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  • 91Glossary of plant morphology terms — Biologists that study plant morphology use a number of different terms to describe plant organs and parts that can be observed with the human eye using no more than a hand held magnifying lens. These terms are used to identify and classify plants …

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  • 92itch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. itching, tickling, prickly sensation; mange, manginess; ca coëthes, cacoëthes scribendi (writer s itch); the itch, scabies, psora; itchiness; burning, tingling; desire, craving, hankering. v. i.… …

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  • 93needle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. obelisk, Cleopatra s needle; thorn, prickle; stylus; syringe. See sharpness. v. t., informal, rib, josh, tease, ridicule, heckle, prick, goad; harass, torment, ride. See discontent. II (Roget s IV) n …

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  • 94prick — [OE] Prick is a word of the Low German area, which English shares with Dutch (prik). Its ultimate origins, though, are not known. The earliest record of its use for ‘penis’ is from the late 16th century, and in the 16th and 17th centuries women… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 95prickly — 1570s, spiny, armed with prickles (originally of holly leaves), from PRICKLE (Cf. prickle) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Figurative sense of irritable first recorded 1862. Prickly heat is from 1736, so called for the sensation; prickly pear is from 1760 …

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  • 96itch — 1. noun 1) I have an itch on my back Syn: tingling, irritation, prickle, prickling, tickle, tickling, itchiness 2) informal the itch to travel Syn: longing, yearning, craving, ache …

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  • 97bristle — n 1. hair, whisker, nub, stubble, Scot. birse; prickle, Zool. seta, Bot. trichome, spicule, spine, quill, shoot; thorn, barb, barbule, point. v 2. prickle, horripillate, stand up, rise; start up, stir up, arouse; be angered, be infuriated, be… …

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  • 98prick — n 1. puncture, perforation, hole, pinhole, pock, pit, nick, gouge, groove. 2. sting, smart, prickle, tingle, tickle, ache, pain, hurt, discomfort. 3. point, rowel, spur, barb, barbule, prong, tine, spike. v 4. pierce, puncture, perforate, make a… …

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  • 99μονάκανθον — μονάκανθος with one prickle masc/fem acc sg μονάκανθος with one prickle neut nom/voc/acc sg …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • 100(s)teig- —     (s)teig     English meaning: to stick; sharp     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stechen; spitz”     Note: extension from stei ds.     Material: O.Ind. tējatē “is sharp, schärft”, tēja yati ‘schärft, stachelt”, tiktá ‘sharp, bitter”, tigmá ‘spiky,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary