "wordset_id": "3894023938", "meanings": [ { "id": "54141c9f22", "def": "large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pink family" ] } ] }, "cottonweed": { "word": "cottonweed", "wordset_id": "f350ee3035", "meanings": [ { "id": "80e6452b5b", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "35e9cf7545", "def": "an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pearly everlasting" ] } ] }, "carpetweed family": { "word": "carpetweed family", "wordset_id": "1f7c22e28b", "meanings": [ { "id": "6eafc1e353", "def": "succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "corn cockle": { "word": "corn cockle", "wordset_id": "feaa220836", "meanings": [ { "id": "26e9867929", "def": "European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corn campion", "crown-of-the-field" ] } ] }, "corn campion": { "word": "corn campion", "wordset_id": "0e5f211a74", "meanings": [ { "id": "c266de0b03", "def": "European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corn cockle" ] } ] }, "crown-of-the-field": { "word": "crown-of-the-field", "wordset_id": "251d41b780", "meanings": [ { "id": "35c38c23fd", "def": "European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corn cockle" ] } ] }, "cockspur": { "word": "cockspur", "wordset_id": "7c848ef0aa", "meanings": [ { "id": "2e87ceccd0", "def": "small spiny West Indian tree", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "3a17dd4811", "def": "widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "orchard grass", "cocksfoot" ] } ] }, "cholla": { "word": "cholla", "wordset_id": "2fd2340b6c", "meanings": [ { "id": "97c76d49c6", "def": "arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cactus family": { "word": "cactus family", "wordset_id": "36969d7058", "meanings": [ { "id": "9366b0d879", "def": "constituting the order Opuntiales", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cactus": { "word": "cactus", "wordset_id": "81ea5b5571", "meanings": [ { "id": "f69048c963", "def": "any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crab cactus": { "word": "crab cactus", "wordset_id": "249b2cccdd", "meanings": [ { "id": "776a21558e", "def": "South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, 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"5ae556b30f", "def": "beet lacking swollen root", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chard" ] } ] }, "cultivated cabbage": { "word": "cultivated cabbage", "wordset_id": "95e3a0f864", "meanings": [ { "id": "19dcadafca", "def": "any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cabbage" ] } ] }, "clammyweed": { "word": "clammyweed", "wordset_id": "118475ae93", "meanings": [ { "id": "f4755084f7", "def": "strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common scurvy grass": { "word": "common scurvy grass", "wordset_id": "2573908136", "meanings": [ { "id": "051baf074c", "def": "a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "scurvy grass" ] } ] }, "colewort": { "word": "colewort", "wordset_id": "683f5e53c9", "meanings": [ { "id": "cd3dffd0d8", "def": "a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cole" ] } ] }, "crucifer": { "word": "crucifer", "wordset_id": "572eb4507a", "meanings": [ { "id": "b3a3014815", "def": "any of various plants of the family Cruciferae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cruciferous plant" ] } ] }, "collard": { "word": "collard", "wordset_id": "c962ba2927", "meanings": [ { "id": "139bd42b68", "def": "variety of kale having smooth leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cruciferous plant": { "word": "cruciferous plant", "wordset_id": "f783b52c8f", "meanings": [ { "id": "bf21543b4e", "def": "any of various plants of the family Cruciferae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crucifer" ] } ] }, "cress plant": { "word": "cress plant", "wordset_id": "c7cffb2173", "meanings": [ { "id": "583b2b981d", "def": "any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cress" ] } ] }, "chinese mustard": { "word": "chinese mustard", "wordset_id": "9a3fe22538", "meanings": [ { "id": "5ea7e5d1d0", "def": "Asiatic mustard used as a potherb", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leaf mustard" ] } ] }, "colza": { "word": "colza", "wordset_id": "a2ca60dbee", "meanings": [ { "id": "0edde78d40", "def": "Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rape" ] } ] }, "colza oil": { "word": "colza oil", "wordset_id": "502f87bc97", "meanings": [ { "id": "86b33e593e", "def": "edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rape oil" ] } ] }, "caper family": { "word": "caper family", "wordset_id": "6ce70de339", "meanings": [ { "id": "916390d005", "def": "a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cuckooflower": { "word": "cuckooflower", "wordset_id": "2b3e5d4463", "meanings": [ { "id": "5d11d6d564", "def": "a bitter cress of Europe and America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cuckoo flower" ] } ] }, "caper tree": { "word": "caper tree", "wordset_id": "021989e554", "meanings": [ { "id": "697a9e095b", "def": "shrub of southern Florida to West Indies", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "07c236a827", "def": "shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bay-leaved caper" ] } ] }, "coral-root bittercress": { "word": "coral-root bittercress", "wordset_id": "c3f992891e", "meanings": [ { "id": "be2b88e1c7", "def": "European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coralroot", "coralwort" ] } ] }, "coralroot": { "word": "coralroot", "wordset_id": "31b01e2805", "meanings": [ { "id": "536c06e0e6", "def": "European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coral-root bittercress" ] } ] }, "coralwort": { "word": "coralwort", "wordset_id": "4871998dcf", "meanings": [ { "id": "c7ee0cd84f", "def": "European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coral-root bittercress" ] } ] }, "common caper": { "word": "common caper", "wordset_id": "f1e13e00d9", "meanings": [ { "id": "d5b8825e4e", "def": "prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crinkleroot": { "word": "crinkleroot", "wordset_id": "84ff652416", "meanings": [ { "id": "fa74c96f87", "def": "North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crinkle-root", "crinkle root", "pepper root", "toothwort" ] } ] }, "crinkle-root": { "word": "crinkle-root", "wordset_id": "6374d1a153", "meanings": [ { "id": "19e6b954c1", "def": "North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crinkleroot" ] } ] }, "crinkle root": { "word": "crinkle root", "wordset_id": "a4273f5aca", "meanings": [ { "id": "dba909beef", "def": "North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crinkleroot" ] } ] }, "common purslane": { "word": "common purslane", "wordset_id": "acbfed638b", "meanings": [ { "id": "2bdfb5a7d2", "def": "weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pussley", "pussly", "verdolagas" ] } ] }, "cleome": { "word": "cleome", "wordset_id": "59544ca8cc", "meanings": [ { "id": "694580bf7a", "def": "any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "spiderflower" ] } ] }, "creamcups": { "word": "creamcups", "wordset_id": "79a0d6ecbf", "meanings": [ { "id": "6fd69a8f5b", "def": "California plant with small pale yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common watercress": { "word": "common watercress", "wordset_id": "d7ee575b9d", "meanings": [ { "id": "e2655d9bac", "def": "perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chamois cress": { "word": "chamois cress", "wordset_id": "5e1b2e6a66", "meanings": [ { "id": "18f913fbdc", "def": "small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "corn poppy": { "word": "corn poppy", "wordset_id": "637bce7e5e", "meanings": [ { "id": "4d7e7f75ee", "def": "annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "field poppy" ] } ] }, "celandine poppy": { "word": "celandine poppy", "wordset_id": "79a345a902", "meanings": [ { "id": "f8ecf88203", "def": "perennial herb native to woodland of the eastern United States having yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wood poppy" ] } ] }, "celandine": { "word": "celandine", "wordset_id": "6f10a7faef", "meanings": [ { "id": "3a876c1e12", "def": "perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "greater celandine", "swallowwort", "swallow wort" ] }, { "id": "886664f2c5", "def": "North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "touch-me-not" ] } ] }, "corydalis": { "word": "corydalis", "wordset_id": "bcbd36d16d", "meanings": [ { "id": "51b4ff3362", "def": "a plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "climbing corydalis": { "word": "climbing corydalis", "wordset_id": "16fcce73ab", "meanings": [ { "id": "f3dd34678a", "def": "annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "charlock": { "word": "charlock", "wordset_id": "58ab40de53", "meanings": [ { "id": "9e17591c6e", "def": "weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "field mustard" ] } ] }, "chadlock": { "word": "chadlock", "wordset_id": "e2cad805d3", "meanings": [ { "id": "92f364a0d3", "def": "weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "field mustard" ] } ] }, "candytuft": { "word": "candytuft", "wordset_id": "a19d62b87a", "meanings": [ { "id": "67739bc703", "def": "any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "composite plant": { "word": "composite plant", "wordset_id": "e1a381a2ef", "meanings": [ { "id": "86e223a29b", "def": "considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "composite" ] } ] }, "compass plant": { "word": "compass plant", "wordset_id": "ffe014a374", "meanings": [ { "id": "ae18126123", "def": "any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "compass flower" ] }, { "id": "208828da5a", "def": "North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "prairie bird's-foot trefoil", "prairie lotus", "prairie trefoil" ] } ] }, "compass flower": { "word": "compass flower", "wordset_id": "62b375b162", "meanings": [ { "id": "c0735a0a31", "def": "any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "compass plant" ] } ] }, "common garden cress": { "word": "common garden cress", "wordset_id": "84b04aba71", "meanings": [ { "id": "d9d069dd3d", "def": "annual herb used as salad green and garnish", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "garden pepper cress", "pepper grass", "pepperwort" ] } ] }, "common burdock": { "word": "common burdock", "wordset_id": "671776f718", "meanings": [ { "id": "f027e9240e", "def": "a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lesser burdock" ] } ] }, "cocklebur": { "word": "cocklebur", "wordset_id": "8dea9f0def", "meanings": [ { "id": "bf7c139f1e", "def": "burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "great burdock" ] }, { "id": "c99202c023", "def": "any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cockle-bur", "cockleburr", "cockle-burr" ] } ] }, "common ageratum": { "word": "common ageratum", "wordset_id": "74f79af4c8", "meanings": [ { "id": "85376709bf", "def": "small tender herb grown for its fluffy brushlike blue to lavender blooms", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common ragweed": { "word": "common ragweed", "wordset_id": "79b38e7b67", "meanings": [ { "id": "2091bb8f55", "def": "annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common marigold": { "word": "common marigold", "wordset_id": "1f7d24169d", "meanings": [ { "id": "a666e8f07c", "def": "the common European annual marigold", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pot marigold", "ruddles" ] } ] }, "common wormwood": { "word": "common wormwood", "wordset_id": "fd81c69ee5", "meanings": [ { "id": "1195703a62", "def": "aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "absinthe" ] } ] }, "calico aster": { "word": "calico aster", "wordset_id": "8fbbfaa643", "meanings": [ { "id": "20c98b528d", "def": "a variety of aster", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "annual salt-marsh aster" ] } ] }, "cat's foot": { "word": "cat's foot", "wordset_id": "d3f0d4fda5", "meanings": [ { "id": "c8cc4291d4", "def": "low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cat's feet", "pussytoes" ] } ] }, "cat's feet": { "word": "cat's feet", "wordset_id": "2b13ff7d9b", "meanings": [ { "id": "28f4798203", "def": "low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cat's foot" ] } ] }, "consumption weed": { "word": "consumption weed", "wordset_id": "016483691c", "meanings": [ { "id": "5fff59e21d", "def": "a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "groundsel tree" ] } ] }, "cotton-seed tree": { "word": "cotton-seed tree", "wordset_id": "ada0a966e2", "meanings": [ { "id": "efc5a54ba4", "def": "a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "groundsel tree" ] } ] }, "cudweed": { "word": "cudweed", "wordset_id": "f37b0fa03e", "meanings": [ { "id": "16d8c8f1e6", "def": "perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "western mugwort" ] }, { "id": "4282af740f", "def": "any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cotton rose" ] }, { "id": "122ca7fcdf", "def": "any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coyote brush": { "word": "coyote brush", "wordset_id": "8a4fc100d7", "meanings": [ { "id": "66831b12dd", "def": "widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coyote bush", "chaparral broom", "kidney wort" ] } ] }, "coyote bush": { "word": "coyote bush", "wordset_id": "7ed54bbff6", "meanings": [ { "id": "59cd59ad04", "def": "widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coyote brush" ] } ] }, "chaparral broom": { "word": "chaparral broom", "wordset_id": "8afe45034f", "meanings": [ { "id": "221012e33e", "def": "widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coyote brush" ] } ] }, "corn chamomile": { "word": "corn chamomile", "wordset_id": "8c4c02dfef", "meanings": [ { "id": "82b9051d90", "def": "European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "field chamomile", "corn mayweed" ] } ] }, "common mugwort": { "word": "common mugwort", "wordset_id": "10957047d6", "meanings": [ { "id": "3638775a11", "def": "European tufted aromatic perennial herb having hairy red or purple stems and dark green leaves downy white below and red-brown florets", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "corn mayweed": { "word": "corn mayweed", "wordset_id": "b93c7a0a00", "meanings": [ { "id": "847e2dfcd0", "def": "European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corn chamomile" ] }, { "id": "65ebb5c2f8", "def": "ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "scentless hayweed", "scentless camomile", "scentless false camomile", "scentless mayweed" ] } ] }, "common daisy": { "word": "common daisy", "wordset_id": "e450b6f056", "meanings": [ { "id": "d1922c86bf", "def": "low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "clotbur": { "word": "clotbur", "wordset_id": "d7069de7be", "meanings": [ { "id": "6ab68dd15e", "def": "any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "burdock" ] } ] }, "chamomile": { "word": "chamomile", "wordset_id": "aefc3a5fa2", "meanings": [ { "id": "c255c4dc72", "def": "Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "camomile" ] } ] }, "camomile": { "word": "camomile", "wordset_id": "84ec1702a5", "meanings": [ { "id": "4d3bfa8584", "def": "Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chamomile" ] } ] }, "calliopsis": { "word": "calliopsis", "wordset_id": "7927cdb4a2", "meanings": [ { "id": "34df72a7b4", "def": "North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chaenactis": { "word": "chaenactis", "wordset_id": "6a00015563", "meanings": [ { "id": "ed4ea775f1", "def": "any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cosmea": { "word": "cosmea", "wordset_id": "2b1da5b8e9", "meanings": [ { "id": "ad1646d07a", "def": "any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cosmos" ] } ] }, "chrysanthemum": { "word": "chrysanthemum", "wordset_id": "23a67cbfbe", "meanings": [ { "id": "d353dfb1c9", "def": "any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "2fb4aa1d1e", "def": "the flower of a chrysanthemum plant", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "corn marigold": { "word": "corn marigold", "wordset_id": "448db7bb65", "meanings": [ { "id": "c0370ef5e0", "def": "European herb with bright yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crown daisy": { "word": "crown daisy", "wordset_id": "0fcc149172", "meanings": [ { "id": "c75cc5cd27", "def": "shrubby annual of the Mediterranean region with yellowish-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chicory plant": { "word": "chicory plant", "wordset_id": "80fd5eda66", "meanings": [ { "id": "904b23f5c7", "def": "perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chicory" ] } ] }, "cape marigold": { "word": "cape marigold", "wordset_id": "16e5cc31c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "2cac7db5a2", "def": "any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sun marigold", "star of the veldt" ] } ] }, "creeping thistle": { "word": "creeping thistle", "wordset_id": "365ed6099b", "meanings": [ { "id": "1ff86499a0", "def": "European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "carline thistle": { "word": "carline thistle", "wordset_id": "fce50d8d44", "meanings": [ { "id": "b2015e2ce4", "def": "a thistle of the genus Carlina", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cotton rose": { "word": "cotton rose", "wordset_id": "886dd31f3a", "meanings": [ { "id": "7254d0ff7b", "def": "any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cudweed" ] }, { "id": "9b124f5533", "def": "Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common carline thistle": { "word": "common carline thistle", "wordset_id": "d1affc267d", "meanings": [ { "id": "ffbff7cd95", "def": "Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coneflower": { "word": "coneflower", "wordset_id": "8dfbe0e9db", "meanings": [ { "id": "ea4308c946", "def": "any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "b8db011f6e", "def": "a wildflower of the genus Ratibida", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "27639e864f", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "catananche": { "word": "catananche", "wordset_id": "19b64cff77", "meanings": [ { "id": "cb2f57ca7e", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cupid's dart": { "word": "cupid's dart", "wordset_id": "cfe1f2a222", "meanings": [ { "id": "96f996a961", "def": "south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue succory" ] } ] }, "centaury": { "word": "centaury", "wordset_id": "15721ca60c", "meanings": [ { "id": "9cbf040cef", "def": "any plant of the genus Centaurea", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "ade1672198", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Centaurium", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cornflower": { "word": "cornflower", "wordset_id": "e4da56b2a5", "meanings": [ { "id": "88a8565351", "def": "an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bluebottle" ] }, { "id": "9be183dcb4", "def": "plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "strawflower" ] } ] }, "chafeweed": { "word": "chafeweed", "wordset_id": "17d2926a2f", "meanings": [ { "id": "e09405387b", "def": "weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wood cudweed" ] } ] }, "caltrop": { "word": "caltrop", "wordset_id": "1256369f20", "meanings": [ { "id": "9eca1a1378", "def": "a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "water chestnut" ] }, { "id": "e1363d3f6c", "def": "tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "devil's weed" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "coreopsis": { "word": "coreopsis", "wordset_id": "21363dfd20", "meanings": [ { "id": "ae60ccbe23", "def": "any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tickseed", "tickweed", "tick-weed" ] } ] }, "curlycup gumweed": { "word": "curlycup gumweed", "wordset_id": "f0c913a0c2", "meanings": [ { "id": "076a52512b", "def": "perennial gumweed of western and central North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cankerweed": { "word": "cankerweed", "wordset_id": "d28f5e77a3", "meanings": [ { "id": "36891b8a7c", "def": "herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white lettuce" ] } ] }, "cotton thistle": { "word": "cotton thistle", "wordset_id": "271c4eb129", "meanings": [ { "id": "c7ceb1bead", "def": "biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "woolly thistle" ] } ] }, "cat's-ear": { "word": "cat's-ear", "wordset_id": "34f2aa4ba7", "meanings": [ { "id": "a638066f2b", "def": "European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "capeweed", "gosmore" ] }, { "id": "f82f93983e", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "camphor daisy": { "word": "camphor daisy", "wordset_id": "59aa3f39c8", "meanings": [ { "id": "68cdab24b4", "def": "annual of southern United States and Mexico having bristly leaves and pale yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "capeweed": { "word": "capeweed", "wordset_id": "28ddd6e9c2", "meanings": [ { "id": "0761b22dbb", "def": "European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cat's-ear" ] } ] }, "cascade everlasting": { "word": "cascade everlasting", "wordset_id": "fb705ef5c3", "meanings": [ { "id": "f7c2e8d826", "def": "shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common lettuce": { "word": "common lettuce", "wordset_id": "97595b009d", "meanings": [ { "id": "a00ac7cf53", "def": "annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "garden lettuce" ] } ] }, "common sunflower": { "word": "common sunflower", "wordset_id": "2cbdd06557", "meanings": [ { "id": "4253a10618", "def": "annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mirasol" ] } ] }, "common madia": { "word": "common madia", "wordset_id": "eae76e472d", "meanings": [ { "id": "32be5d7e57", "def": "California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common tarweed" ] } ] }, "common tarweed": { "word": "common tarweed", "wordset_id": "9b5c918945", "meanings": [ { "id": "20a872300c", "def": "California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common madia" ] } ] }, "climbing hempweed": { "word": "climbing hempweed", "wordset_id": "29f8ecf255", "meanings": [ { "id": "84eb598779", "def": "herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "climbing