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 Plutarch Plutarch /ˈpluːtɑrk/

noun

  1. Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)  ( Plutarch )
    Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)
      My history class just started a unit on Plutarch's Parallel Lives.
    My history class just started a unit on Plutarch's Parallel Lives.


 stiletto stiletto /stəˈlɛtoʊ/

noun

  1. A small dagger with a tapered blade  ( stiletto )
    a small dagger with a tapered blade
      He pulled out a stiletto from his cloak, its blade gleaming in the dim light.
    He pulled out a stiletto from his cloak, its blade gleaming in the dim light.


 kaffir boom kaffir boom /ˈkæfər buːm/

noun

  1. Small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles  ( Cape kafferboom , Erythrina caffra , kaffir boom )
    small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
  2. Small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds  ( Erythrina lysistemon , kaffir boom , Transvaal kafferboom )
    small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds


 passionflower passionflower /ˈpæʃənˌflaʊər/

noun

  1. Any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit  ( passionflower , passionflower vine )
    any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit


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