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"speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chufa" ] } ] }, "exploding cucumber": { "word": "exploding cucumber", "wordset_id": "5f5a995319", "meanings": [ { "id": "8fd1223fc4", "def": "Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "touch-me-not" ] } ] }, "elaeocarpus family": { "word": "elaeocarpus family", "wordset_id": "20ed151961", "meanings": [ { "id": "fa1b4fd620", "def": "genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "erica": { "word": "erica", "wordset_id": "39794de468", "meanings": [ { "id": "35e7b72890", "def": "any plant of the genus Erica", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "true heath" ] } ] }, "epacris family": { "word": "epacris family", "wordset_id": "f00aaa95b7", "meanings": [ { "id": "8a19e2ef4b", "def": "Australasian shrubs or small trees", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "epacris": { "word": "epacris", "wordset_id": "e8f0724bbb", "meanings": [ { "id": "921b111dab", "def": "any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "evergreen blueberry": { "word": "evergreen blueberry", "wordset_id": "a18f27ad86", "meanings": [ { "id": "ff185ae983", "def": "shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "evergreen huckleberry": { "word": "evergreen huckleberry", "wordset_id": "e18bbd7371", "meanings": [ { "id": "8ccb7ae8dd", "def": "stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "eastern chinquapin": { "word": "eastern chinquapin", "wordset_id": "505bfe36a6", "meanings": [ { "id": "5d58bf56f0", "def": "shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chinquapin" ] } ] }, "evergreen beech": { "word": "evergreen beech", "wordset_id": "8455d0e8c1", "meanings": [ { "id": "ab107cd1b9", "def": "any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "southern beech" ] } ] }, "evergreen oak": { "word": "evergreen oak", "wordset_id": "79d390dcc2", "meanings": [ { "id": "fbf86334db", "def": "evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "holm oak" ] } ] }, "explorer's gentian": { "word": "explorer's gentian", "wordset_id": "9adfc36f11", "meanings": [ { "id": "1d6215a337", "def": "tufted sometimes sprawling perennial with blue flowers spotted with green", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "evening primrose": { "word": "evening primrose", "wordset_id": "359cec47ac", "meanings": [ { "id": "08e72cd04f", "def": "any of several plants of the family Onagraceae", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "eucalyptus gum": { "word": "eucalyptus gum", "wordset_id": "c851e9ca02", "meanings": [ { "id": "b80af77790", "def": "reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red gum" ] } ] }, "eucalyptus kino": { "word": "eucalyptus kino", "wordset_id": "6730c2af91", "meanings": [ { "id": "b64e85c39a", "def": "reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red gum" ] } ] }, "evening-primrose family": { "word": "evening-primrose family", "wordset_id": "769f7aa65c", "meanings": [ { "id": "222c2ae86b", "def": "a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "enchanter's nightshade": { "word": "enchanter's nightshade", "wordset_id": "7faf2fc240", "meanings": [ { "id": "79caecc27f", "def": "any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "eucalyptus": { "word": "eucalyptus", "wordset_id": "08166cd08d", "meanings": [ { "id": "96351b705b", "def": "a tree of the genus Eucalyptus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "eucalypt", "eucalyptus tree" ] }, { "id": "2c4a6525aa", "def": "wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "eucalypt": { "word": "eucalypt", "wordset_id": "46157733e0", "meanings": [ { "id": "c293817b28", "def": "a tree of the genus Eucalyptus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "eucalyptus" ] } ] }, "eucalyptus tree": { "word": "eucalyptus tree", "wordset_id": "038ee8c73a", "meanings": [ { "id": "b6faddbb09", "def": "a tree of the genus Eucalyptus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "eucalyptus" ] } ] }, "edible banana": { "word": "edible banana", "wordset_id": "92b28cdb5c", "meanings": [ { "id": "a753d48ed1", "def": "widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "elm family": { "word": "elm family", "wordset_id": "66eff6223c", "meanings": [ { "id": "6dce40c2be", "def": "a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "elm": { "word": "elm", "wordset_id": "8293090ad5", "meanings": [ { "id": "4168cd053c", "def": "any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "elm tree" ] }, { "id": "25d7264a78", "def": "hard tough wood of an elm tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "elmwood" ] } ] }, "elm tree": { "word": "elm tree", "wordset_id": "109a49e461", "meanings": [ { "id": "206512622e", "def": "any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "elm" ] } ] }, "elmwood": { "word": "elmwood", "wordset_id": "ed4ddaeb0b", 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