boneset", "climbing hemp-vine" ] } ] }, "climbing boneset": { "word": "climbing boneset", "wordset_id": "89ae6c8952", "meanings": [ { "id": "5a398c9724", "def": "herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "climbing hempweed" ] } ] }, "climbing hemp-vine": { "word": "climbing hemp-vine", "wordset_id": "12c6371ead", "meanings": [ { "id": "55c047514f", "def": "herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "climbing hempweed" ] } ] }, "coltsfoot": { "word": "coltsfoot", "wordset_id": "a441db52f6", "meanings": [ { "id": "2ef5edfd91", "def": "perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "9053f74110", "def": "tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "galaxy" ] } ] }, "camphor dune tansy": { "word": "camphor dune tansy", "wordset_id": "2594043f90", "meanings": [ { "id": "84bea53a4f", "def": "densely hairy plant with rayless flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crownbeard": { "word": "crownbeard", "wordset_id": "2b83ccdc83", "meanings": [ { "id": "b7242567ec", "def": "any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crown-beard", "crown beard" ] } ] }, "crown-beard": { "word": "crown-beard", "wordset_id": "4ea6cb73c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "54dda0c3c5", "def": "any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crownbeard" ] } ] }, "crown beard": { "word": "crown beard", "wordset_id": "d0fa43dd15", "meanings": [ { "id": "868b4eda70", "def": "any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crownbeard" ] } ] }, "cutleaved coneflower": { "word": "cutleaved coneflower", "wordset_id": "491ee1d907", "meanings": [ { "id": "a7c8521369", "def": "tall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching rays", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common dandelion": { "word": "common dandelion", "wordset_id": "5ecd8c3d44", "meanings": [ { "id": "b66b6abf58", "def": "Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "creeping zinnia": { "word": "creeping zinnia", "wordset_id": "e40979890c", "meanings": [ { "id": "c99ebc3cc8", "def": "low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "costusroot": { "word": "costusroot", "wordset_id": "2b7436ca1b", "meanings": [ { "id": "8b60927ab5", "def": "annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cineraria": { "word": "cineraria", "wordset_id": "871af291b9", "meanings": [ { "id": "0cb6531e48", "def": "herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cornflower aster": { "word": "cornflower aster", "wordset_id": "212b90f7de", "meanings": [ { "id": "fbd68cf842", "def": "erect perennial of southeastern United States having large heads of usually blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "stokes' aster" ] } ] }, "caladenia": { "word": "caladenia", "wordset_id": "2f617f8bf0", "meanings": [ { "id": "b746cbeb35", "def": "any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "creeping bellflower": { "word": "creeping bellflower", "wordset_id": "9c9f47191d", "meanings": [ { "id": "2f838533e8", "def": "erect European herb with creeping rootstocks and nodding spikelike racemes of blue to violet flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "calanthe": { "word": "calanthe", "wordset_id": "0183f5bb04", "meanings": [ { "id": "9f642ec9d2", "def": "any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cup and saucer": { "word": "cup and saucer", "wordset_id": "5cbdbe2d34", "meanings": [ { "id": "4ce2d7e7f9", "def": "European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "clustered lady's slipper": { "word": "clustered lady's slipper", "wordset_id": "eea525fb20", "meanings": [ { "id": "89f3faa801", "def": "clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "calypso": { "word": "calypso", "wordset_id": "b0fc74fc76", "meanings": [ { "id": "45642e1a23", "def": "rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fairy-slipper" ] } ] }, "clustered bellflower": { "word": "clustered bellflower", "wordset_id": "12e337824d", "meanings": [ { "id": "3e725ebb8a", "def": "bellflower of Europe to temperate Asia having dense spikes of violet-blue to white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common spotted orchid": { "word": "common spotted orchid", "wordset_id": "b4453220b9", "meanings": [ { "id": "6167086276", "def": "European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cattleya": { "word": "cattleya", "wordset_id": "ef48811dab", "meanings": [ { "id": "1c788d6324", "def": "any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chimney plant": { "word": "chimney plant", "wordset_id": "59ea6a2f9b", "meanings": [ { "id": "86c30e81c6", "def": "bellflower of southeastern Europe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chimney bellflower" ] } ] }, "chimney bellflower": { "word": "chimney bellflower", "wordset_id": "dafff91a76", "meanings": [ { "id": "51e3f3053b", "def": "bellflower of southeastern Europe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chimney plant" ] } ] }, "cowpen daisy": { "word": "cowpen daisy", "wordset_id": "b5b1e10c19", "meanings": [ { "id": "2f342fe7ab", "def": "coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "golden crownbeard", "golden crown beard", "butter daisy" ] } ] }, "coelogyne": { "word": "coelogyne", "wordset_id": "b6680aa7a9", "meanings": [ { "id": "77429cbe04", "def": "any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coral root": { "word": "coral root", "wordset_id": "06101a0276", "meanings": [ { "id": "07feffb5ca", "def": "a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cockle-bur": { "word": "cockle-bur", "wordset_id": "cd90255d02", "meanings": [ { "id": "859875c0c4", "def": "any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cocklebur" ] } ] }, "cockleburr": { "word": "cockleburr", "wordset_id": "3fa9319a4f", "meanings": [ { "id": "efffa0f911", "def": "any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cocklebur" ] } ] }, "cockle-burr": { "word": "cockle-burr", "wordset_id": "651a0d58eb", "meanings": [ { "id": "e12ba25975", "def": "any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cocklebur" ] } ] }, "cymbid": { "word": "cymbid", "wordset_id": "2f2463c6a8", "meanings": [ { "id": "9a12f8b16b", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cymbidium" ] } ] }, "cymbidium": { "word": "cymbidium", "wordset_id": "7765e5ed05", "meanings": [ { "id": "442b6b02b2", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cymbid" ] } ] }, "cypripedia": { "word": "cypripedia", "wordset_id": "ebd731d982", "meanings": [ { "id": "8b3efad959", "def": "a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common lady's-slipper": { "word": "common lady's-slipper", "wordset_id": "e9f45efbf9", "meanings": [ { "id": "f2ab877f8a", "def": "pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "showy lady's-slipper", "showy lady slipper" ] } ] }, "campanula": { "word": "campanula", "wordset_id": "6ab618a9e7", "meanings": [ { "id": "e442ffb239", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bellflower" ] } ] }, "creeping Charlie": { "word": "creeping Charlie", "wordset_id": "cc5ed9fcb9", "meanings": [ { "id": "aa0a2cf705", "def": "a loosestrife vine", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "creeping Jenny" ] } ] }, "cush-cush": { "word": "cush-cush", "wordset_id": "dbd4a86923", "meanings": [ { "id": "778f98319d", "def": "tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coralberry": { "word": "coralberry", "wordset_id": "61a5271eed", "meanings": [ { "id": "5367f3bfb8", "def": "shrub with coral-red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "spiceberry" ] }, { "id": "bc42f36b88", "def": "North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chaffweed": { "word": "chaffweed", "wordset_id": "3234b49087", "meanings": [ { "id": "cca00a4df3", "def": "weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bastard pimpernel", "false pimpernel" ] } ] }, "cyclamen": { "word": "cyclamen", "wordset_id": "a01ff373f1", "meanings": [ { "id": "af43d4e0a0", "def": "Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coastal rein orchid": { "word": "coastal rein orchid", "wordset_id": "c0ac288a60", "meanings": [ { "id": "a7ea72ab7b", "def": "stout orchid of central California to northern Washington having racemes of white fragrant bilaterally symmetrical flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cinnamon vine": { "word": "cinnamon vine", "wordset_id": "583f2a142c", "meanings": [ { "id": "db1372c4c3", "def": "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", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "creeping Jenny": { "word": "creeping Jenny", "wordset_id": "334eafed87", "meanings": [ { "id": "5f6799c6e4", "def": "a loosestrife vine", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "creeping Charlie", "moneywort" ] } ] }, "crowfoot grass": { "word": "crowfoot grass", "wordset_id": "d03b576ceb", "meanings": [ { "id": "b956a04411", "def": "a creeping grass with spikes like fingers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crested wheatgrass": { "word": "crested wheatgrass", "wordset_id": "e914171f2b", "meanings": [ { "id": "962d4db7fc", "def": "Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crested wheat grass", "fairway crested wheat grass" ] } ] }, "crested wheat grass": { "word": "crested wheat grass", "wordset_id": "afdd2233ed", "meanings": [ { "id": "8c86058de3", "def": "Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crested wheatgrass" ] } ] }, "crabgrass": { "word": "crabgrass", "wordset_id": "468af743c9", "meanings": [ { "id": "3f561c9864", "def": "grasses with creeping stems that root freely", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crab grass", "finger grass" ] } ] }, "crab grass": { "word": "crab grass", "wordset_id": "246dfcf9ab", "meanings": [ { "id": "04daa994de", "def": "grasses with creeping stems that root freely", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crabgrass" ] } ] }, "couch grass": { "word": "couch grass", "wordset_id": "ba0a0636dd", "meanings": [ { "id": "912bd6db6d", "def": "European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dog grass" ] } ] }, "cheatgrass": { "word": "cheatgrass", "wordset_id": "1cb500fae5", "meanings": [ { "id": "8c9a3e00eb", "def": "annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "downy brome" ] } ] }, "coracan": { "word": "coracan", "wordset_id": "275d1963af", "meanings": [ { "id": "55089da0d0", "def": "East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "finger millet" ] } ] }, "corakan": { "word": "corakan", "wordset_id": "1a4cf1f4cf", "meanings": [ { "id": "04ba729e17", "def": "East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "finger millet" ] } ] }, "cloud grass": { "word": "cloud grass", "wordset_id": "40d24c9662", "meanings": [ { "id": "7c065ab197", "def": "Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cliff rose": { "word": "cliff rose", "wordset_id": "b9f6cd384b", "meanings": [ { "id": "a6e8fc1e49", "def": "tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone", 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stems often infested with a dark fungus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "smut grass" ] } ] }, "cereal grass": { "word": "cereal grass", "wordset_id": "fff87ab895", "meanings": [ { "id": "5ff46f89bd", "def": "grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cereal" ] } ] }, "common wheat": { "word": "common wheat", "wordset_id": "1d453277b7", "meanings": [ { "id": "f96c0d0870", "def": "widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cotton plant": { "word": "cotton plant", "wordset_id": "fd74cc2412", "meanings": [ { "id": "8367cd820a", "def": "erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cotton" ] } ] }, "caryopsis": { "word": "caryopsis", "wordset_id": "528922744d", "meanings": [ { "id": "a664381cfa", "def": "dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. 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white cottony or downlike glumes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common mallow": { "word": "common mallow", "wordset_id": "c9c81377ca", "meanings": [ { "id": "c375b58727", "def": "annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cheeseflower": { "word": "cheeseflower", "wordset_id": "e7d67a0a75", "meanings": [ { "id": "878036775f", "def": "erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cheese" ] } ] }, "common bamboo": { "word": "common bamboo", "wordset_id": "a51bb5deb6", "meanings": [ { "id": "61d0e9e78e", "def": "extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "creeping spike rush": { "word": "creeping spike rush", "wordset_id": "b08e234d08", "meanings": [ { "id": "e136365b16", "def": "cylindrical-stemmed sedge", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cantaloupe vine": { "word": "cantaloupe vine", "wordset_id": 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when mature shedding large quantities of down", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bulrush" ] } ] }, "clustered poppy mallow": { "word": "clustered poppy mallow", "wordset_id": "6cb8e891f5", "meanings": [ { "id": "e9cfa0d1a8", "def": "densely hairy perennial having mostly triangular basal leaves and rose-purple flowers in panicled clusters", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chaparral mallow": { "word": "chaparral mallow", "wordset_id": "1e0bb2aa2b", "meanings": [ { "id": "f5298b74ab", "def": "shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crow's foot": { "word": "crow's foot", "wordset_id": "4dc8a7b9f9", "meanings": [ { "id": "e24e5a9a00", "def": "large tree of Australasia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red beech" ] }, { "id": "1f06d5c3bf", "def": "a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "laugh line" ] } ] }, "common rose mallow": { "word": "common rose mallow", "wordset_id": "a0ba59ea49", "meanings": [ { "id": "2b7ca3f0e1", "def": "showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rose mallow" ] } ] }, "calabur tree": { "word": "calabur tree", "wordset_id": "4dfbb966f3", "meanings": [ { "id": "8161deb073", "def": "a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "calabura", "silk wood", "silkwood" ] } ] }, "calabura": { "word": "calabura", "wordset_id": "9d8d8be5af", "meanings": [ { "id": "abce12dd0b", "def": "a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "calabur tree" ] } ] }, "checkerbloom": { "word": "checkerbloom", "wordset_id": "3f303bcb5c", "meanings": [ { "id": "013631b6fe", "def": "perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild hollyhock" ] } ] }, "cacao": { "word": "cacao", "wordset_id": "7cdda6b68e", "meanings": [ { "id": "1ac31acb3c", "def": "tropical American tree producing cacao beans", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cacao tree", "chocolate tree" ] } ] }, "cacao tree": { "word": "cacao tree", "wordset_id": "b619b5119a", "meanings": [ { "id": "fb3e3e5b08", "def": "tropical American tree producing cacao beans", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cacao" ] } ] }, "chocolate tree": { "word": "chocolate tree", "wordset_id": "bbba427c75", "meanings": [ { "id": "b15dfb8e96", "def": "tropical American tree producing cacao beans", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cacao" ] } ] }, "currajong": { "word": "currajong", "wordset_id": "815a421142", "meanings": [ { "id": "e28e78e3c6", "def": "widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kurrajong" ] } ] }, "cream-of-tartar tree": { "word": "cream-of-tartar tree", "wordset_id": "128e653dfe", "meanings": [ { "id": "eed4758b91", "def": "Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sour gourd" ] } ] }, "ceiba tree": { "word": "ceiba tree", "wordset_id": "b9c564c2d9", "meanings": [ { "id": "34bf68c75d", "def": "massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kapok" ] } ] }, "cola nut": { "word": "cola nut", "wordset_id": "f55bd9afb6", "meanings": [ { "id": "dbb8102129", "def": "bitter brown seed containing caffein", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kola nut" ] } ] }, "corchorus": { "word": "corchorus", "wordset_id": "abdce360a7", "meanings": [ { "id": "2a3bfccdb1", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common bog rosemary": { "word": "common bog rosemary", "wordset_id": "55cbff86db", "meanings": [ { "id": "41aad144ac", "def": "erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marsh andromeda" ] } ] }, "calico bush": { "word": "calico bush", "wordset_id": "e9ad7adbe5", "meanings": [ { "id": "a66b16ef55", "def": "a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mountain laurel" ] } ] }, "common bearberry": { "word": "common bearberry", "wordset_id": "bc4e096e79", "meanings": [ { "id": "4dfc61451c", "def": "evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red bearberry", "mealberry", "hog cranberry", "sand berry", "mountain box", "bear's grape", "creashak" ] } ] }, "creashak": { "word": "creashak", "wordset_id": "976227b1e6", "meanings": [ { "id": "c66b854315", "def": "evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common bearberry" ] } ] }, "coast banksia": { "word": "coast banksia", "wordset_id": "482144d1f3", "meanings": [ { "id": "185d0f5aa7", "def": "shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "honeysuckle" ] } ] }, "casuarina": { "word": "casuarina", "wordset_id": "fa720c8def", "meanings": [ { "id": "2d733885d9", "def": "any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cushion flower": { "word": "cushion flower", "wordset_id": "f7e7c64827", "meanings": [ { "id": "3d023e89e4", "def": "tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pincushion hakea" ] } ] }, "creeping snowberry": { "word": "creeping snowberry", "wordset_id": "50b0421a98", "meanings": [ { "id": "53d5d9abd0", "def": "slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "moxie plum", "maidenhair berry" ] } ] }, "cross-leaved heath": { "word": "cross-leaved heath", "wordset_id": "f4d89705bf", "meanings": [ { "id": "82331f0165", "def": "dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bell heather" ] } ] }, "cottonwood": { "word": "cottonwood", "wordset_id": "cc55961613", "meanings": [ { "id": "cfae8f35d0", "def": "American basswood of the Allegheny region", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white basswood" ] }, { "id": "b6e03f0467", "def": "any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "creeping wintergreen": { "word": "creeping wintergreen", "wordset_id": "bcb841722d", "meanings": [ { "id": "99e46f71a3", "def": "creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wintergreen" ] } ] }, "coast rhododendron": { "word": "coast rhododendron", "wordset_id": "170161bf72", "meanings": [ { "id": "4ba48d1624", "def": "medium-sized rhododendron of Pacific coast of North America having large rosy brown-spotted flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common beech": { "word": "common beech", "wordset_id": "cb337f8f94", "meanings": [ { "id": "9c3910e821", "def": "large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crystal tea": { "word": "crystal tea", "wordset_id": "d768ebb0f4", "meanings": [ { "id": "08e589fdc8", "def": "evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common heath": { "word": "common heath", "wordset_id": "0bee03fce3", "meanings": [ { "id": "0651db949c", "def": "spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "822df52000", "def": "small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blunt-leaf heath" ] } ] }, "copper beech": { "word": "copper beech", "wordset_id": "44681a270e", "meanings": [ { "id": "b5f7a46f42", "def": "variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "purple beech" ] } ] }, "cranberry heath": { "word": "cranberry heath", "wordset_id": "bf4496e25a", "meanings": [ { "id": "016f28567e", "def": "small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "groundberry" ] } ] }, "chestnut tree": { "word": "chestnut tree", "wordset_id": "7891e053b7", "meanings": [ { "id": "636da68f3f", "def": "any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chestnut" ] } ] }, "common birch": { "word": "common birch", "wordset_id": "3f027de6cc", "meanings": [ { "id": "76fe8107a0", "def": "European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "silver birch" ] } ] }, "chestnut oak": { "word": "chestnut oak", "wordset_id": "ad80b7bee6", "meanings": [ { "id": "e5b0121845", "def": "an oak having leaves resembling those of chestnut trees", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chinquapin oak": { "word": "chinquapin oak", "wordset_id": "ed03f6abbb", "meanings": [ { "id": "1fd0b91a97", "def": "medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chinkapin oak" ] } ] }, "chinkapin oak": { "word": "chinkapin oak", "wordset_id": "55c4eda770", "meanings": [ { "id": "68c40d90cb", "def": "medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chinquapin oak" ] } ] }, "cherry birch": { "word": "cherry birch", "wordset_id": "8fe41c8713", "meanings": [ { "id": "30367133fc", "def": "common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black birch" ] } ] }, "coast live oak": { "word": "coast live oak", "wordset_id": "60bc8b34c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "8860a0a90a", "def": "highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cow oak": { "word": "cow oak", "wordset_id": "dfb6769f17", "meanings": [ { "id": "84a1c4c218", "def": "medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "basket oak" ] } ] }, "common alder": { "word": "common alder", "wordset_id": "16b29a1f35", "meanings": [ { "id": "bb7248a41c", "def": "medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "columbo": { "word": "columbo", "wordset_id": "5c47189e1b", "meanings": [ { "id": "b2c27b8b21", "def": "any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "deer's-ear", "deer's-ears", "pyramid plant" ] } ] }, "common oak": { "word": "common oak", "wordset_id": "fdb20a466a", "meanings": [ { "id": "bc46385909", "def": "medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pedunculate oak" ] } ] }, "canyon oak": { "word": "canyon oak", "wordset_id": "a6fa88fc68", "meanings": [ { "id": "8953cc43a7", "def": "medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "canyon live oak", "maul oak", "iron oak" ] } ] }, "canyon live oak": { "word": "canyon live oak", "wordset_id": "2d24e6bd30", "meanings": [ { "id": "cce51de14d", "def": "medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "canyon oak" ] } ] }, "canoe birch": { "word": "canoe birch", "wordset_id": "ee4028f386", "meanings": [ { "id": "ca159e8c8e", "def": "small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "paper birch" ] } ] }, "common jasmine": { "word": "common jasmine", "wordset_id": "aad71449df", "meanings": [ { "id": "ff598723d4", "def": "a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "jessamine" ] } ] }, "common privet": { "word": "common privet", "wordset_id": "f97baaddb5", "meanings": [ { "id": "a36c2c0087", "def": "deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedges", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "closed gentian": { "word": "closed gentian", "wordset_id": "c8bd592898", "meanings": [ { "id": "3d573c7a09", "def": "gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blind gentian", "bottle gentian" ] }, { "id": "139290e559", "def": "similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blind gentian" ] } ] }, "calathian violet": { "word": "calathian violet", "wordset_id": "5e48bf192b", "meanings": [ { "id": "ed9f3ca8aa", "def": "perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marsh gentian" ] } ] }, "common lilac": { "word": "common lilac", "wordset_id": "61f237a973", "meanings": [ { "id": "d3e6dceee4", "def": "large European lilac naturalized in North America having heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly fragrant lilac or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common European ash": { "word": "common European ash", "wordset_id": "114bffa0de", "meanings": [ { "id": "7765c3761f", "def": "tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "codlins-and-cream": { "word": "codlins-and-cream", "wordset_id": "8fa5ce45ee", "meanings": [ { "id": "5472fe1c01", "def": "plant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hairy willowherb" ] } ] }, "crape myrtle": { "word": "crape myrtle", "wordset_id": "fc0d2f1570", "meanings": [ { "id": "4acced89e8", "def": "ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crepe myrtle", "crepe flower" ] } ] }, "crepe myrtle": { "word": "crepe myrtle", "wordset_id": "7190b83cbc", "meanings": [ { "id": "9e8bc87bdd", "def": "ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crape myrtle" ] } ] }, "crepe flower": { "word": "crepe flower", "wordset_id": "96a65473c2", "meanings": [ { "id": "e61ca8c63f", "def": "ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crape myrtle" ] } ] }, "congoo mallee": { "word": "congoo mallee", "wordset_id": "afe871b079", "meanings": [ { "id": "605f739b40", "def": "small shrubby mallee", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white mallee" ] } ] }, "common evening primrose": { "word": "common evening primrose", "wordset_id": "2e05aa729c", "meanings": [ { "id": "8f97e56e32", "def": "a coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common myrtle": { "word": "common myrtle", "wordset_id": "c9dde12288", "meanings": [ { "id": "cecefd9c71", "def": "European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cider gum": { "word": "cider gum", "wordset_id": "8def2224be", "meanings": [ { "id": "8faaf92c30", "def": "small to medium-sized tree of Tasmania", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "combretum family": { "word": "combretum family", "wordset_id": "b400775613", "meanings": [ { "id": "c13985a79b", "def": "a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "combretum": { "word": "combretum", "wordset_id": "b1f6cfc220", "meanings": [ { "id": "b34f3ba79f", "def": "any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "clove tree": { "word": "clove tree", "wordset_id": "30204d5c38", "meanings": [ { "id": "9adcf1252d", "def": "moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "clove" ] } ] }, "cattley guava": { "word": "cattley guava", "wordset_id": "c3c0b67a8c", "meanings": [ { "id": "985e5e8720", "def": "small tropical shrubby tree bearing deep red oval fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "purple strawberry guava" ] } ] }, "canna": { "word": "canna", "wordset_id": "1ca707cb9f", "meanings": [ { "id": "be0514c336", "def": "any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "canna lily": { "word": "canna lily", "wordset_id": "bd16087d19", "meanings": [ { "id": "9304472434", "def": "plants grown for their large bright yellow to red flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common gum cistus": { "word": "common gum cistus", "wordset_id": "f864998ab1", "meanings": [ { "id": "c74682871b", "def": "shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common St John's wort": { "word": "common St John's wort", "wordset_id": "03fa81d91b", "meanings": [ { "id": "709496fa96", "def": "deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "creeping St John's wort": { "word": "creeping St John's wort", "wordset_id": "1b9a8e1991", "meanings": [ { "id": "02bbd011eb", "def": "creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common ginger": { "word": "common ginger", "wordset_id": "b7777c81da", "meanings": [ { "id": "abf2c5b3d4", "def": "tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "stem ginger" ] } ] }, "canella family": { "word": "canella family", "wordset_id": "5190532d3f", "meanings": [ { "id": "97ef764fbc", "def": "one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "calaba": { "word": "calaba", "wordset_id": "746c0ac7af", "meanings": [ { "id": "58c4c3ef69", "def": "West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "canella": { "word": "canella", "wordset_id": "bfa64c7cb3", "meanings": [ { "id": "653ad60015", "def": "highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "canella bark", "white cinnamon" ] } ] }, "canella bark": { "word": "canella bark", "wordset_id": "56009d0bb4", "meanings": [ { "id": "12e473fbe0", "def": "highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "canella" ] } ] }, "clusia": { "word": "clusia", "wordset_id": "34cd3f7863", "meanings": [ { "id": "9013320b24", "def": "an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "clearweed": { "word": "clearweed", "wordset_id": "cbac725336", "meanings": [ { "id": "3acfa5c292", "def": "a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dead nettle", "richweed" ] } ] }, "candlewood": { "word": "candlewood", "wordset_id": "e87ff1b269", "meanings": [ { "id": "dc2f9c87cc", "def": "any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cirio": { "word": "cirio", "wordset_id": "37ed0daacc", "meanings": [ { "id": "25115d35db", "def": "candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "boojum tree" ] } ] }, "common hop": { "word": "common hop", "wordset_id": "fac0e4d29b", "meanings": [ { "id": "7f17bebecb", "def": "European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common hops", "bine" ] } ] }, "cream violet": { "word": "cream violet", "wordset_id": "2ddd1dc4b1", "meanings": [ { "id": "8d5b39ae9b", "def": "leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pale violet" ] } ] }, "common hops": { "word": "common hops", "wordset_id": "ba672dfc0e", "meanings": [ { "id": "aad464d864", "def": "European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common hop" ] } ] }, "common fig": { "word": "common fig", "wordset_id": "4880f2b820", "meanings": [ { "id": "cc5167f6c6", "def": "Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fig" ] } ] }, "common fig tree": { "word": "common fig tree", "wordset_id": "0d64ddb9b0", "meanings": [ { "id": "f590bc7496", "def": "Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fig" ] } ] }, "caprifig": { "word": "caprifig", "wordset_id": "12e3960d7b", "meanings": [ { "id": "a268e25b0f", "def": "wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chaulmoogra": { "word": "chaulmoogra", "wordset_id": "430ee25e62", "meanings": [ { "id": "5d236d2e4b", "def": "East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chaulmoogra tree", "chaulmugra" ] } ] }, "chaulmoogra tree": { "word": "chaulmoogra tree", "wordset_id": "05d132da52", "meanings": [ { "id": "75709ef12c", "def": "East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chaulmoogra" ] } ] }, "chaulmugra": { "word": "chaulmugra", "wordset_id": "f073f70089", "meanings": [ { "id": "39f2836f4f", "def": "East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chaulmoogra" ] } ] }, "colicroot": { "word": "colicroot", "wordset_id": "e49ae15dc8", "meanings": [ { "id": "5bc151d88a", "def": "any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "colic root": { "word": "colic root", "wordset_id": "4a2bb11382", "meanings": [ { "id": "ec282217b2", "def": "any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crow corn": { "word": "crow corn", "wordset_id": "d8d50563f1", "meanings": [ { "id": "3dbd619a76", "def": "any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cedar elm": { "word": "cedar elm", "wordset_id": "c09c954b74", "meanings": [ { "id": "085ec4d973", "def": "elm of southern United States and Mexico having spreading pendulous corky branches", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crocus": { "word": "crocus", "wordset_id": "e90ca6afd7", "meanings": [ { "id": "c5b6b94c8f", "def": "any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coast lily": { "word": "coast lily", "wordset_id": "06f7bd2f04", "meanings": [ { "id": "ad17eae141", "def": "orange-flowered lily of Pacific coast of United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "corn lily": { "word": "corn lily", "wordset_id": "f22d03ee78", "meanings": [ { "id": "0d0b7a6513", "def": "any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crown imperial": { "word": "crown imperial", "wordset_id": "64e136ce85", "meanings": [ { "id": "2473c97506", "def": "Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chincherinchee": { "word": "chincherinchee", "wordset_id": "424bfd841a", "meanings": [ { "id": "a4b9d54721", "def": "South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wonder flower" ] } ] }, "climbing onion": { "word": "climbing onion", "wordset_id": "843fade47e", "meanings": [ { "id": "af89b6255d", "def": "much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "checkered daffodil": { "word": "checkered daffodil", "wordset_id": "7e4f949f16", "meanings": [ { "id": "be6733d6cb", "def": "Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "snake's head fritillary" ] } ] }, "common grape hyacinth": { "word": "common grape hyacinth", "wordset_id": "13507d0804", "meanings": [ { "id": "cecac6dc1e", "def": "prolific species having particularly beautiful dark blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cape aloe": { "word": "cape aloe", "wordset_id": "80ab3cf563", "meanings": [ { "id": "8a4dc1cb96", "def": "much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "candlestick tulip": { "word": "candlestick tulip", "wordset_id": "c9f5de4e45", "meanings": [ { "id": "5187a134e0", "def": "Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lady tulip" ] } ] }, "cottage tulip": { "word": "cottage tulip", "wordset_id": "77346c8f51", "meanings": [ { "id": "7847e38569", "def": "any of several long-stemmed tulips that flower in May", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "climbing lily": { "word": "climbing lily", "wordset_id": "e9512c3d20", "meanings": [ { "id": "03524b7d6f", "def": "any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "gloriosa" ] } ] }, "camas": { "word": "camas", "wordset_id": "44820bd6e7", "meanings": [ { "id": "012d351c4b", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Camassia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "camass", "camosh", "camash" ] } ] }, "creeping lily": { "word": "creeping lily", "wordset_id": "6d11b195ff", "meanings": [ { "id": "166563c717", "def": "any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "gloriosa" ] } ] }, "camass": { "word": "camass", "wordset_id": "e6f9ef2d03", "meanings": [ { "id": "bc76513e1c", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Camassia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "camas" ] } ] }, "camosh": { "word": "camosh", "wordset_id": "7afe56d105", "meanings": [ { "id": "f44f5813b6", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Camassia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "camas" ] } ] }, "camash": { "word": "camash", "wordset_id": "420510b62f", "meanings": [ { "id": "0f5da4c588", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Camassia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "camas" ] } ] }, "common camas": { "word": "common camas", "wordset_id": "a9b2bdd9a5", "meanings": [ { "id": "1d9f58c976", "def": "plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common hyacinth": { "word": "common hyacinth", "wordset_id": "4467382cac", "meanings": [ { "id": "cc43b3772d", "def": "widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cape hyacinth": { "word": "cape hyacinth", "wordset_id": "8a243a32d5", "meanings": [ { "id": "48d47566e6", "def": "southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "summer hyacinth" ] } ] }, "cast-iron plant": { "word": "cast-iron plant", "wordset_id": "90fe239028", "meanings": [ { "id": "dafc2a5925", "def": "evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "aspidistra" ] } ] }, "chive": { "word": "chive", "wordset_id": "743fdd8b9b", "meanings": [ { "id": "c01a57a007", "def": "perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chives" ] } ] }, "cive": { "word": "cive", "wordset_id": "40f528923b", "meanings": [ { "id": "5264ebe9e8", "def": "perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chives" ] } ] }, "checkered lily": { "word": "checkered lily", "wordset_id": "d1cbc05a74", "meanings": [ { "id": "427cdc6b91", "def": "any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fritillary" ] } ] }, "coral drops": { "word": "coral drops", "wordset_id": "e50ab143e4", "meanings": [ { "id": "8c27893ed7", "def": "half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crow garlic": { "word": "crow garlic", "wordset_id": "700fd01866", "meanings": [ { "id": "1e0ddb1ae2", "def": "pungent Old World wild onion", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "false garlic", "field garlic", "stag's garlic", "wild garlic" ] } ] }, "cantala": { "word": "cantala", "wordset_id": "c663e7e13d", "meanings": [ { "id": "5efe6ae3f7", "def": "Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "maguey" ] }, { "id": "60b2940bc3", "def": "hard fiber used in making coarse twine", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "manila maguey" ] } ] }, "calabar-bean vine": { "word": "calabar-bean vine", "wordset_id": "a583af9568", "meanings": [ { "id": "25729839aa", "def": "tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cabbage tree": { "word": "cabbage tree", "wordset_id": "efad9a9ff0", "meanings": [ { "id": "8afcaa5c6f", "def": "elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "grass tree" ] }, { "id": "dec904876b", "def": "tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cabbage bark", "cabbage-bark tree" ] }, { "id": "a52ffc9d08", "def": "Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cabbage palm" ] } ] }, "calabar bean": { "word": "calabar bean", "wordset_id": "f9b1c9bf48", "meanings": [ { "id": "37a8fe2131", "def": "dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ordeal bean" ] } ] }, "catbrier": { "word": "catbrier", "wordset_id": "17fbd90a2a", "meanings": [ { "id": "34b7fb9a86", "def": "a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "briar" ] } ] }, "clintonia": { "word": "clintonia", "wordset_id": "f48123cde4", "meanings": [ { "id": "64d4fd852b", "def": "any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "canafistola": { "word": "canafistola", "wordset_id": "896b59189a", "meanings": [ { "id": "e240f750ec", "def": "deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "canafistula": { "word": "canafistula", "wordset_id": "c55662292f", "meanings": [ { "id": "27a8500711", "def": "deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "century plant": { "word": "century plant", "wordset_id": "3de89d73ac", "meanings": [ { "id": "42da728be3", "def": "tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "agave" ] } ] }, "carob bean": { "word": "carob bean", "wordset_id": "a109556618", "meanings": [ { "id": "b887d09e6c", "def": "long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carob" ] } ] }, "catjang pea": { "word": "catjang pea", "wordset_id": "a0c055d80b", "meanings": [ { "id": "fb02382a0a", "def": "tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cajan pea" ] } ] }, "coronilla": { "word": "coronilla", "wordset_id": "e1120bfbc2", "meanings": [ { "id": "4ac8b204fa", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crown vetch": { "word": "crown vetch", "wordset_id": "6ff0b149dc", "meanings": [ { "id": "b457d29b7f", "def": "European herb resembling vetch", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "axseed" ] } ] }, "crotalaria": { "word": "crotalaria", "wordset_id": "f94963efc1", "meanings": [ { "id": "1a1af44ae5", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rattlebox" ] } ] }, "caragana": { "word": "caragana", "wordset_id": "9ca957ce8e", "meanings": [ { "id": "0fa29201be", "def": "any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pea tree" ] } ] }, "cluster bean": { "word": "cluster bean", "wordset_id": "deb8e3c549", "meanings": [ { "id": "70ca21f844", "def": "drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "guar" ] } ] }, "chicot": { "word": "chicot", "wordset_id": "6ee94491d4", "meanings": [ { "id": "01c8ba5b80", "def": "handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bonduc" ] } ] }, "cabbage bark": { "word": "cabbage bark", "wordset_id": "013ce98d51", "meanings": [ { "id": "b5d4c9aeb6", "def": "tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cabbage tree" ] } ] }, "cabbage-bark tree": { "word": "cabbage-bark tree", "wordset_id": "94a554e82d", "meanings": [ { "id": "9a6add626c", "def": "tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cabbage tree" ] } ] }, "campeachy": { "word": "campeachy", "wordset_id": "08b8a26d7a", "meanings": [ { "id": "d696b2e403", "def": "spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "logwood" ] } ] }, "chickpea plant": { "word": "chickpea plant", "wordset_id": "fbefc1e746", "meanings": [ { "id": "db70d0fc30", "def": "Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chickpea" ] } ] }, "camwood": { "word": "camwood", "wordset_id": "d6ba58aef2", "meanings": [ { "id": "748ce920db", "def": "small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "clianthus": { "word": "clianthus", "wordset_id": "123c9ef074", "meanings": [ { "id": "745577f844", "def": "any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "glory pea" ] } ] }, "coffee senna": { "word": "coffee senna", "wordset_id": "28cf8138ff", "meanings": [ { "id": "4541b50f95", "def": "very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "stinking weed" ] } ] }, "carob tree": { "word": "carob tree", "wordset_id": "98e238106e", "meanings": [ { "id": "1a1600482d", "def": "evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carob" ] } ] }, "carob bean tree": { "word": "carob bean tree", "wordset_id": "c9f4512fd6", "meanings": [ { "id": "7368c488d3", "def": "evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carob" ] } ] }, "coral tree": { "word": "coral tree", "wordset_id": "a4b4fb0a79", "meanings": [ { "id": "1da032c2ec", "def": "any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "erythrina" ] } ] }, "coral bean tree": { "word": "coral bean tree", "wordset_id": "064b11376b", "meanings": [ { "id": "13a093b5f5", "def": "deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "ceibo": { "word": "ceibo", "wordset_id": "024f796b38", "meanings": [ { "id": "73d80d5641", "def": "small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crybaby tree", "cry-baby tree", "common coral tree" ] } ] }, "crybaby tree": { "word": "crybaby tree", "wordset_id": "09bdc96ea1", "meanings": [ { "id": "c35f3bc877", "def": "small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ceibo" ] } ] }, "cry-baby tree": { "word": "cry-baby tree", "wordset_id": "b2fc0a90f4", "meanings": [ { "id": "45f83d7166", "def": "small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ceibo" ] } ] }, "common coral tree": { "word": "common coral tree", "wordset_id": "feb10c8c30", "meanings": [ { "id": "6697c7c597", "def": "small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ceibo" ] } ] }, "coral pea": { "word": "coral pea", "wordset_id": "a7fad04cf1", "meanings": [ { "id": "722bbfc281", "def": "any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common broom": { "word": "common broom", "wordset_id": "48e7631210", "meanings": [ { "id": "79d5657b95", "def": "deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "green broom" ] } ] }, "coral vine": { "word": "coral vine", "wordset_id": "53bd238222", "meanings": [ { "id": "6e9e7813e8", "def": "prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cork tree": { "word": "cork tree", "wordset_id": "62934ded99", "meanings": [ { "id": "f183350b26", "def": "prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "16afb7e38c", "def": "deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coral gem": { "word": "coral gem", "wordset_id": "ea4d1a2522", "meanings": [ { "id": "aaa8bb18c0", "def": "low-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common laburnum": { "word": "common laburnum", "wordset_id": "31fb08c548", "meanings": [ { "id": "17e2a63040", "def": "an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "golden chain", "golden rain" ] } ] }, "caviuna wood": { "word": "caviuna wood", "wordset_id": "3079054d2d", "meanings": [ { "id": "7a7c4e81b2", "def": "an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "jacaranda" ] } ] }, "chanar": { "word": "chanar", "wordset_id": "19b187124c", "meanings": [ { "id": "60c86ec5f0", "def": "thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chanal" ] } ] }, "cocobolo": { "word": "cocobolo", "wordset_id": "6c19aac735", "meanings": [ { "id": "8abdbe0979", "def": "a valuable timber tree of tropical South America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chanal": { "word": "chanal", "wordset_id": "9f182396f3", "meanings": [ { "id": "dced2f298b", "def": "thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chanar" ] } ] }, "common bean plant": { "word": "common bean plant", "wordset_id": "c7ba6562f0", "meanings": [ { "id": "937038417e", "def": "the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common bean" ] } ] }, "chaparral pea": { "word": "chaparral pea", "wordset_id": "1e4c80fac6", "meanings": [ { "id": "178937c305", "def": "spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "stingaree-bush" ] } ] }, "cowage": { "word": "cowage", "wordset_id": "ca955d9cc6", "meanings": [ { "id": "65b18e2c38", "def": "the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "velvet bean" ] }, { "id": "028e3cd8f5", "def": "pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common pea": { "word": "common pea", "wordset_id": "a16c8e70d0", "meanings": [ { "id": "bc43204946", "def": "plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "garden pea" ] } ] }, "clammy locust": { "word": "clammy locust", "wordset_id": "37d1ce4d0d", "meanings": [ { "id": "766c89afae", "def": "small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "carib wood": { "word": "carib wood", "wordset_id": "79ba3bcaaf", "meanings": [ { "id": "a6c278f754", "def": "small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common flat pea": { "word": "common flat pea", "wordset_id": "c21bdee50b", "meanings": [ { "id": "15cea64166", "def": "low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "native holly" ] } ] }, "coral bean": { "word": "coral bean", "wordset_id": "c8a34d3215", "meanings": [ { "id": "c0e5dbb7ea", "def": "shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mescal bean" ] } ] }, "crazyweed": { "word": "crazyweed", "wordset_id": "e0cc2dd7e5", "meanings": [ { "id": "996f8de611", "def": "any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "locoweed" ] } ] }, "crazy weed": { "word": "crazy weed", "wordset_id": "207b59f64e", "meanings": [ { "id": "0bc8b5fe09", "def": "any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "locoweed" ] } ] }, "coral bush": { "word": "coral bush", "wordset_id": "37c7f7d326", "meanings": [ { "id": "a6b7a41cf6", "def": "Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "flame bush" ] } ] }, "coco palm": { "word": "coco palm", "wordset_id": "7b57293b7d", "meanings": [ { "id": "df0597d179", "def": "tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cocoanut", "coconut" ] } ] }, "coco": { "word": "coco", "wordset_id": "5a53dfa798", "meanings": [ { "id": "7cbae0c836", "def": "tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cocoanut", "coconut" ] } ] }, "cocoa palm": { "word": "cocoa palm", "wordset_id": "b00ad3da8f", "meanings": [ { "id": "c2a123e8dd", "def": "tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cocoanut", "coconut" ] } ] }, "coconut tree": { "word": "coconut tree", "wordset_id": "2eb7e1176c", "meanings": [ { "id": "9653e5e1ed", "def": "tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cocoanut", "coconut" ] } ] }, "coir": { "word": "coir", "wordset_id": "cf70eff0e5", "meanings": [ { "id": "8a2995d3dc", "def": "stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "carnauba": { "word": "carnauba", "wordset_id": "4fc88c13e9", "meanings": [ { "id": "05066b6c97", "def": "Brazilian fan palm having an edible root", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carnauba palm", "wax palm" ] }, { "id": "da5b11f04f", "def": "hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carnauba wax" ] } ] }, "carnauba palm": { "word": "carnauba palm", "wordset_id": "55fc046809", "meanings": [ { "id": "60b49119aa", "def": "Brazilian fan palm having an edible root", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carnauba" ] } ] }, "carnauba wax": { "word": "carnauba wax", "wordset_id": "b8fec6868b", "meanings": [ { "id": "b1e44b69b0", "def": "hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carnauba" ] } ] }, "caranday": { "word": "caranday", "wordset_id": "e9b9ab7552", "meanings": [ { "id": "d5309e8a21", "def": "South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "caranda", "caranda palm", "wax palm" ] } ] }, "caranda": { "word": "caranda", "wordset_id": "e9fb3f0bbf", "meanings": [ { "id": "adf3e43d55", "def": "South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "caranday" ] } ] }, "caranda palm": { "word": "caranda palm", "wordset_id": "7a6fc752fc", "meanings": [ { "id": "5e20a2144f", "def": "South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "caranday" ] } ] }, "corozo": { "word": "corozo", "wordset_id": "8c0bc7b7e1", "meanings": [ { "id": "813fcf0da6", "def": "any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corozo palm" ] } ] }, "corozo palm": { "word": "corozo palm", "wordset_id": "455a4d8e75", "meanings": [ { "id": "220dbfd19e", "def": "any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corozo" ] } ] }, "coyol": { "word": "coyol", "wordset_id": "1b43d4627c", "meanings": [ { "id": "a9d1157c9e", "def": "tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coyol palm" ] } ] }, "coyol palm": { "word": "coyol palm", "wordset_id": "7fac2265c9", "meanings": [ { "id": "f883eac04f", "def": "tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coyol" ] } ] }, "cabbage palmetto": { "word": "cabbage palmetto", "wordset_id": "bbaf712d34", "meanings": [ { "id": "63c64645d2", "def": "low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cabbage palm" ] } ] }, "cabbage palm": { "word": "cabbage palm", "wordset_id": "e7e106117c", "meanings": [ { "id": "c0a8937e49", "def": "Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "a0cdcf1c82", "def": "Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cabbage tree" ] }, { "id": "60dcae5aed", "def": "West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "23830c5224", "def": "low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cabbage palmetto" ] } ] }, "coquilla nut": { "word": "coquilla nut", "wordset_id": "bf0af4cf0a", "meanings": [ { "id": "d75b64eab7", "def": "nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "corkscrew flower": { "word": "corkscrew flower", "wordset_id": "da566d5ba4", "meanings": [ { "id": "c33896f106", "def": "perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "snail-flower" ] } ] }, "coco de macao": { "word": "coco de macao", "wordset_id": "cfe30bf6d8", "meanings": [ { "id": "62758d23f4", "def": "tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "babassu" ] } ] }, "cohune palm": { "word": "cohune palm", "wordset_id": "dd7e4068f4", "meanings": [ { "id": "4478cc58a7", "def": "tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cohune" ] } ] }, "cowpea plant": { "word": "cowpea plant", "wordset_id": "23bb438148", "meanings": [ { "id": "deddba6e8f", "def": "sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and 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"4d94d155bc", "def": "European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "curled leaf pondweed" ] } ] }, "coco plum tree": { "word": "coco plum tree", "wordset_id": "b18a37feb8", "meanings": [ { "id": "ab2dfb6954", "def": "small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cocoa plum" ] } ] }, "cotoneaster": { "word": "cotoneaster", "wordset_id": "820be8f4bd", "meanings": [ { "id": "f2f1858fe1", "def": "any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cockspur thorn": { "word": "cockspur thorn", "wordset_id": "d86ff30623", "meanings": [ { "id": "954c2e1f0b", "def": "eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cockspur hawthorn" ] } ] }, "cockspur hawthorn": { "word": "cockspur hawthorn", "wordset_id": "c99b933eeb", "meanings": [ { "id": "21537fcbf1", "def": "eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cockspur thorn" ] } ] }, "common arrowhead": { "word": "common arrowhead", "wordset_id": "6fcd1bc510", "meanings": [ { "id": "08b9eec34a", "def": "a weed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "smooth crabgrass" ] } ] }, "commelina": { "word": "commelina", "wordset_id": "00648f111b", "meanings": [ { "id": "f6dc203856", "def": "any plant of the genus Commelina", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cultivated strawberry": { "word": "cultivated strawberry", "wordset_id": "5df1883e11", "meanings": [ { "id": "2fe2dbee79", "def": "widely cultivated", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "garden strawberry" ] } ] }, "chickasaw plum": { "word": "chickasaw plum", "wordset_id": "109425ea7d", "meanings": [ { "id": "282dd9d216", "def": "small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hog plum" ] } ] }, "common plum": { "word": "common plum", "wordset_id": "8ff8454e3b", "meanings": [ { "id": "9102ca6a48", "def": "any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chocolate root": { "word": "chocolate root", "wordset_id": "e4d4ae6e0e", "meanings": [ { "id": "946da5df12", "def": "erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "water avens" ] } ] }, "cloveroot": { "word": "cloveroot", "wordset_id": "29aa37e40d", "meanings": [ { "id": "473e14036f", "def": "hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "herb bennet" ] } ] }, "clover-root": { "word": "clover-root", "wordset_id": "0bbb5a25bb", "meanings": [ { "id": "80b9b313e2", "def": "hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "herb bennet" ] } ] }, "common apricot": { "word": "common apricot", "wordset_id": "7dc6b58c58", "meanings": [ { "id": "b69b8d918c", "def": "temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cherry tree": { "word": "cherry tree", "wordset_id": "392933c26a", "meanings": [ { "id": "3ca512b46d", "def": "any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cherry" ] } ] }, "capulin tree": { "word": "capulin tree", "wordset_id": "94485af67e", "meanings": [ { "id": "7cbfd6aa54", "def": "Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "capulin" ] } ] }, "cultivated crab apple": { "word": "cultivated crab apple", "wordset_id": "6952d97610", "meanings": [ { "id": "7be943568e", "def": "any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crab apple" ] } ] }, "cherry laurel": { "word": "cherry laurel", "wordset_id": "432400d3f7", "meanings": [ { "id": "19f1742ad7", "def": "small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mock orange" ] }, { "id": "1e2ca61fd5", "def": "frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "laurel cherry" ] } ] }, "cherry apple": { "word": "cherry apple", "wordset_id": "15a110e01b", "meanings": [ { "id": "5bb4c59c57", "def": "Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cherry crab" ] } ] }, "cherry crab": { "word": "cherry crab", "wordset_id": "ef9be2103c", "meanings": [ { "id": "8c11c1090b", "def": "Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cherry apple" ] } ] }, "chokecherry": { "word": "chokecherry", "wordset_id": "4934b1d42d", "meanings": [ { "id": "8b5f1c603b", "def": "a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chokecherry tree" ] }, { "id": "dc1f0c9464", "def": "the fruit of the chokecherry tree", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cherry plum": { "word": "cherry plum", "wordset_id": "f08de203cb", "meanings": [ { "id": "589cdeae94", "def": "small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "myrobalan", "myrobalan plum" ] } ] }, "chokecherry tree": { "word": "chokecherry tree", "wordset_id": "864e0d872a", "meanings": [ { "id": "4082d5b2b5", "def": "a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chokecherry" ] } ] }, "common teasel": { "word": "common teasel", "wordset_id": "a4e21c8c52", "meanings": [ { "id": "f7001b21d6", "def": "teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coloradillo": { "word": "coloradillo", "wordset_id": "87bcfc4ff1", "meanings": [ { "id": "4b4cee0788", "def": "handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "scarlet bush" ] } ] }, "coral honeysuckle": { "word": "coral honeysuckle", "wordset_id": "645b7934ca", "meanings": [ { "id": "babeb24a0a", "def": "evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "trumpet honeysuckle" ] } ] }, "common snowberry": { "word": "common snowberry", "wordset_id": "677c7b6604", "meanings": [ { "id": "d7495b49d0", "def": "deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "waxberry" ] } ] }, "coffee tree": { "word": "coffee tree", "wordset_id": "44977fd0e7", "meanings": [ { "id": "75a1493767", "def": "any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coffee" ] } ] }, "cinchona": { "word": "cinchona", "wordset_id": "381f180552", "meanings": [ { "id": "93f5d7619d", "def": "any of several trees of the genus Cinchona", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chinchona" ] }, { "id": "e5fe82d9c5", "def": "medicinal bark of cinchona trees", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cinchona bark" ] } ] }, "chinchona": { "word": "chinchona", "wordset_id": "700319759f", "meanings": [ { "id": "81ede35cd4", "def": "any of several trees of the genus Cinchona", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cinchona" ] } ] }, "common elder": { "word": "common elder", "wordset_id": "4d998d637d", "meanings": [ { "id": "4d33091a41", "def": "a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "elderberry" ] } ] }, "cloudberry": { "word": "cloudberry", "wordset_id": "e62688eef5", "meanings": [ { "id": "f383386e0d", "def": "creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "salmonberry" ] } ] }, "cinchona tree": { "word": "cinchona tree", "wordset_id": "5c2facb6ca", "meanings": [ { "id": "01bbbb8c15", "def": "small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cinchona bark": { "word": "cinchona bark", "wordset_id": "89c7ab0986", "meanings": [ { "id": "969ee46814", "def": "medicinal bark of cinchona trees", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cinchona" ] } ] }, "cranberry bush": { "word": "cranberry bush", "wordset_id": "b399f4ab90", "meanings": [ { "id": "ec89f23e11", "def": "deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "highbush cranberry", "cranberry tree" ] } ] }, "cranberry tree": { "word": "cranberry tree", "wordset_id": "2d9942d25a", "meanings": [ { "id": "45729c78cf", "def": "deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cranberry bush" ] }, { "id": "11c37f96e1", "def": "deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "guelder rose", "crampbark" ] } ] }, "cleavers": { "word": "cleavers", "wordset_id": "e65d54e008", "meanings": [ { "id": "d661f76bb1", "def": "annual having the stem beset with curved prickles", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "goose grass" ] } ] }, "clivers": { "word": "clivers", "wordset_id": "f0a54f6055", "meanings": [ { "id": "3ebd43cc74", "def": "annual having the stem beset with curved prickles", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "goose grass" ] } ] }, "catchweed": { "word": "catchweed", "wordset_id": "2435ec99f1", "meanings": [ { "id": "cfd9c43708", "def": "annual having the stem beset with curved prickles", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "goose grass" ] } ] }, "crampbark": { "word": "crampbark", "wordset_id": "45ae6ee631", "meanings": [ { "id": "2219fdd1cb", "def": "deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cranberry tree" ] } ] }, "cape jasmine": { "word": "cape jasmine", "wordset_id": "bf8398f25c", "meanings": [ { "id": "052ae84255", "def": "evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cape jessamine" ] } ] }, "cape jessamine": { "word": "cape jessamine", "wordset_id": "47589d84c1", "meanings": [ { "id": "ed96364e29", "def": "evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cape jasmine" ] } ] }, "carambola tree": { "word": "carambola tree", "wordset_id": "792082fc5c", "meanings": [ { "id": "ae64510ec7", "def": "East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carambola" ] } ] }, "cedar mahogany": { "word": "cedar mahogany", "wordset_id": "45c7fa35d1", "meanings": [ { "id": "3a7c71e41b", "def": "African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sapele mahogany" ] } ] }, "coca plant": { "word": "coca plant", "wordset_id": "fa4e14aa02", "meanings": [ { "id": "2cfdd087c5", "def": "a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coca" ] } ] }, "candyweed": { "word": "candyweed", "wordset_id": "5cec98e80b", "meanings": [ { "id": "9b150cdd3c", "def": "bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "orange milkwort" ] } ] }, "common milkwort": { "word": "common milkwort", "wordset_id": "6b3faa74ed", "meanings": [ { "id": "cf284b2c22", "def": "small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "gand flower" ] } ] }, "cranesbill": { "word": "cranesbill", "wordset_id": "abe741c654", "meanings": [ { "id": "24256e29c7", "def": "any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crane's bill" ] } ] }, "crane's bill": { "word": "crane's bill", "wordset_id": "72f5bcdee0", "meanings": [ { "id": "191e1a7c4a", "def": "any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cranesbill" ] } ] }, "citrus tree": { "word": "citrus tree", "wordset_id": "2733f785ef", "meanings": [ { "id": "88fd7ae33a", "def": "any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "citrus" ] } ] }, "cigar-box cedar": { "word": "cigar-box cedar", "wordset_id": "37299759c9", "meanings": [ { "id": "cd21072778", "def": "fragrant wood much used for cigar boxes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "citron tree": { "word": "citron tree", "wordset_id": "3c89650f81", "meanings": [ { "id": "656c778930", "def": "thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "citron" ] } ] }, "caracolito": { "word": "caracolito", "wordset_id": "6113904bb8", "meanings": [ { "id": "9f4664a363", "def": "large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chinaberry": { "word": "chinaberry", "wordset_id": "16ae2b5ae2", "meanings": [ { "id": "bcd73249a8", "def": "tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pride-of-India" ] }, { "id": "21ca69a691", "def": "evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "false dogwood", "jaboncillo" ] } ] }, "chinaberry tree": { "word": "chinaberry tree", "wordset_id": "b8424897be", "meanings": [ { "id": "907b935e13", "def": "tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pride-of-India" ] } ] }, "common wood sorrel": { "word": "common wood sorrel", "wordset_id": "5f918f3d6a", "meanings": [ { "id": "d76105f874", "def": "Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "shamrock" ] } ] }, "cuckoo bread": { "word": "cuckoo bread", "wordset_id": "7e253c658f", "meanings": [ { "id": "dec6821461", "def": "Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "shamrock" ] } ] }, "creeping oxalis": { "word": "creeping oxalis", "wordset_id": "877cfe11d0", "meanings": [ { "id": "145736adea", "def": "creeping much-branched mat-forming weed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "creeping wood sorrel" ] } ] }, "creeping wood sorrel": { "word": "creeping wood sorrel", "wordset_id": "d4059d15ce", "meanings": [ { "id": "34fbad4750", "def": "creeping much-branched mat-forming weed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "creeping oxalis" ] } ] }, "clocks": { "word": "clocks", "wordset_id": "18c00870ee", "meanings": [ { "id": "b7948bb465", "def": "European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "filaria" ] } ] }, "cumquat": { "word": "cumquat", "wordset_id": "bd39a86446", "meanings": [ { "id": "857f661ea3", "def": "any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kumquat" ] } ] }, "creosote bush": { "word": "creosote bush", "wordset_id": "e6d8526e8c", "meanings": [ { "id": "ebd6f24980", "def": "desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coville", "hediondilla" ] } ] }, "creeping willow": { "word": "creeping willow", "wordset_id": "e20b09adc7", "meanings": [ { "id": "9ecb6c666a", "def": "small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coville": { "word": "coville", "wordset_id": "37bb560c7d", "meanings": [ { "id": "95b5db1a19", "def": "desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "creosote bush" ] } ] }, "common osier": { "word": "common osier", "wordset_id": "5e3f00d2b0", "meanings": [ { "id": "0b0fc2270a", "def": "willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hemp willow", "velvet osier" ] } ] }, "cricket-bat willow": { "word": "cricket-bat willow", "wordset_id": "3508095f6f", "meanings": [ { "id": "bbcfa01653", "def": "Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "clementine tree": { "word": "clementine tree", "wordset_id": "f3f86d3861", "meanings": [ { "id": "daeb34a5bc", "def": "a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "clementine" ] } ] }, "canarybird flower": { "word": "canarybird flower", "wordset_id": "25a3f65716", "meanings": [ { "id": "159839d4b8", "def": "a climber having flowers that are the color of canaries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "canarybird vine", "canary creeper" ] } ] }, "crack willow": { "word": "crack willow", "wordset_id": "572cb96ecb", "meanings": [ { "id": "905352b129", "def": "large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brittle willow", "snap willow" ] } ] }, "citrange tree": { "word": "citrange tree", "wordset_id": "2b03eb378d", "meanings": [ { "id": "b5fbe05956", "def": "more aromatic and acidic than oranges", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "citrange" ] } ] }, "canarybird vine": { "word": "canarybird vine", "wordset_id": "d3cbdd0a3a", "meanings": [ { "id": "7d9f4e630c", "def": "a climber having flowers that are the color of 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"canistel" ] } ] }, "conker": { "word": "conker", "wordset_id": "1445882331", "meanings": [ { "id": "3c0bf9a1c8", "def": "the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "horse chestnut" ] } ] }, "cunonia family": { "word": "cunonia family", "wordset_id": "e1a7bed255", "meanings": [ { "id": "9eb4c392ac", "def": "trees or shrubs or climbers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "carnivorous plant": { "word": "carnivorous plant", "wordset_id": "f4b7297fd5", "meanings": [ { "id": "030d101f66", "def": "plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "catalpa": { "word": "catalpa", "wordset_id": "ef7221217a", "meanings": [ { "id": "0c69dc1c26", "def": "tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "calabash tree": { "word": "calabash tree", "wordset_id": "c9170d24eb", "meanings": [ { "id": "ca44ce0fca", "def": "tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "calabash" ] } ] }, "coralbells": { "word": "coralbells", "wordset_id": "8c22cb31a7", "meanings": [ { "id": "1107b4ea85", "def": "perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common amsinckia": { "word": "common amsinckia", "wordset_id": "ae1615c64b", "meanings": [ { "id": "28c15d76e1", "def": "annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cape forget-me-not": { "word": "cape forget-me-not", "wordset_id": "2f5f2bfb28", "meanings": [ { "id": "e0d9bcbbee", "def": "anchusa of southern Africa having blue flowers with white throats", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "e28bafb655", "def": "anchusa of southern Africa having blue to red-purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chickweed phlox": { "word": "chickweed phlox", "wordset_id": "41c01e9534", "meanings": [ { "id": "513a321705", "def": "low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sand phlox" ] } ] }, "coolwart": { "word": "coolwart", "wordset_id": "c9296571ad", "meanings": [ { "id": "e1f968254b", "def": "stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "foamflower" ] } ] }, "caricature plant": { "word": "caricature plant", "wordset_id": "bbca87ece0", "meanings": [ { "id": "6e474c5d05", "def": "tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coast boykinia": { "word": "coast boykinia", "wordset_id": "a49afa74e2", "meanings": [ { "id": "3e5ce92bba", "def": "plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "currant bush": { "word": "currant bush", "wordset_id": "d2edbb2892", "meanings": [ { "id": "de7b61d8ca", "def": "any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "currant" ] } ] }, "cross vine": { "word": "cross vine", "wordset_id": "5c2f8f32fd", "meanings": [ { "id": "f12d1a3a18", "def": "woody flowering vine of southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "trumpet flower" ] } ] }, "cumfrey": { "word": "cumfrey", "wordset_id": "a0cbfa6397", "meanings": [ { "id": "7aa14d55eb", "def": "perennial herbs of Europe and Iran", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "comfrey" ] } ] }, "common comfrey": { "word": "common comfrey", "wordset_id": "6d7ac7a6b5", "meanings": [ { "id": "b0360cb9bc", "def": "European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "boneset" ] } ] }, "creeping bugle": { "word": "creeping bugle", "wordset_id": "ca8ffe9a4f", "meanings": [ { "id": "ba033a8525", "def": "low rhizomatous European carpeting plant having spikes of blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "convolvulus": { "word": "convolvulus", "wordset_id": "c446237084", "meanings": [ { "id": "30f1b5f01c", "def": "any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "calamint": { "word": "calamint", "wordset_id": "8718b32e29", "meanings": [ { "id": "da089c0e5a", "def": "perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common calamint": { "word": "common calamint", "wordset_id": "0ea01339d7", "meanings": [ { "id": "bc99b86e91", "def": "mint-scented perennial of central and southern Europe", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common morning glory": { "word": "common morning glory", "wordset_id": "b114b68b06", "meanings": [ { "id": "dd2edcbf40", "def": "pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "9dd1d8329c", "def": "annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cypress vine": { "word": "cypress vine", "wordset_id": "aa2e6fdc54", "meanings": [ { "id": "378ca39121", "def": "tropical American annual climber having red or white flowers and finely dissected leaves", "example": "The bright flowers of the cypress vine always attract hummingbirds.", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "star-glory" ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "zellerpress", "lefurjah" ] }, "cypre": { "word": "cypre", "wordset_id": "96c1f8004f", "meanings": [ { "id": "ed299ccb15", "def": "large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "salmwood" ] } ] }, "cushion calamint": { "word": "cushion calamint", "wordset_id": "980b31a7d5", "meanings": [ { "id": "8762c944cd", "def": "aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coleus": { 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"wordset_id": "480603a631", "meanings": [ { "id": "d561efad55", "def": "European mint naturalized in United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "field mint" ] } ] }, "chaparral sage": { "word": "chaparral sage", "wordset_id": "352abfa1e1", "meanings": [ { "id": "4e5638f1c4", "def": "silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "purple sage" ] } ] }, "cancerweed": { "word": "cancerweed", "wordset_id": "c576ef0a1f", "meanings": [ { "id": "fd97b1a540", "def": "sage of eastern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cancer weed" ] } ] }, "cancer weed": { "word": "cancer weed", "wordset_id": "5f28778419", "meanings": [ { "id": "e6c5186ee0", "def": "sage of eastern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cancerweed" ] } ] }, "common sage": { "word": "common sage", "wordset_id": "4c8e920b76", "meanings": [ { "id": "d2c35a0487", "def": "shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ramona" ] } ] }, "clary": { "word": "clary", "wordset_id": "df40460fa8", "meanings": [ { "id": "fa08b1ca06", "def": "aromatic herb of southern Europe", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "catmint": { "word": "catmint", "wordset_id": "204271542b", "meanings": [ { "id": "1894a41d03", "def": "hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "catnip" ] } ] }, "catnip": { "word": "catnip", "wordset_id": "22644b09e4", "meanings": [ { "id": "fa214c153c", "def": "hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "catmint" ] } ] }, "common basil": { "word": "common basil", "wordset_id": "dc54eabf9c", "meanings": [ { "id": "4bdd47f942", "def": "annual or perennial of tropical Asia having spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet basil" ] } ] }, "cat thyme": { "word": "cat thyme", "wordset_id": "300d2a017b", "meanings": [ { "id": "8b1bc741a8", "def": "Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marum" ] } ] }, "cretan dittany": { "word": "cretan dittany", "wordset_id": "76b5cf72fb", "meanings": [ { "id": "5786a4be29", "def": "dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "winter sweet" ] } ] }, "crete dittany": { "word": "crete dittany", "wordset_id": "0a442566cc", "meanings": [ { "id": "1ee7351028", "def": "dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "winter sweet" ] } ] }, "common thyme": { "word": "common thyme", "wordset_id": "89169d691c", "meanings": [ { "id": "a7a045ceae", "def": "common aromatic garden perennial native to the western Mediterranean", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "creeping thyme": { "word": "creeping thyme", "wordset_id": "48f8cff3bf", "meanings": [ { "id": "93285761c1", "def": "aromatic dwarf shrub common on banks and hillsides in Europe", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common horehound": { "word": "common horehound", "wordset_id": "ca86bee7db", "meanings": [ { "id": "00137f3f29", "def": "European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white horehound" ] } ] }, "cliff penstemon": { "word": "cliff penstemon", "wordset_id": "8bb0922a5a", "meanings": [ { "id": "6957182574", "def": "one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rock penstemon" ] } ] }, "cascade penstemon": { "word": "cascade penstemon", "wordset_id": "5d8dd90439", "meanings": [ { "id": "3ab4b1beef", "def": "whorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common nightshade": { "word": "common nightshade", "wordset_id": "455822f1c8", "meanings": [ { "id": "a724cb2bef", "def": "Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black nightshade" ] } ] }, "common mullein": { "word": "common mullein", "wordset_id": "7e762f9ab7", "meanings": [ { "id": "fc6f6d38fc", "def": "tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "torch" ] } ] }, "common foxglove": { "word": "common foxglove", "wordset_id": "b41112596d", "meanings": [ { "id": "63172eabbe", "def": "tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fairy bell", "fingerflower", "finger-flower", "fingerroot", "finger-root" ] } ] }, "corn speedwell": { "word": "corn speedwell", "wordset_id": "b9533d9702", "meanings": [ { "id": "802a827c10", "def": "erect or procumbent blue-flowered annual found in waste places of Europe and America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common unicorn plant": { "word": "common unicorn plant", "wordset_id": "ac396cbb29", "meanings": [ { "id": "39fa05ee63", "def": "annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "devil's claw", "elephant-tusk", "proboscis flower", "ram's horn" ] } ] }, "common speedwell": { "word": "common speedwell", "wordset_id": "5462a9aeaf", "meanings": [ { "id": "c07c29cf85", "def": "common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "gypsyweed" ] } ] }, "climbing nightshade": { "word": "climbing nightshade", "wordset_id": "f2edb6d2e3", "meanings": [ { "id": "c4a476ade7", "def": "poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bittersweet nightshade" ] } ] }, "calceolaria": { "word": "calceolaria", "wordset_id": "5b77c00bef", "meanings": [ { "id": "74e2673250", "def": "any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "slipperwort" ] } ] }, "cypress spurge": { "word": "cypress spurge", "wordset_id": "4d453893d1", "meanings": [ { "id": "d8e9cea6d2", "def": "Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cape gooseberry": { "word": "cape gooseberry", "wordset_id": "37e34526bc", "meanings": [ { "id": "1ba61dfa20", "def": "annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "purple ground cherry" ] } ] }, "common thorn apple": { "word": "common thorn apple", "wordset_id": "d8d09b5f4a", "meanings": [ { "id": "455c21f924", "def": "intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cock's eggs": { "word": "cock's eggs", "wordset_id": "3a127608c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "e0dfc5b379", "def": "weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "candelilla": { "word": "candelilla", "wordset_id": "43e4495383", "meanings": [ { "id": "e5b52c62c2", "def": "wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "79324c2fad", "def": "wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common matrimony vine": { "word": "common matrimony vine", "wordset_id": "600b37e8be", "meanings": [ { "id": "c52ba9b600", "def": "deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chalice vine": { "word": "chalice vine", "wordset_id": "ac09c7567f", "meanings": [ { "id": "2341cb0d84", "def": "Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "trumpet flower" ] } ] }, "cactus euphorbia": { "word": "cactus euphorbia", "wordset_id": "79713a094a", "meanings": [ { "id": "308cfa5191", "def": "small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "naboom" ] } ] }, "croton": { "word": "croton", "wordset_id": "35b18684b0", "meanings": [ { "id": "983cf4ba00", "def": "tropical Asiatic shrub", "example": "source of croton oil", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "a0642d7125", "def": "grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "croton oil": { "word": "croton oil", "wordset_id": "c43304485e", "meanings": [ { "id": "6f0db181be", "def": "viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common tobacco": { "word": 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"speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "myrtle spurge", "mole plant" ] } ] }, "cow parsley": { "word": "cow parsley", "wordset_id": "e8748ce690", "meanings": [ { "id": "1ef9ff9467", "def": "coarse erect biennial Old World herb introduced as a weed in eastern North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cultivated parsnip": { "word": "cultivated parsnip", "wordset_id": "25624f63ff", "meanings": [ { "id": "a57a4d522f", "def": "European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been made palatable through cultivation", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cultivated celery": { "word": "cultivated celery", "wordset_id": "db68a09ebb", "meanings": [ { "id": "9bcbb304f9", "def": "widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "celery" ] } ] }, "caoutchouc tree": { "word": "caoutchouc tree", "wordset_id": "53573eddc1", "meanings": [ { "id": "879f55b0fb", "def": "deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery 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bark of cascarilla", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "eleuthera bark", "sweetwood bark" ] } ] }, "camelia": { "word": "camelia", "wordset_id": "7909b9f55a", "meanings": [ { "id": "e3682dbe9a", "def": "any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "camellia" ] } ] }, "cornel": { "word": "cornel", "wordset_id": "6ff277ff7f", "meanings": [ { "id": "fcb2a7ba2a", "def": "a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dogwood" ] } ] }, "common white dogwood": { "word": "common white dogwood", "wordset_id": "aae47e9d45", "meanings": [ { "id": "63af9dc189", "def": "deciduous tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "eastern flowering dogwood" ] } ] }, "carrot family": { "word": "carrot family", "wordset_id": "eb4704356a", "meanings": [ { "id": "0cba684b28", "def": "plants having flowers in umbels: parsley", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cow parsnip": { "word": "cow parsnip", "wordset_id": "9f97970aa3", "meanings": [ { "id": "8ea488f8cb", "def": "tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hogweed" ] } ] }, "castor-oil plant": { "word": "castor-oil plant", "wordset_id": "854cce7a93", "meanings": [ { "id": "0c78564139", "def": "large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "castor bean plant", "palma christi", "palma christ" ] } ] }, "castor bean plant": { "word": "castor bean plant", "wordset_id": "b76917a574", "meanings": [ { "id": "260a18745a", "def": "large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "castor-oil plant" ] } ] }, "climbing fern": { "word": "climbing fern", "wordset_id": "437dcce822", "meanings": [ { "id": "e43f5ba106", "def": "any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "creeping fern": { "word": "creeping fern", "wordset_id": "a14c06b9b1", "meanings": [ { "id": "971382333f", "def": "delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile fronds", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "climbing maidenhair": { "word": "climbing maidenhair", "wordset_id": "91fc87c6e1", "meanings": [ { "id": "5473faf01d", "def": "tropical fern widespread in Old World", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "climbing maidenhair fern", "snake fern" ] } ] }, "climbing maidenhair fern": { "word": "climbing maidenhair fern", "wordset_id": "0e4f111899", "meanings": [ { "id": "d9e32d69ea", "def": "tropical fern widespread in Old World", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "climbing maidenhair" ] } ] }, "common valerian": { "word": "common valerian", "wordset_id": "941ca2c60f", "meanings": [ { "id": "c843967be5", "def": "tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "garden heliotrope" ] } ] }, "common corn salad": { "word": "common corn salad", "wordset_id": "94ce958de6", "meanings": [ { "id": "2c2c8f8ebc", "def": "widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lamb's lettuce" ] } ] }, "clover fern": { "word": "clover fern", "wordset_id": "75992b220f", "meanings": [ { "id": "06cbeffa46", "def": "any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pepperwort" ] } ] }, "common nardoo": { "word": "common nardoo", "wordset_id": "dee9b65aaf", "meanings": [ { "id": "4dcae77324", "def": "Australian clover fern", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "nardoo" ] } ] }, "cutch": { "word": "cutch", "wordset_id": "8fe836ca97", "meanings": [ { "id": "76e8a3fa68", "def": "tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "hcatlin", "kangaechigai", "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "bryanedu" ] }, "cinnamon fern": { "word": "cinnamon fern", "wordset_id": "4e7e337054", "meanings": [ { "id": "5eda46f563", "def": "New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fiddlehead", "fiddlehead fern" ] } ] }, "common moonwort": { "word": "common moonwort", "wordset_id": "f67c8809f6", "meanings": [ { "id": "09f963deec", "def": "of America and Eurasia and Australia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "moonwort" ] } ] }, "common European dogwood": { "word": "common European dogwood", "wordset_id": "e2df96a2c4", "meanings": [ { "id": "8bfb072440", "def": "European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red dogwood" ] } ] }, "crackerberry": { "word": "crackerberry", "wordset_id": "398ebca469", "meanings": [ { "id": "dcfd992b40", "def": "creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bunchberry" ] } ] }, "curly grass": { "word": "curly grass", "wordset_id": "13bd5adcf7", "meanings": [ { "id": "9b72f7ed8d", "def": "rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "curly grass fern" ] } ] }, "cornelian cherry": { "word": "cornelian cherry", "wordset_id": "79c7f5385d", "meanings": [ { "id": "6c4f66c9fe", "def": "deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "curly grass fern": { "word": "curly grass fern", "wordset_id": "fd51b31f5c", "meanings": [ { "id": "0f6dcc9653", "def": "rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "curly grass" ] } ] }, "chromoplast": { "word": "chromoplast", "wordset_id": "88229b3101", "meanings": [ { "id": "4de3a9a7d6", "def": "plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "chloroplast": { "word": "chloroplast", "wordset_id": "86ee788304", "meanings": [ { "id": "fef04b3094", "def": "plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "crottle": { "word": "crottle", "wordset_id": "9020591faf", "meanings": [ { "id": "1f0d13761c", "def": "any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crottal", "crotal" ] } ] }, "crottal": { "word": "crottal", "wordset_id": "eb859784f9", "meanings": [ { "id": "e539669fc2", "def": "any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crottle" ] } ] }, "chanterelle": { "word": "chanterelle", "wordset_id": "db436bd579", "meanings": [ { "id": "68076ebf12", "def": "widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chantarelle" ] } ] }, "crotal": { "word": "crotal", "wordset_id": "0e217d6a7e", "meanings": [ { "id": "fc51bd48e5", "def": "any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crottle" ] } ] }, "chantarelle": { "word": "chantarelle", "wordset_id": "924eae0817", "meanings": [ { "id": "dcdea78d9d", "def": "widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chanterelle" ] } ] }, "clubroot fungus": { "word": "clubroot fungus", "wordset_id": "3a9906eb09", "meanings": [ { "id": "a8486bddbd", "def": "a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cinnabar chanterelle": { "word": "cinnabar chanterelle", "wordset_id": "35a8333dbd", "meanings": [ { "id": "6ef6084c7c", "def": "mushroom with a distinctive pink to vermillion fruiting body", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "charred pancake cup": { "word": "charred pancake cup", "wordset_id": "f0b4e8a8f9", "meanings": [ { "id": "6b1e96b099", "def": "a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black felt cup" ] } ] }, "cellular slime mold": { "word": "cellular slime mold", "wordset_id": "dbdcde562e", "meanings": [ { "id": "66b7d019da", "def": "differing from true slime molds in being cellular and nucleate throughout the life cycle", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "club fungus": { "word": "club fungus", "wordset_id": "dd27aec947", "meanings": [ { "id": "2dbef0f366", "def": "a club-shaped coral fungus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "coral fungus": { "word": "coral fungus", "wordset_id": "cd70cdfa8e", "meanings": [ { "id": "7da3d16bc6", "def": "any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "common morel": { "word": "common morel", "wordset_id": "2b56b2035b", "meanings": [ { "id": "79200fa511", "def": "an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sponge mushroom", "sponge morel" ] } ] }, "cup morel": { "word": "cup morel", "wordset_id": "b67934653a", "meanings": [ { "id": "c2ba5ebf74", "def": "an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "conic Verpa": { "word": "conic Verpa", "wordset_id": "34542099f4", "meanings": [ { "id": "015ad06dc3", "def": "a morel with a fertile portion that has a relatively smooth surface", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "conic morel": { "word": "conic morel", "wordset_id": "49df4cf742", "meanings": [ { "id": "e45d65d235", "def": "a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black morel" ] } ] }, "cow's head": { "word": "cow's head", "wordset_id": "d9a2bd2706", "meanings": [ { "id": "be770aa3ca", "def": "a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "half-free morel" ] } ] }, "coffee fungus": { "word": "coffee fungus", "wordset_id": "fe5a77f925", "meanings": [ { "id": "31b8f3984d", "def": "fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "class Pyrenomycetes": { "word": "class Pyrenomycetes", "wordset_id": "b2c9c7bb00", "meanings": [ { "id": "e065229f74", "def": "class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cup fungus": { "word": "cup fungus", "wordset_id": "24bc5cd6db", "meanings": [ { "id": "de401d63a4", "def": "any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "discomycete" ] } ] }, "carrion fungus": { "word": "carrion fungus", "wordset_id": "63fe4efce7", "meanings": [ { "id": "7631062a65", "def": "any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "stinkhorn" ] } ] }, "common stinkhorn": { "word": "common stinkhorn", "wordset_id": "41f8e31dcc", "meanings": [ { "id": "b531b85a70", "def": "a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cortina": { "word": "cortina", "wordset_id": "5f1d169b5d", "meanings": [ { "id": "0b3550821b", "def": "a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cedar-apple rust": { "word": "cedar-apple rust", "wordset_id": "a0e4465459", "meanings": [ { "id": "6ce495879f", "def": "rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "apple rust" ] } ] }, "covered smut": { "word": "covered smut", "wordset_id": "c137e3f292", "meanings": [ { "id": "a028b9502c", "def": "a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "cornsmut": { "word": "cornsmut", "wordset_id": "3fe90f5109", "meanings": [ { "id": "06a6cbf59b", "def": "a smut fungus attacking Indian corn", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "corn smut" ] } ] }, "corn smut": { "word": "corn smut", "wordset_id": "3975b14ade", "meanings": [ { "id": "69d37ea8f7", "def": "a smut fungus attacking Indian corn", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cornsmut" ] } ] }, "conic waxycap": { "word": "conic waxycap", "wordset_id": "4a1e23eb14", "meanings": [ { "id": "d02ea8768e", "def": "a fungus having an acutely conic 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"synonyms": [ "drop" ], "labels": [ { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "phrasal verb", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } }, { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] }, { "id": "738b8739aa", "def": "to cut with a blade or mower", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "mow" ] }, { "id": "16b273c174", "def": "to cut with sweeping strokes", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "slash" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress", "malrase", "bryanedu" ] }, "commercialize": { "word": "commercialize", "wordset_id": "f25849175a", "labels": [ { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "02336b77b6", "def": "to make commercial", "example": "Some Amish have commercialized their way of life.