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 fool's cap fool's cap /ˈfuːlz kæp/

noun

  1. A cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils  ( dunce cap [ N. American] , dunce's cap , fool's cap )
    a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils


 climbing nightshade climbing nightshade /ˈklaɪmɪŋ ˈnaɪtʃeɪd/

noun

  1. Poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America  ( bittersweet , bittersweet nightshade , climbing nightshade , deadly nightshade , poisonous nightshade , Solanum dulcamara , woody nightshade )
    poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America


 logwood logwood /ˈlɑːˌgwʊd/

noun

  1. 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  ( bloodwood tree , campeachy , Haematoxylum campechianum , logwood , logwood tree )
    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
  2. Very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye  ( logwood )
    very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
      Artisans use the heartwood of the logwood tree to prepare a purplish-red dye.
    Artisans use the heartwood of the logwood tree to prepare a purplish-red dye.


 genus Formica genus Formica /ˈdʒiːnəs fɔrˈmaɪkə/

noun

  1. Type genus of the Formicidae  ( Formica , genus Formica )
    type genus of the Formicidae


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