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"lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kook": { "word": "kook", "wordset_id": "e79c320480", "meanings": [ { "id": "dfe5fa3c2f", "def": "someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "odd fellow", "odd fish", "queer bird", "queer duck", "odd man out" ] } ] }, "kaffir": { "word": "kaffir", "wordset_id": "193a5c4955", "meanings": [ { "id": "0f82eaa7f7", "def": "an offensive and insulting term for any Black African", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kafir", "caffer", "caffre" ] }, { "id": "07cc947748", "def": "important for human and animal food", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "great millet", "kaffir corn" ] } ] }, "kafir": { "word": "kafir", "wordset_id": "1619f5b5f9", "meanings": [ { "id": "e4f834dc7f", "def": "an insulting term for any Black African", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kaffir" ], "labels": [ { "name": "informal", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "offensive", 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"a young child", "example": "All the kiddies on this flight are well behaved.", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "yearling" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kidnapper": { "word": "kidnapper", "wordset_id": "2fe34d023a", "meanings": [ { "id": "ffb49d4730", "def": "someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim, usually for ransom", "example": "When the kidnaper called, we phoned the police immediately.", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "abductor" ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase", "luxfactaest" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "zellerpress", "lefurjah", "vitalka18", "msingle" ] }, "kidnaper": { "word": "kidnaper", "wordset_id": "2fe34d023a", "meanings": [ { "id": "ffb49d4730", "def": "someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim, usually for ransom", "example": "When the kidnaper called, we phoned the police immediately.", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "abductor" ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase", 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"zellerpress" ] }, "knobcone pine": { "word": "knobcone pine", "wordset_id": "cf3a9c35ce", "meanings": [ { "id": "2ae7ddabc4", "def": "a medium-sized three-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone", "example": "The forests of northern California have knobcone pines.", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "sabreuse", "bryanedu" ] }, "kawaka": { "word": "kawaka", "wordset_id": "73a5cf9b6f", "meanings": [ { "id": "581a76fbff", "def": "a New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kauri pine": { "word": "kauri pine", "wordset_id": "105d778c06", "meanings": [ { "id": "0844f04251", "def": "any of various trees of the genus Agathis", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "kauri": { "word": "kauri", "wordset_id": "6afed24a32", "meanings": [ { "id": "a02b5ea483", "def": "white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "84cabcfff7", "def": "tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kaury" ] }, { "id": "a131c89661", "def": "resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kauri copal", "kauri gum" ] } ] }, "kaury": { "word": "kaury", "wordset_id": "e9dac2db85", "meanings": [ { "id": "e533724fd7", "def": "a tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kauri" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "hcatlin" ] }, "keteleeria": { "word": "keteleeria", "wordset_id": "07617ba6d9", "meanings": [ { "id": "f76ee8a39c", "def": "an Asiatic conifer resembling firs", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "vitalka18", "msingle", "zellerpress", "bryanedu" ] }, "kahikatea": { "word": "kahikatea", "wordset_id": "0af161b256", "meanings": [ { "id": "b67f6314aa", "def": "a New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "kingcup": { "word": "kingcup", "wordset_id": "ea003d8d64", "meanings": [ { "id": "9757166620", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "buttercup" ] }, { "id": "0146b81807", "def": "swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marsh marigold", "meadow bright", "cowslip", "water dragon" ] } ] }, "katsura tree": { "word": "katsura tree", "wordset_id": "9c533ae4b1", "meanings": [ { "id": "0e3d99199b", "def": "a rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "luxfactaest", "frankcorso", "hcatlin" ] }, "kudu lily": { "word": "kudu lily", "wordset_id": "626da73787", "meanings": [ { "id": "f78f02aede", "def": "a South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "impala lily" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "krubi": { "word": "krubi", "wordset_id": "5139495e50", "meanings": [ { "id": "30b7ee6fa3", "def": "malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "titan arum" ] } ] }, "kurchi": { "word": "kurchi", "wordset_id": "7db5041b99", "meanings": [ { "id": "68bc5fa238", "def": "a tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ivory tree" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "kurchee": { "word": "kurchee", "wordset_id": "bd706b58a8", "meanings": [ { "id": "8c4cef008a", "def": "a tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ivory tree" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "knawel": { "word": "knawel", "wordset_id": "4d71562cfb", "meanings": [ { "id": "a87d485366", "def": "widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "knawe" ] } ] }, "knawe": { "word": "knawe", "wordset_id": "a6a0647855", "meanings": [ { "id": "33ff94108c", "def": "a widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "knawel" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "kali": { "word": "kali", "wordset_id": "9c4d05a291", "meanings": [ { "id": "e033df06c2", "def": "a bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "barilla" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "kelpwort": { "word": "kelpwort", "wordset_id": "3e02d8377d", "meanings": [ { "id": "03fa13972d", "def": "a bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "barilla" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "kidney wort": { "word": "kidney wort", "wordset_id": "6036798cac", "meanings": [ { "id": "657b40da4d", "def": "a widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coyote brush" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "hcatlin" ] }, "kingfisher daisy": { "word": "kingfisher daisy", "wordset_id": "a50e7a3222", "meanings": [ { "id": "2d268bb00b", "def": "a softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "hcatlin" ] }, "knapweed": { "word": "knapweed", "wordset_id": "648306f8c5", "meanings": [ { "id": "e005908a11", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "luxfactaest" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "zellerpress", "bryanedu", "lefurjah" ] }, "king devil": { "word": "king devil", "wordset_id": "01b853f35a", "meanings": [ { "id": "18ab67e05d", "def": "European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "kok-saghyz": { "word": "kok-saghyz", "wordset_id": "46b434f4db", "meanings": [ { "id": "050339e268", "def": "perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kok-sagyz" ] } ] }, "kok-sagyz": { "word": "kok-sagyz", "wordset_id": "35ca5e9bd4", "meanings": [ { "id": "3e6585488a", "def": "a perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kok-saghyz" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "bryanedu", "hcatlin" ] }, "key fruit": { "word": "key fruit", "wordset_id": "4a33aca642", "meanings": [ { "id": "a934758930", "def": "a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "key" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress", "sabreuse" ] }, "kurakkan": { "word": "kurakkan", "wordset_id": "27594da264", "meanings": [ { "id": "f377266c57", "def": "an East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "finger millet" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "hcatlin" ] }, "kweek": { "word": "kweek", "wordset_id": "d51d63a75d", "meanings": [ { "id": "af883abe9e", "def": "a grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "kaffir corn": { "word": "kaffir corn", "wordset_id": "830b799b49", "meanings": [ { "id": "71781e47a8", "def": "a cultivated species of sorghum used to produce ethanol and as food for human beings as well as animals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kaffir" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "hcatlin" ] }, "kaoliang": { "word": "kaoliang", "wordset_id": "eba80a9a4c", "meanings": [ { "id": "99851c35ed", "def": "the sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains -- used for food -- and dry pithy stalks -- used for fodder, fuel, and thatching ", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "hcatlin", "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "bryanedu" ] }, "knotgrass": { "word": "knotgrass", "wordset_id": "63c1590b11", "meanings": [ { "id": "a4653ac24f", "def": "a low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "kyo-chiku": { "word": "kyo-chiku", "wordset_id": "1e73187e1a", "meanings": [ { "id": "a7b15dbcaf", "def": "an immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "giant bamboo" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "hcatlin" ] }, "kuri-chiku": { "word": "kuri-chiku", "wordset_id": "1eaad2c7f6", "meanings": [ { "id": "c02e984d95", "def": "small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black bamboo" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "bryanedu", "hcatlin" ] }, "ku-chiku": { "word": "ku-chiku", "wordset_id": "8047862ca5", "meanings": [ { "id": "a171f68568", "def": "a large bamboo having thick-walled culms", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "giant timber bamboo" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "sabreuse", "bryanedu" ] }, "kenaf": { "word": "kenaf", "wordset_id": "55d1bc3ac4", "meanings": [ { "id": "05f71107e8", "def": "a valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "kangaechigai", "luxfactaest", "malrase", "hcatlin" ] }, "kanaf": { "word": "kanaf", "wordset_id": "55d1bc3ac4", "meanings": [ { "id": "05f71107e8", "def": "a valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation", "speech_part": "noun" } 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[ { "id": "e011c38bfb", "def": "a yellow-flowered perennial common in fields and waste places but a weed in rangelands", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kidney begonia": { "word": "kidney begonia", "wordset_id": "868219fe05", "meanings": [ { "id": "94ddc88975", "def": "a rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beefsteak begonia" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress", "hcatlin" ] }, "king begonia": { "word": "king begonia", "wordset_id": "adc0ac5be1", "meanings": [ { "id": "589a39d45d", "def": "any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rex begonia" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kiwi vine": { "word": "kiwi vine", "wordset_id": "0fa74f6b28", "meanings": [ { "id": "f79c2fde39", "def": "a climbing vine native to China", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kiwi" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "bryanedu", "vitalka18", "sdgdfgd", "msingle", "zellerpress", "sabreuse" ] }, "kei apple": { "word": "kei apple", "wordset_id": "a12779bfb5", "meanings": [ { "id": "2013765813", "def": "vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kei apple bush" ] } ] }, "kei apple bush": { "word": "kei apple bush", "wordset_id": "b572873fd8", "meanings": [ { "id": "323da0be5b", "def": "a vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kei apple" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "ketembilla tree": { "word": "ketembilla tree", "wordset_id": "eff1f6e505", "meanings": [ { "id": "92611c47c6", "def": "a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ketembilla" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "kurrat": { "word": "kurrat", "wordset_id": "e36b08094a", "meanings": [ { "id": "12f22eb50f", "def": "a coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild leek" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "keeled garlic": { "word": "keeled garlic", "wordset_id": "843a66f4ac", "meanings": [ { "id": "094b7df005", "def": "a Eurasian bulbous plant", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "bryanedu", "hcatlin" ] }, "kentan": { "word": "kentan", "wordset_id": "caf8c5aad3", "meanings": [ { "id": "2789386ae5", "def": "an east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "devil lily" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kniphofia": { "word": "kniphofia", "wordset_id": "c30a1ac9ac", "meanings": [ { "id": "a2de1b5d9a", "def": "a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "flame flower" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "sabreuse", "hcatlin" ] }, "king's spear": { "word": "king's spear", "wordset_id": "d7449b6505", "meanings": [ { "id": "c501ea56d5", "def": "asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "kidney vetch": { "word": "kidney vetch", "wordset_id": "1103227f17", "meanings": [ { "id": "9f26da206b", "def": "a perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "khesari": { "word": "khesari", "wordset_id": "120f464008", "meanings": [ { "id": "04a204f6c0", "def": "a European annual grown for forage", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kaffir boom": { "word": "kaffir boom", "wordset_id": "627bcd0790", "meanings": [ { "id": "a93e8f0a1b", "def": "a small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "kingwood": { "word": "kingwood", "wordset_id": "31eb6aa155", "meanings": [ { "id": "bedf2c53c6", "def": "Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kingwood tree" ] }, { "id": "e4af4f17fa", "def": "handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "kingwood tree": { "word": "kingwood tree", "wordset_id": "788ba05a56", "meanings": [ { "id": "16cde88c71", "def": "a Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kingwood" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kino": { "word": "kino", "wordset_id": "d26a0ae4c9", "meanings": [ { "id": "1d538ac506", "def": "East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "abd035f72a", "def": "a gum obtained from various tropical plants", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kino gum", "gum kino" ] } ] }, "kino gum": { "word": "kino gum", "wordset_id": "463c678929", "meanings": [ { "id": "5e9e68c8f5", "def": "a reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "3b80d1bfd5", "def": "a gum obtained from various tropical plants", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kino" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kudzu": { "word": "kudzu", "wordset_id": "c41b16f9b1", "meanings": [ { "id": "24aebee5a8", "def": "a fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "bryanedu" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kudzu vine": { "word": "kudzu vine", "wordset_id": "c41b16f9b1", "meanings": [ { "id": "24aebee5a8", "def": "a fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah", "bryanedu" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kowhai": { "word": "kowhai", "wordset_id": "63e191ebad", "meanings": [ { "id": "82ca680573", "def": "shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "labels": [ { "name": "technical", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "scientific", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "technical", "is_dialect": false } } ] } ], "editors": [ "hcatlin" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "kiaat": { "word": "kiaat", "wordset_id": "833f2ecc89", "meanings": [ { "id": "33a19327de", "def": "a deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bloodwood tree" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate": { "word": "kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate", "wordset_id": "8d481be979", "meanings": [ { "id": "14f3663648", "def": "an annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "prince's-feather" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "key palm": { "word": "key palm", "wordset_id": "60ff0b42e9", "meanings": [ { "id": "119189cbf9", "def": "a small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "silver thatch" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kitul": { "word": "kitul", "wordset_id": "1df6857ec6", "meanings": [ { "id": "a38d6d5ee6", "def": "a fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "toddy palm" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kittul": { "word": "kittul", "wordset_id": "4e805bc808", "meanings": [ { "id": "d1f83ee5be", "def": "a fishtail palm native to areas from India to the Malay Peninsula", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "toddy palm" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "vitalka18", "bryanedu", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "kitul tree": { "word": "kitul tree", "wordset_id": "4a2aacdf9f", "meanings": [ { "id": "80c90d14af", "def": "a fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "toddy palm" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "sabreuse", "zellerpress" ] }, "keurboom": { "word": "keurboom", "wordset_id": "9d6c41e161", "meanings": [ { "id": "3dff1db586", "def": "a tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "27e1a18412", "def": "a fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "kalantas": { "word": "kalantas", "wordset_id": "483d9e8345", "meanings": [ { "id": "45526bc58c", "def": "a Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "kumquat tree": { "word": "kumquat tree", "wordset_id": "4e74cba7a4", "meanings": [ { "id": "8ab5f73a6a", "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" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "hcatlin" ] }, "king orange": { "word": "king orange", "wordset_id": "fb4f7fd9b5", "meanings": [ { "id": "9ec31f5648", "def": "a large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "temple orange" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "bryanedu" ] }, "kohleria": { "word": "kohleria", "wordset_id": "d0f3db20c2", "meanings": [ { "id": "4904bcc741", "def": "a shrubby herb cultivated for their soft velvety foliage and showy scarlet flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "sabreuse" ] }, "knotted marjoram": { "word": "knotted marjoram", "wordset_id": "0c4d375ab5", "meanings": [ { "id": "1031966194", "def": "an aromatic European plant native to Mediterranean and Turkey", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet marjoram" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "sabreuse", "bryanedu" ] }, "kangaroo apple": { "word": "kangaroo apple", "wordset_id": "50dae973e3", "meanings": [ { "id": "03a6cedabc", "def": "Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "poroporo" ] } ] }, "kitten-tails": { "word": "kitten-tails", "wordset_id": "efd2ec60ed", "meanings": [ { "id": "8c50457220", "def": "a plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "luxfactaest" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "zellerpress", "bryanedu", "lefurjah" ] }, "knob celery": { "word": "knob celery", "wordset_id": "0e536117d1", "meanings": [ { "id": "8ec09aa910", "def": "a vegetable grown for its thickened edible aromatic root", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "celeriac" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "luxfactaest", "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "kapuka": { "word": "kapuka", "wordset_id": "c0629f7079", "meanings": [ { "id": "1341405aab", "def": "a small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress", "hcatlin" ] }, "kutch": { "word": "kutch", "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" ] }, "kidney fern": { "word": "kidney fern", "wordset_id": "55553bbebf", "meanings": [ { "id": "4f86f6ec96", "def": "a large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "msingle", "bryanedu" ] }, "king fern": { "word": "king fern", "wordset_id": "16f7214898", "meanings": [ { "id": "9c1ad0e01c", "def": "large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "royal fern" ] }, { "id": "6c7ae904e2", "def": "fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "katharobe": { 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"contributors": [ "frankcorso", "luxfactaest", "zellerpress", "bryanedu" ] }, "kick about": { "word": "kick about", "wordset_id": "01f0db82f8", "meanings": [ { "id": "0500ca8330", "def": "to think about an idea or proposal with other people, to brainstorm", "example": "We kicked about the idea of adding search to the site, but ultimately decided against it.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "kick around" ] } ], "editors": [ "jesseract" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "luxfactaest", "lefurjah", "msingle" ] }, "keep one's eyes off": { "word": "keep one's eyes off", "wordset_id": "722e493aed", "meanings": [ { "id": "b12470ca8d", "def": "to stay clear of, avoid", "example": "Keep your eyes off my sandwich.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "stand back" ], "labels": [ { "name": "informal", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "idiom", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "backspace", "sabreuse", "zellerpress", "lauradhahn", "luxfactaest", 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cost a certain amount", "example": "That knocked me back a pretty penny.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "put back" ], "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": "fa0e7a83fe", "def": "to drink quickly", "example": "I knocked back 3 shots of tequila and staggered to the jukebox.", "speech_part": "verb", "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": [ "lefurjah", "luciankahn" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress", "sabreuse" ] }, "kick one's heels": { "word": "kick one's heels", "wordset_id": "a9230fb47a", "meanings": [ { "id": "352eacb82b", "def": "wait or pass the time aimlessly or futilely", "speech_part": "verb", 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