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "market" ] }, { "id": "7d35889b24", "def": "to exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "bryanedu", "sabreuse" ] }, "commercialise": { "word": "commercialise", "wordset_id": "f25849175a", "labels": [ { "name": "British", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "02336b77b6", "def": "to make commercial", "example": "Some Amish have commercialized their way of life.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "market" ] }, { "id": "7d35889b24", "def": "to exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "bryanedu", "sabreuse" ] }, "carry off": { "word": "carry off", "wordset_id": "d48acff884", "meanings": [ { "id": "17bff46453", "def": "to kill in large numbers", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "eliminate" ] }, { "id": "c7920a71b0", "def": "to remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "take away" ] }, { "id": "983eb21477", "def": "to be successful", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "negociate", "manage", "pull off", "bring off" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "bryanedu", "lefurjah" ] }, "cancel out": { "word": "cancel out", "wordset_id": "3b6984d45f", "meanings": [ { "id": "66112debc3", "def": "to wipe out the effect of something", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "wipe out" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "bryanedu", "lefurjah" ] }, "carry out": { "word": "carry out", "wordset_id": "1ac419e613", "meanings": [ { "id": "b3a76ee76c", "def": "to pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful result", "example": "We carried out the mission perfectly.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "implement" ], "labels": [ { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] }, { "id": "1df2bcb4fb", "def": "to put into effect", "example": "We will carry out the new policy immediately.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "action" ] }, { "id": "ff1fe5a0ee", "def": "a meal prepared at a restaurant and taken home by a customer; also \"take away\" or \"take out\"", "example": "I'll pickup some carry out on the way home.", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "malrase", "lefurjah" ] }, "clarify": { "word": "clarify", "wordset_id": "bbf4027013", "meanings": [ { "id": "eea1ee5f3b", "def": "to make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating", "example": "clarify the butter", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "dfb25fc2ea", "def": "to make clear and comprehensible", "example": "I wanted to clarify the mystery surrounding the death of my friend.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "elucidate" ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "zellerpress", "lefurjah", "bryanedu" ] }, "crush out": { "word": "crush out", "wordset_id": "65ab4e202d", "meanings": [ { "id": "7f9aad661d", "def": "to extinguish by crushing", "example": "I crushed out my cigarette.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "stub" ], "labels": [ { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "phrasal verb", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } }, { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "sabreuse" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "lefurjah" ] }, "click off": { "word": "click off", "wordset_id": "a35188f8fb", "meanings": [ { "id": "4669161dba", "def": "to perform or finish an action rapidly", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "bryanedu" ] }, "carboxylate": { "word": "carboxylate", "wordset_id": "40ab3554ee", "meanings": [ { "id": "5cadf5527b", "def": "to treat a chemical compound with carboxyl or carboxylic acid", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "bryanedu" ] }, "caseate": { "word": "caseate", "wordset_id": "aa88ce9da6", "meanings": [ { "id": "2e3bca7448", "def": "to become cheeselike", "example": "necrotic tissue caseates", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "a18e7719d0", "def": "to turn into cheese", "example": "The milk caseated", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "bryanedu" ] }, "contaminate": { "word": "contaminate", "wordset_id": "08c41693f4", "meanings": [ { "id": "146a2f8c2b", "def": "to make impure", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "foul" ] }, { "id": "8d9b55a01c", "def": "to make radioactive by adding radioactive material", "example": "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "bryanedu" ] }, "classicize": { "word": "classicize", "wordset_id": "30c463fc94", "labels": [ { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "54ee9a2db6", "def": "to make classic or classical", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "bryanedu", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "classicise": { "word": "classicise", "wordset_id": "30c463fc94", "labels": [ { "name": "British", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "54ee9a2db6", "def": "to make classic or classical", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "bryanedu", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "conventionalize": { "word": "conventionalize", "wordset_id": "93a45affcd", "labels": [ { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "685bd172bb", "def": "to make conventional or adapt to conventions", "example": "conventionalized behavior", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "bdb091f088", "def": "to represent according to a conventional style", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "stylise", "stylize" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "bryanedu", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "conventionalise": { "word": "conventionalise", "wordset_id": "93a45affcd", "labels": [ { "name": "British", 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"editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "bryanedu" ] }, "calcify": { "word": "calcify", "wordset_id": "c87b1faf02", "meanings": [ { "id": "efb311aec0", "def": "to turn into lime", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "11c462ec25", "def": "to become impregnated with calcium salts", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "2d82e46312", "def": "to become inflexible and unchanging", "example": "Old folks can calcify", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "bryanedu" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "conciliate": { "word": "conciliate", "wordset_id": "49976ca934", "meanings": [ { "id": "9a881da4dd", "def": "to make one thing compatible with another", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "accommodate" ] }, { "id": "8633fc48e1", "def": "to come to terms", "example": "The warring sides conciliated after much destruction.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "settle" ] }, { "id": "f1d1dab478", "def": "to cause to be more favorably inclined", "speech_part": 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"labels": [ { "name": "British", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "69fcf318e2", "def": "to arrange or represent events so that they co-occur", "example": "To avoid arguments, I did not want to contemporise the two competing conventions.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "synchronize", "synchronise" ], "labels": [ { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] }, { "id": "ff1af8143e", "def": "to happen at the same time", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "synchronize", "synchronise" ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "zellerpress", "bryanedu", "lefurjah" ] }, "compose": { "word": "compose", "wordset_id": "89d5df9978", "meanings": [ { "id": "e0b0f2aa5d", "def": "to make up plans or basic details for", "example": "I composed a daily itinerary for our vacation.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "frame" ] }, { "id": "c92a251ca9", "def": "to put together out of existing material", "example": "Using leftovers, I composed 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about my colleague's offensive remarks about my weight.", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "9af5317156", "def": "to express discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness", "example": "My co-worker complains all day.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "kick" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase" ] }, "clapperclaw": { "word": "clapperclaw", "wordset_id": "8f420c5a57", "meanings": [ { "id": "b48952e2e3", "def": "to use foul or abusive language towards", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "abuse" ] }, { "id": "c7ad4e6428", "def": "to claw with the nails", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "confess": { "word": "confess", "wordset_id": "7a5f2cb06f", "meanings": [ { "id": "717d711a64", "def": "to admit, usually to a wrongdoing", "example": "I confessed that I had taken the money.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "profess" ], "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } 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"speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "accurse" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "certify": { "word": "certify", "wordset_id": "887a2f69e6", "meanings": [ { "id": "c667f09024", "def": "to provide evidence for", "example": "I certified that the accident was not their fault.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "show" ] }, { "id": "79b4f88dc2", "def": "to declare legally insane", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "ac28fa34dd", "def": "to guarantee payment on", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "70c0d04d55", "def": "to authorize officially", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "license" ] }, { "id": "d3c7c11f03", "def": "to guarantee as meeting a certain standard", "example": "I certified that the car met the emissions requirements.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "endorse", "indorse" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "msingle" ] }, "canonize": { "word": "canonize", "wordset_id": "66044d875a", "labels": [ { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "42a8dd056a", "def": "to declare, typically a dead person, to be a saint", "example": "After they were shown to have performed a miracle, they were canonized.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "saint" ] }, { "id": "12e1129a3b", "def": "to treat as a sacred person", "example": "You need to stop canonizing celebrities.", "speech_part": "verb", "labels": [ { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "bryanedu", "msingle", "zellerpress", "malrase", "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse" ] }, "canonise": { "word": "canonise", "wordset_id": "66044d875a", "labels": [ { "name": "British", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "42a8dd056a", "def": "to declare, typically a dead person, to be a saint", "example": "After they were shown to have performed a miracle, they were canonized.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "saint" ] }, { "id": "12e1129a3b", "def": 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"editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "crucify": { "word": "crucify", "wordset_id": "7a4d438154", "meanings": [ { "id": "2146b13f7a", "def": "to criticize harshly or violently", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "blast" ] }, { "id": "c0c0b26a24", "def": "to hold within limits and control", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "mortify" ] }, { "id": "a284d2b7f8", "def": "to treat cruelly", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "torment" ] }, { "id": "35fe92443d", "def": "to nail onto a cross, often leading to death", "example": "Criminals were crucified in ancient times.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "chastise": { "word": "chastise", "wordset_id": "1db7e67b26", "meanings": [ { "id": "7275fa5979", "def": "to censure severely", "example": "The manager chastised the worker for their insensitive remarks.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "correct" ], "labels": [ { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "musicchild", "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "sabreuse", "hcatlin" ] }, "castigate": { "word": "castigate", "wordset_id": "140a490cd8", "meanings": [ { "id": "0a6b8b7efc", "def": "to censure severely", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "correct" ] }, { "id": "c0d4d0fd73", "def": "to inflict severe punishment on", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "call on the carpet": { "word": "call on the carpet", "wordset_id": "369260bc0a", "meanings": [ { "id": "1bbdabb6be", "def": "to censure severely or angrily", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "rag" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "call down": { "word": "call down", "wordset_id": "28ec114e77", "meanings": [ { "id": "58b58cad34", "def": "to censure severely or angrily", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "rag" ] }, { "id": "946fce981b", "def": "to summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "raise" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "chide": { "word": "chide", "wordset_id": "bd3a7c68f9", "meanings": [ { "id": "3b826ac2a4", "def": "to censure severely or angrily", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "rag" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "chew out": { "word": "chew out", "wordset_id": "5993cfc853", "meanings": [ { "id": "a858eaa1fe", "def": "to censure severely or angrily", "example": "I chewed them out for being constantly late.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "rag" ], "labels": [ { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "phrasal verb", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "hcatlin" ] }, "chew up": { "word": "chew up", "wordset_id": "a0036d7cb6", "meanings": [ { "id": "02173bfd0f", "def": "to censure severely or angrily", "example": "My boss chewed me up for missing work again.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "rag" ], "labels": [ { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "condemn": { "word": "condemn", "wordset_id": "dd536229e0", "meanings": [ { "id": "153887dbf0", "def": "to declare or judge unfit for use or habitation", "example": "The building was condemned by the inspector", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "a7b9ebfce0", "def": "to express strong disapproval of", "example": "We condemn the racism in South Africa.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "reprobate" ] }, { "id": "936c10b259", "def": "to pronounce a sentence on somebody in a court of law", "example": "I was condemned to ten years in prison.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "sentence" ] }, { "id": "591fdc89e3", "def": "to demonstrate the guilt of someone", "example": "Their strange behavior condemned them.", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "87920591aa", "def": "to appropriate property for public use", "example": "The county condemned the land to build a highway.", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "669e7618f9", "def": "to compel or force into a particular state or activity", "example": "If you harm the king's cat, you may be condemned to death.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lauradhahn", "brilliantskip", "bryanedu", "msingle", "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "knikki", "malrase", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "cheerlead": { "word": "cheerlead", "wordset_id": "b1becf2301", "meanings": [ { "id": "6efb5b0c95", "def": "to act as a cheerleader in a sports event", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "criticize": { "word": "criticize", "wordset_id": "fcba3094a1", "labels": [ { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "bb32dbdf1e", "def": "to find fault with", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "knock" ] }, { "id": "5f75ea832c", "def": "to act as a critic", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress", "sabreuse" ] }, "criticise": { "word": "criticise", "wordset_id": "fcba3094a1", "labels": [ { "name": "British", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "bb32dbdf1e", "def": "to find fault with", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "knock" ] }, { "id": "5f75ea832c", "def": "to act as a critic", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress", "sabreuse" ] }, "cheer up": { "word": "cheer up", "wordset_id": "5556396eee", "meanings": [ { "id": "1762dd5ef5", "def": "to become cheerful", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "cheer" ] }, { "id": "c7cd5d03a4", "def": "to cause somebody to feel happier or more cheerful", "example": "I cheered up my spouse with a home-cooked meal.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "cheer" ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "sabreuse", "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "chirk up": { "word": "chirk up", "wordset_id": "eca00e27e2", "meanings": [ { "id": "110390524e", "def": "to become cheerful", "example": "I chirked up after a few hours of sleep.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "cheer" ], "labels": [ { "name": "British", "is_dialect": true } ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "bryanedu" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah", "zellerpress" ] }, "confabulate": { "word": "confabulate", "wordset_id": "6564f9ba7b", "meanings": [ { "id": "970e710d9f", "def": "to have a conference in order to talk something over", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "confab" ] }, { "id": "fb5a02e07b", "def": "to talk socially without exchanging too much information", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "visit" ] }, { "id": "36e44dbf20", "def": "to unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory", "example": "I confabulated last night's baseball scores.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "msingle" ] }, "collogue": { "word": "collogue", "wordset_id": "94d0bad1e9", "meanings": [ { "id": "38c1b00422", "def": "to confer secretly", "example": "The judges collogued in order to decide on the winner.", "speech_part": "verb", "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress", "lefurjah" ] }, "confer with": { "word": "confer with", "wordset_id": "b2b26ddec3", "meanings": [ { "id": "ffbd845599", "def": "to get or ask advice from", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "consult" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "cross oneself": { "word": "cross oneself", "wordset_id": "d0ca7bc460", "meanings": [ { "id": "2942b68393", "def": "to make the sign of the cross", "example": "Some Christians cross 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", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "preen" ] }, { "id": "e905915412", "def": "to be proud of someone or praise them", "example": "I congratulated them after the graduation ceremony.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "pride" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "zellerpress", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "malrase", "msingle" ] }, "commend": { "word": "commend", "wordset_id": "ff8fecb97a", "meanings": [ { "id": "c75a537322", "def": "to express approval of", "example": "I comend your good taste.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "praise" ], "labels": [ { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] }, { "id": "e40c266f6b", "def": "to mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "remember" ] }, { "id": "817156f85a", "def": "to express a good opinion of", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "recommend" ] }, { "id": "42342eb07e", "def": "to give to in charge", "example": "I commend my children to you", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "881b723e84", "def": "to present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence", "example": "I like to think that my paintings commend me to the artistic world.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "juliann", "sabreuse", "zellerpress", "malrase" ] }, "call into question": { "word": "call into question", "wordset_id": "67fa54b47e", "meanings": [ { "id": "655f073553", "def": "to challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "question" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "call one's bluff": { "word": "call one's bluff", "wordset_id": "4a7b49c7fd", "meanings": [ { "id": "c9b7ffe05c", "def": "to ask to prove what someone is claiming", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "call out": { "word": "call out", "wordset_id": "d6640c8ef5", "meanings": [ { "id": "3e70ac3050", "def": "to challenge to a duel", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "796673e1a6", "def": "to utter aloud", "example": "I called out the names.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "cry" ] }, { "id": "9d21e13adf", "def": "to call out loudly, as of names or numbers", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "msingle" ] }, "collateralize": { "word": "collateralize", "wordset_id": "c8e504323d", "labels": [ { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "96db273dcf", "def": "to pledge as a collateral", "example": "The loan was collateralized by government bonds.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "hcatlin", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "collateralise": { "word": "collateralise", "wordset_id": "c8e504323d", "labels": [ { "name": "British", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "96db273dcf", "def": "to pledge as a collateral", "example": "The loan was collateralized by government bonds.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "hcatlin", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "condescend": { "word": "condescend", "wordset_id": "0b988ce198", "meanings": [ { "id": "d47bc4854f", "def": "to treat condescendingly", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "patronize", "patronise" ] }, { "id": "b17f330b6e", "def": "to debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "stoop" ] }, { "id": "11d39817a1", "def": "to do something that one considers to be below one's dignity", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "descend" ] }, { "id": "608c758bf4", "def": "to behave in a patronizing and condescending manner", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "come out of the closet": { "word": "come out of the closet", "wordset_id": "b17d181187", "meanings": [ { "id": "50c4d98eaf", "def": "to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality", "example": "I came out of the closet when I was fourteen.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "come out" ], "labels": [ { "name": "informal", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "phrasal verb", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } } ] } ], "editors": [ "zellerpress" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "lefurjah" ] }, "commit": { "word": "commit", "wordset_id": "3411099058", "meanings": [ { "id": "86717362f8", "def": "to give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause", "example": "I committed myself to the charity with a large donation of time and money.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "consecrate" ] }, { "id": "f9fe7c7232", "def": "to make an investment", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "put" ] }, { "id": "5cbd6f2fed", "def": "to cause to be admitted", "example": "My neighbor was committed to a hospital to deal with some mental health 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"def": "to utter loudly with a sense of urgency, often because one is in extreme distress ", "example": "A child cries out from the bottom of the well, hoping that someone will hear.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "cry" ], "labels": [ { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "phrasal verb", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } } ] } ], "editors": [ "sabreuse", "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "hcatlin", "malrase" ] }, "condone": { "word": "condone", "wordset_id": "04e980992a", "meanings": [ { "id": "d26bd1d816", "def": "to excuse, overlook, or make allowances for", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "excuse" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "bryanedu", "lefurjah" ] }, "commentate": { "word": "commentate", "wordset_id": "3fc95d49de", "meanings": [ { "id": "beac4f4fc5", "def": "to serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "b856a3e362", "def": "to make a commentary 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"speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "5abfc9bd1e", "def": "to be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "equate" ] }, { "id": "552db90fd3", "def": "to be compatible, similar or consistent", "example": "I think that the two songs correspond well together.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "tally" ] }, { "id": "92b993b22b", "def": "to take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "represent" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "msingle", "bryanedu", "lefurjah" ] }, "check in": { "word": "check in", "wordset_id": "205adad3bc", "meanings": [ { "id": "e7a9ba753b", "def": "to announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports", "example": "I checked in at 4 P.M.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "sign in" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "circumstantiate": { "word": "circumstantiate", "wordset_id": "a2d991d23a", "meanings": [ { 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"meanings": [ { "id": "5cdc91458c", "def": "to register one's arrival at work", "example": "I clocked on at work.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "clock in" ], "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "malrase" ] }, "clock out": { "word": "clock out", "wordset_id": "4b048a49eb", "meanings": [ { "id": "98ab171179", "def": "to register one's departure from work", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "punch out", "clock off" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "clock off": { "word": "clock off", "wordset_id": "fcf1fc6934", "meanings": [ { "id": "2f9ff76760", "def": "to register one's departure from work", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "clock out" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "chalk up": { "word": "chalk up", "wordset_id": "07e447404c", "meanings": [ { "id": "d8ee70f6a1", "def": "to keep score, as in 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Venetian painting?", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "represent" ] } ], "editors": [ "sabreuse", "hcatlin", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "bryanedu", "zellerpress", "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "cosign": { "word": "cosign", "wordset_id": "236d9ae043", "meanings": [ { "id": "7adeec6820", "def": "to sign and endorse another person's signature, as for a loan", "example": "I cosigned for both of my children's first cars.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "co-sign" ] }, { "id": "2cea75b513", "def": "to sign jointly", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "co-sign" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "sabreuse", "msingle" ] }, "co-sign": { "word": "co-sign", "wordset_id": "460302abb4", "meanings": [ { "id": "9972cf5ed3", "def": "to sign and endorse another person's signature, as for a loan", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "cosign" ] }, { "id": "ce77f62363", "def": "to sign jointly", "example": "Husband and wife co-signed the lease", 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"wordset_id": "bfabd67214", "meanings": [ { "id": "c969a9472c", "def": "to declare the loser", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "compete": { "word": "compete", "wordset_id": "a7b2acc179", "meanings": [ { "id": "b8e0e63672", "def": "to compete for something", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "contend" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "coquet": { "word": "coquet", "wordset_id": "56077206dc", "meanings": [ { "id": "5fe878fdb8", "def": "to talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions", "example": "They were known to coquet around town.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "flirt" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "malrase", "bryanedu" ] }, "crossruff": { "word": "crossruff", "wordset_id": "b426d9ad2a", "meanings": [ { "id": "54c82dde68", "def": "to trump alternately in two hands", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "chew the fat": { "word": "chew the fat", "wordset_id": "7fa473a968", "meanings": [ { "id": "2a75007b82", "def": "to have pleasant conversation about trivial topics ", "example": "The colleagues liked to chew the fat around the water cooler.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "visit" ], "labels": [ { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "zellerpress", "sabreuse", "msingle", "hcatlin" ] }, "chaffer": { "word": "chaffer", "wordset_id": "c43e41c68e", "meanings": [ { "id": "951c90cdcc", "def": "to talk socially without exchanging too much information", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "visit" ] }, { "id": "2eb1077510", "def": "to wrangle over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.", "example": "I chaffered at the bazaar.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "haggle" ], "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "claver": { "word": "claver", "wordset_id": "4aa92313c5", "meanings": [ { "id": "aa5ba011b1", "def": "to talk socially without exchanging too much information", "example": "We claver around the coffee machine on Mondays.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "visit" ], "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "sabreuse" ] }, "chouse": { "word": "chouse", "wordset_id": "66d73dccfa", "meanings": [ { "id": "a9a90ce9fd", "def": "to defeat someone through trickery or deceit", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "cheat" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "clam up": { "word": "clam up", "wordset_id": "18a1be90d5", "meanings": [ { "id": "9cf4ab310d", "def": "to refuse to talk or stop talking", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "close up" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "chuck up the sponge": { "word": "chuck up the sponge", "wordset_id": "93cf366ff8", "meanings": [ { "id": "1ea3463c88", "def": "to give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "give up" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "bryanedu" ] }, "cut to ribbons": { "word": "cut to ribbons", "wordset_id": "0968e219c3", "meanings": [ { "id": "39e5321742", "def": "to defeat totally", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "chirk": { "word": "chirk", "wordset_id": "c3ca3dd18f", "meanings": [ { "id": "32b6128b91", "def": "to make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "croon": { "word": "croon", "wordset_id": "55eeb3c65f", "meanings": [ { "id": "d9e4c3ed5a", "def": "to sing softly", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "cantillate": { "word": "cantillate", "wordset_id": "df14b121f4", "meanings": [ { "id": "25394d175f", "def": "to recite with musical intonation", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "chant" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "cross-refer": { "word": "cross-refer", "wordset_id": "4184c324f7", "meanings": [ { "id": "3ed9f398da", "def": "to refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "churr": { "word": "churr", "wordset_id": "5eb1fef325", "meanings": [ { "id": "9b89e267b3", "def": "to make a vibrant sound, as of some birds", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "whirr" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "chirr": { "word": "chirr", "wordset_id": "5f0bcae792", "meanings": [ { "id": "8247789b34", "def": "to make a vibrant 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"lefurjah" ] }, "christen": { "word": "christen", "wordset_id": "ac0043d93a", "meanings": [ { "id": "329b50e095", "def": "to administer baptism to", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "baptise", "baptize" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "cackel": { "word": "cackel", "wordset_id": "3a4fdfaf42", "meanings": [ { "id": "151d614698", "def": "to make a cackling sound", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "capitulate": { "word": "capitulate", "wordset_id": "d5f402d640", "meanings": [ { "id": "9f32ae81b3", "def": "to surrender under agreed conditions", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "cater": { "word": "cater", "wordset_id": "88a7fce00c", "meanings": [ { "id": "3880821d4a", "def": "to supply food ready to eat", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "bf619b2481", "def": "to give what is desired or needed, especially support, 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"cobble together" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cut away": { "word": "cut away", "wordset_id": "9c19334061", "meanings": [ { "id": "634f18697c", "def": "to remove by cutting off", "example": "The gardener cut away the branch that was sticking out.", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "be82484f5e", "def": "to move quickly to another scene or focus when filming", "example": "'Cut away now!' the director shouted.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "sabreuse" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "checkrow": { "word": "checkrow", "wordset_id": "9c3db0b13a", "meanings": [ { "id": "a0767d5ed6", "def": "to plant in checkrows", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "conjure up": { "word": "conjure up", "wordset_id": "cf401e23eb", "meanings": [ { "id": "b5b396584e", "def": "to summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic", "example": "The illusionist conjured up a rabbit from a hat.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "raise" ], "labels": [ { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "phrasal verb", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } }, { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "call forth": { "word": "call forth", "wordset_id": "a648047911", "meanings": [ { "id": "fe5d5a9bcf", "def": "to summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "raise" ] }, { "id": "02fb96ffa5", "def": "to evoke or provoke to appear or occur", "example": "I called forth the spirits with a ritual dance.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "kick up" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "zellerpress", "msingle" ] }, "collide": { "word": "collide", "wordset_id": "e75b08afe1", "meanings": [ { "id": 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"word": "cranch", "wordset_id": "4a20c61c57", "meanings": [ { "id": "1e6c434d4a", "def": "to press or grind with a crushing noise", "example": "The gears cranched against each other.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "crunch" ], "labels": [ { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "lefurjah" ] }, "craunch": { "word": "craunch", "wordset_id": "fc9618e01d", "meanings": [ { "id": "66533e38b6", "def": "to press or grind with a crushing noise", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "crunch" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "clean house": { "word": "clean house", "wordset_id": "c1674eb0a3", "meanings": [ { "id": "e30143a21a", "def": "to clean and tidy up the house", "example": "Today I've decided to clean house.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "clean" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "crank up": { "word": "crank up", "wordset_id": "8d9dc5fc28", "meanings": [ { "id": "8c036aa711", "def": "to rotate with a crank", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "crank" ] }, { "id": "127472ea75", "def": "to start by cranking", "example": "crank up the engine", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "crank" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "conceptualize": { "word": "conceptualize", "wordset_id": "e55836a52f", "labels": [ { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "2d0fc538e1", "def": "to have the idea for", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "conceive" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "conceptualise": { "word": "conceptualise", "wordset_id": "e55836a52f", "labels": [ { "name": "British", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "2d0fc538e1", "def": "to have the idea for", "speech_part": "verb", 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experience something", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "capsize": { "word": "capsize", "wordset_id": "7980e0aa1d", "meanings": [ { "id": "aff7b1c578", "def": "to overturn accidentally", "example": "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "turtle" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "lefurjah" ] }, "call off": { "word": "call off", "wordset_id": "36a2ee621f", "meanings": [ { "id": "1b6c00d0de", "def": "to give the calls to the dancers for a square dance", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "call" ] }, { "id": "9c22808ee3", "def": "to postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled", "example": "We had to call off the match due to rain.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "scrub" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "msingle" ] }, "change course": { "word": "change course", "wordset_id": "2a3d5fbf8a", 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"hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "circumnavigate": { "word": "circumnavigate", "wordset_id": "c2f6ea8ab0", "meanings": [ { "id": "b458bb5ebf", "def": "to travel around, either by plane or ship", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "compass" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cut through": { "word": "cut through", "wordset_id": "dd243a5bfb", "meanings": [ { "id": "11edea2930", "def": "to travel across or pass over", "example": "I cut through the neighbor's lawn to save time.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "traverse" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "sabreuse" ] }, "chase after": { "word": "chase after", "wordset_id": "0d4139c2df", "meanings": [ { "id": "487fd0aec4", "def": "to go after with the intent to catch", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "tag" ] }, { "id": "aa60274535", "def": "to pursue someone sexually or romantically", "example": "I've been chasing after you for 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descend steeply and rapidly", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "chin up": { "word": "chin up", "wordset_id": "66d9f2a57c", "meanings": [ { "id": "ecbe6f3e0d", "def": "to raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "chin" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "climb on": { "word": "climb on", "wordset_id": "9e74cf0a7d", "meanings": [ { "id": "73c8731c46", "def": "to get up on the back of", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "mount" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cavort": { "word": "cavort", "wordset_id": "648122fd12", "meanings": [ { "id": "0d537bd2c4", "def": "to play boisterously", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "lark" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "climb down": { "word": "climb down", "wordset_id": "dfa4d31ef2", "meanings": [ { "id": "ef7100802c", "def": "to come down", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "alight" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cant over": { "word": "cant over", "wordset_id": "67becb49ae", "meanings": [ { "id": "d1c1ed7b8f", "def": "to heel over", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "pitch" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "clomp": { "word": "clomp", "wordset_id": "73df71c4d0", "meanings": [ { "id": "45a9b031b5", "def": "to walk clumsily", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "clump" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "conn": { "word": "conn", "wordset_id": "799da33204", "meanings": [ { "id": "20022572bf", "def": "to conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "crash land": { "word": "crash land", "wordset_id": "f5a06763f5", "meanings": [ { "id": "075648f25a", "def": "to make an emergency landing", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "canalize": { "word": "canalize", "wordset_id": "9050aac28d", "labels": [ { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "049d1c80c5", "def": "to direct the flow of", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "channel" ] }, { "id": "56bd94bfe6", "def": "to provide a city with a canal", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "canal" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "canalise": { "word": "canalise", "wordset_id": "9050aac28d", "labels": [ { "name": "British", "is_dialect": true } ], "meanings": [ { "id": "049d1c80c5", "def": "to direct the flow of", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "channel" ] }, { "id": "56bd94bfe6", "def": "to provide a city with a canal", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "canal" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "convect": { "word": "convect", "wordset_id": "1a509c3ec1", "meanings": [ { "id": "ffdfb24453", "def": "to circulate hot air by convection", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "circumvolve": { "word": "circumvolve", "wordset_id": "b2f77e2a48", "meanings": [ { "id": "b4864341ea", "def": "to cause to turn on an axis or center", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "rotate" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "centrifugate": { "word": "centrifugate", "wordset_id": "8a09e10110", "meanings": [ { "id": "b5e1db8acf", "def": "to rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "centrifuge" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "carry forward": { "word": "carry forward", "wordset_id": "ba2ff1e0b7", "meanings": [ { "id": "ebaead89b2", "def": "to transfer from one time period to the next", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "carry over" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "crowd out": { "word": "crowd out", "wordset_id": "e6310ad732", "meanings": [ { "id": "b9b72e8439", "def": "to press, force, or thrust out of a small space", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "force out" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cense": { "word": "cense", "wordset_id": "f332157c66", "meanings": [ { "id": "30a34dc55f", "def": "to perfume especially with a censer", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "incense" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cycle on": { "word": "cycle on", "wordset_id": "6fccd1ba54", "meanings": [ { "id": "38f89a0484", "def": "to come to the starting point of a cycle", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "catch sight": { "word": "catch sight", "wordset_id": "cb13f39b33", "meanings": [ { "id": "faeb1fbb0f", "def": "to see something for a brief time", "example": "We caught sight of the comet.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "get a look", "catch a glimpse" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "msingle" ] }, "catch a glimpse": { "word": "catch a glimpse", "wordset_id": "6a3f88d0f7", "meanings": [ { "id": "c0a30d7451", "def": "to see something for a brief time", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "catch sight" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "circle around": { "word": "circle around", "wordset_id": "b09d61d3cd", "meanings": [ { "id": "8e4532f1b4", "def": "to move around in a circular motion", "example": "The plan circled around the crowded airport.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "revolve around" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "hcatlin" ] }, "call at": { "word": "call at", "wordset_id": "0359c179c3", "meanings": [ { "id": "62122cb8eb", "def": "to enter a harbor", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "out in" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "come together": { "word": "come together", "wordset_id": "1360edd033", "meanings": [ { "id": "b13517da4f", "def": "to come together, as if in an embrace", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "close" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "circle round": { "word": "circle round", "wordset_id": "812920829e", "meanings": [ { "id": "37b95f2698", "def": "to move around in a circular motion", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "revolve around" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "circumfuse": { "word": "circumfuse", "wordset_id": "295ab16589", "meanings": [ { "id": "f842fde279", "def": "to spread something around something", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "come to the fore": { "word": "come to the fore", "wordset_id": "8a4653e7f5", "meanings": [ { "id": "887812db15", "def": "to make oneself visible", "example": "I came to the fore in the crowd.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "step up" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "hcatlin" ] }, "come forward": { "word": "come forward", "wordset_id": "f2a537f794", "meanings": [ { "id": "2333bcc123", "def": "to make oneself visible", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "step up" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cannonball along": { "word": "cannonball along", "wordset_id": "f4cd1ce7f1", "meanings": [ { "id": "72a92d66f4", "def": "to move fast", "example": "We were cannonballing along the highway.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "speed" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "sabreuse" ] }, "curl up": { "word": "curl up", "wordset_id": "1b769524c9", "meanings": [ { "id": "9d076adf6c", "def": "to shape one's body into a curl", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "curl" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cringe": { "word": "cringe", "wordset_id": "46b702ef6f", "meanings": [ { "id": "fb5863ab36", "def": "to draw back, as with fear or pain", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "wince" ] }, { "id": "4c032771bb", "def": "to show submission or fear", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "crawl" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "congregate": { "word": "congregate", "wordset_id": "013b02d6bc", "meanings": [ { "id": "758dd0daa8", "def": "to come together, usually for a purpose", "example": "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cower": { "word": "cower", "wordset_id": "aedd3598dc", "meanings": [ { "id": "0bd58cb502", "def": "to show submission or fear", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "crawl" ] }, { "id": "552c2b0b22", "def": "to crouch or curl up", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "huddle" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "chiromance": { "word": "chiromance", "wordset_id": "210f833ca5", "meanings": [ { "id": "136d1fe2bc", "def": "to divine by reading someone's palms", "example": "I chriromanced my friend but the predictions did not turn out.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "hcatlin" ] }, "cascade down": { "word": "cascade down", "wordset_id": "5387cb61d8", "meanings": [ { "id": "f6f3feec54", "def": "to rush down in big quantities, like a cascade", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "cascade" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "crowd together": { "word": "crowd together", "wordset_id": "cb40a3f233", "meanings": [ { "id": "d644f00512", "def": "to gather together in large numbers", "example": "We crowded together around the artwork.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "crowd" ], "labels": [ { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "phrasal verb", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } } ] } ], "editors": [ "zellerpress" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ] }, "curtain off": { "word": "curtain off", "wordset_id": "413ec47da2", "meanings": [ { "id": "78f7950dd5", "def": "to separate by means of a curtain", "example": "The flight attendant curtained off the first class.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "sabreuse" ] }, "come into": { "word": "come into", "wordset_id": "e5e2dc6f7b", "meanings": [ { "id": "d72a787696", "def": "to obtain, especially accidentally", "example": "I was surprised to come into a large amount of money.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "come by" ], "labels": [ { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "phrasal verb", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } }, { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "compensate": { "word": "compensate", "wordset_id": "ec90ec2015", "meanings": [ { "id": "c20e3287ea", "def": "to make payment to", "example": "I compensated them for their time.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "recompense" ] }, { "id": "90f5387325", "def": "to make amends for", "example": "We compensated for the destruction we caused.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "recompense" ] }, { "id": "13497f33a5", "def": "to do or give something to somebody in return", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "pay" ] }, { "id": "bd9098924e", "def": "to make reparations or amends for", "example": "I'm trying to compensate for the damage I did.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "redress" ] }, { "id": "e230259d3b", "def": "to adjust for", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "correct" ] }, { "id": "2ceb537828", "def": "to make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "cover" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "malrase", "sabreuse", "msingle" ] }, "come upon": { "word": "come upon", "wordset_id": "56c83835de", "meanings": [ { "id": "8cfde1f486", "def": "to take possession of", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "enter upon" ] }, { "id": "0769cf12be", "def": "to find unexpectedly", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "strike" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "coinsure": { "word": "coinsure", "wordset_id": "78cb09ad12", "meanings": [ { "id": "ac26621665", "def": "to take out coinsurance", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cash in": { "word": "cash in", "wordset_id": "fd26ec501a", "meanings": [ { "id": "abf4cafcaa", "def": "to exchange for cash", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "cash" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cosponsor": { "word": "cosponsor", "wordset_id": "a35391eec0", "meanings": [ { "id": "d8c156001a", "def": "to sponsor together with another sponsor", "example": "We cosponsored the event.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "sabreuse" ] }, "change hands": { "word": "change hands", "wordset_id": "6ca68327ea", "meanings": [ { "id": "5a7ec0a91d", "def": "to be transferred to another owner", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "clitter": { "word": "clitter", "wordset_id": "8141fb52ea", "meanings": [ { "id": "22987caa4e", "def": "to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures", "example": "The crickets clittered all through the night.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "stridulate" ], "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "cast aside": { "word": "cast aside", "wordset_id": "5ed4a0054a", "meanings": [ { "id": "82fb831d13", "def": "to throw or cast away", "example": "I used to cast aside the bycatch, but these days people are starting to eat what was once considered trash fish.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "discard" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "zellerpress" ] }, "cast out": { "word": "cast out", "wordset_id": "2d71fb5468", "meanings": [ { "id": "7d0191000d", "def": "to throw or cast away", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "discard" ] }, { "id": "8e45c5fac1", "def": "to expel from a community or group", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "blackball" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "cast away": 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"hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "cosset": { "word": "cosset", "wordset_id": "ba8c017bb8", "meanings": [ { "id": "9fc891cefa", "def": "to treat with excessive indulgence", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "baby" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "coerce": { "word": "coerce", "wordset_id": "dc32304338", "meanings": [ { "id": "c5fd3a94be", "def": "to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means ", "example": "They coerced the employee into taking a position in a city they were not interested in living in.", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "comprise": { "word": "comprise", "wordset_id": "0efec3af03", "meanings": [ { "id": "f044e8b1c9", "def": "to form or compose", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "make up" ] }, { "id": "75e2a1362d", "def": "to include or contain", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "incorporate" ] }, { "id": "77d58aed61", "def": "to be composed of", "example": "The land they conquered comprised several provinces.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "consist" ] } ], "editors": [ "sabreuse", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "lefurjah", "malrase", "msingle" ] }, "compel": { "word": "compel", "wordset_id": "e9dcf4a5cb", "meanings": [ { "id": "0ab1c15ecd", "def": "to necessitate or exact", "example": "The water shortage compels conservation.", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "c78b880b11", "def": "to force somebody to do something", "example": "We compel all students to fill out this form.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "obligate" ] } ], "editors": [ "zellerpress", "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "sabreuse" ] }, "catch fire": { "word": "catch fire", "wordset_id": "0d5b2df374", "meanings": [ { "id": "3bc735e747", "def": "to start to burn or burst into flames", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "erupt" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "conflagrate": { "word": "conflagrate", "wordset_id": "13b78ea77f", "meanings": [ { "id": "3a68455fec", "def": "to start to burn or burst into flames", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "erupt" ] }, { "id": "62b6a65ce4", "def": "to cause to start burning", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "light" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "camp out": { "word": "camp out", "wordset_id": "609555e06b", "meanings": [ { "id": "c7812cb856", "def": "to live in or as if in a tent", "example": "We are going to camp out in the mountains this weekend.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "camp" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin", "zellerpress" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "lefurjah", "luciankahn" ] }, "co-occur": { "word": "co-occur", "wordset_id": "df3d700302", "meanings": [ { "id": "c8092c8054", "def": "to go with, fall together", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "coincide" ] } ], "editors": [ 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"hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "cool one's heels": { "word": "cool one's heels", "wordset_id": "05a985b5ac", "meanings": [ { "id": "9dda374cbb", "def": "to wait or pass the time aimlessly or futilely", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "kick one's heels" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "counterpose": { "word": "counterpose", "wordset_id": "332392205e", "meanings": [ { "id": "2b7d216c3e", "def": "to constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "counterweight" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "come with": { "word": "come with", "wordset_id": "eb8f5f0ddf", "meanings": [ { "id": "d766886ee8", "def": "to be present or associated with an event or entity", "example": "French fries come with the hamburger", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "accompany" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "come in handy": { "word": "come in handy", "wordset_id": "56e77d6ba2", "meanings": [ { "id": "0410985564", "def": "to be useful for a certain purpose", "example": "This portable water filter will come in handy.", "speech_part": "verb", "labels": [ { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "malrase" ] }, "come in for": { "word": "come in for", "wordset_id": "04336f4947", "meanings": [ { "id": "c25c6406c2", "def": "to be subject to or the object of", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "center on": { "word": "center on", "wordset_id": "d6ff4e5173", "meanings": [ { "id": "4d511b3c4b", "def": "to have as a center", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "malrase", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "zellerpress", "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "concentrate on": { "word": "concentrate on", "wordset_id": "5a0cceb241", "meanings": [ { "id": "b090b8a282", "def": "to center upon", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "circumvolute": { "word": "circumvolute", "wordset_id": "dc0d199ee6", "meanings": [ { "id": "3fab1d220a", "def": "to wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "call it quits": { "word": "call it quits", "wordset_id": "1621880dee", "meanings": [ { "id": "b26988404b", "def": "to stop doing what one is doing", "example": "At midnight, the students decided to call it quits and closed their books.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "call it a day" ] } ], "editors": [ "sabreuse", "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "zellerpress", "hcatlin" ] }, "call it a day": { "word": "call it a day", "wordset_id": "7f60e4c415", "meanings": [ { "id": "75fb7c901f", "def": "to stop doing what one is doing", "example": "Let's call it a day.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "call it quits" ], "labels": [ { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "hcatlin" ] }, "cash out": { "word": "cash out", "wordset_id": "bc5f8d0853", "meanings": [ { "id": "9e3556c178", "def": "to choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals", "speech_part": "verb" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "lefurjah" ] }, "cohabit": { "word": "cohabit", "wordset_id": "4480d8d6a2", "meanings": [ { "id": "ccbe32dc67", "def": "to share living quarters", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "shack up" ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "cisgender": { "word": "cisgender", "wordset_id": "c26ac33bcf", "meanings": [ { "id": "d35ad20236", "def": "identifying with the gender that one was assigned at birth", "example": "When I was born, the doctor said I was female. I still consider myself female. I am cisgender.", "speech_part": "adjective" } ], "editors": [ "luciankahn" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "lefurjah", "malrase", "hcatlin" ] }, "criminy": { "word": "criminy", "wordset_id": "b06e7e5c59", "meanings": [ { "id": "338f82ab83", "def": "uttered upon encountering surprise or disbelief; euphemism for Christ", "example": "Criminy, that car almost hit me!", "speech_part": "interjection" } ], "editors": [ "lodestone" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "malrase" ] }, "criminitly": { "word": "criminitly", "wordset_id": "024990f449", "meanings": [ { "id": "43a35638c7", "def": "an expression of surprise; euphemism for Christ", "example": "Criminitly, you scared me with that halloween mask!", "speech_part": "interjection" } ], "editors": [ "lodestone" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "malrase", "luciankahn", "maxestes", "wycats", "lauradhahn", "melissa", "backspace", "ike", "insom", "kion", "brian", "xemoka", "knikki", "seanclayton", "vigosan", "thestranjer", "anissalvesen", "sabreuse", "hcatlin" ] }, "can't even": { "word": "can't even", "wordset_id": "154aae2f0e", "meanings": [ { "id": "5791a856df", "def": "to expresses the feeling of being overwhelmed to the point of speechlessness, often followed by with", "example": "I can't even with this traffic!", "speech_part": "verb", "labels": [ { "name": "informal", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress", "sabreuse", "malrase", "kiwiupover" ] }, "chuddies": { "word": "chuddies", "wordset_id": "14aeed8e79", "meanings": [ { "id": "191b6285bb", "def": "clothing that covers the genital area, typically worn under other layers of clothing", "example": "I have a hot date tonight so I bought some new chuddies.", "speech_part": "noun", "labels": [ { "name": "British", "is_dialect": true }, { "name": "Indian", "is_dialect": true, "parent": { "name": "British", "is_dialect": true } } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "hcatlin", "malrase" ] }, "cowabunga": { "word": "cowabunga", "wordset_id": "bf4f895a2d", "meanings": [ { "id": "32f0dfadf3", "def": "an expression of surprise or amazement, often followed by \"dude\"", "example": "Cowabunga is the word that comes to mind when I see a beautiful pizza.", "speech_part": "interjection", "labels": [ { "name": "informal", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "slang", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "informal", "is_dialect": false } }, { "name": "archaic", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true }, { "name": "US", "is_dialect": true, "parent": { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "hcatlin", "sabreuse", "malrase" ] }, "cathemeral": { "word": "cathemeral", "wordset_id": "c28a866329", "meanings": [ { "id": "8255f72706", "def": "Describing an organism or a behavior that happens irregularly with regards to time of day, as opposed to diurnal, nocturnal, or crepuscular.", "example": "My friend’s sleep habits are cathemeral, which makes it difficult to schedule a meeting with them.", "speech_part": "adjective", "labels": [ { "name": "technical", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "scientific", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "technical", "is_dialect": false } } ] } ], "editors": [ "rhwlo" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "lefurjah", "sabreuse", "malrase" ] }, "catbird seat": { "word": "catbird seat", "wordset_id": "d921da3e62", "meanings": [ { "id": "bdd015ff67", "def": "an enviable position", "example": "Steve Jobs was in the catbird seat for many years.", "speech_part": "noun", "labels": [ { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "odd_bloke" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "zellerpress", "hcatlin", "malrase" ] }, "cromulent": { "word": "cromulent", "wordset_id": "6131342cca", "meanings": [ { "id": "97eb15bdfd", "def": "of a word or phrase, acceptable or legitimate", 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"wordset_id": "b53b93e614", "meanings": [ { "id": "7dd7c3f4cf", "def": "can opener / bottle opener that resembles a church key", "example": "Can you give me that churchkey so I can open this beer?", "speech_part": "noun", "labels": [ { "name": "informal", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true }, { "name": "US", "is_dialect": true, "parent": { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "crunk": { "word": "crunk", "wordset_id": "682e0006a2", "meanings": [ { "id": "5209004699", "def": "blend of crazy and drunk ", "example": "Let's get crunk in the club tonight.", "speech_part": "adjective", "labels": [ { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true }, { "name": "AAVE", "is_dialect": true, "parent": { "name": "American", "is_dialect": true } } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "sabreuse", "hcatlin" ] }, "coronal plane": { "word": "coronal plane", "wordset_id": "407223ee54", "meanings": [ { "id": "03db475864", "def": "a plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior sections", "example": "Please split the kidney on the coronal plane.", "speech_part": "noun", "labels": [ { "name": "technical", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "medical", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "technical", "is_dialect": false } }, { "name": "scientific", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "technical", "is_dialect": false } } ] } ], "editors": [ "bryanedu" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "zellerpress", "lefurjah" ] }, "concealer": { "word": "concealer", "wordset_id": "4212897601", "meanings": [ { "id": "92ac889352", "def": "a makeup product for hiding attributes of the skin, such as blemishes", "example": "Their concealer blended with their natural skin tone well, leaving no proof of the scar.", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "msingle" ], "contributors": [ "lefurjah", "sabreuse" ] }, "come to think of it": { "word": "come 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