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Word Meanings - LIGULIFLOROUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion, hawkweed, etc.

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  • LIGULATE; LIGULATED
    Like a bandage, or strap; strap-shaped. 2. Composed of ligules. Ligulate flower, a species of compound flower, the florets of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward the end, with the base only tubular.
  • BEARISH
    Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners. Harris.
  • DANDELION
    A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves.
  • BEARWARD
    A keeper of bears. See Bearherd. Shak.
  • BEAR
    produce; akin to D. baren to bring forth, G. gebären, Goth. baíran to bear or carry, Icel. bera, Sw. bära, Dan. bære, OHG. beran, peran, L. ferre to bear, carry, produce, Gr. , OSlav brati to take, carry, OIr. 1. To support or sustain; to hold
  • BEAR'S-BREECH
    See Acanthus, n., 1. The English cow parsnip Dr. Prior.
  • COMPOSITE
    Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.
  • BEAR'S-EAR
    A kind of primrose , so called from the shape of the leaf.
  • BEARDLESSNESS
    The state or quality of being destitute of beard.
  • BEARABLE
    Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable. -- Bear"a*bly, adv.
  • BEARDIE
    The bearded loach of Europe.
  • LARGE-ACRED
    Possessing much land.
  • BEARDLESS
    1. Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful. 2. Destitute of an awn; as, beardless wheat.
  • BEARING CLOTH
    A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. Shak.
  • BEARD
    Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain. 4. A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out. 5. That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw
  • BEARDED
    Having a beard. "Bearded fellow." Shak. "Bearded grain." Dryden. Bearded vulture, Bearded eagle. See Lammergeir. -- Bearded tortoise. See Matamata.
  • LARGE-HANDED
    Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.
  • LARGE-HEARTED
    Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.
  • BEARING REIN
    A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.
  • BEARBIND
    The bindweed .
  • WATER-BEARER
    The constellation Aquarius.
  • SHIELD-BEARER
    Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
  • ENLARGEMENT
    1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
  • SEABEARD
    A green seaweed growing in dense tufts.
  • DOWNBEAR
    To bear down; to depress.
  • BLUEBEARD
    The hero of a mediæval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it
  • ANT-BEAR
    An edentate animal of tropical America , living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.
  • GRAYBEARD
    An old man. Shak.
  • FOOL-LARGESSE
    Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer.
  • MISBEAR
    To carry improperly; to carry wrongly; to misbehave. Chaucer.
  • FORKBEARD
    A European fish , having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard. The European forked hake or hake's-dame ; -- also called great forked beard.
  • PALLBEARER
    One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
  • UNDERBEARER
    One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.
  • ABEARANCE
    Behavior. Blackstone.
  • RUSH-BEARING
    A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. Nares.
  • TALEBEARER
    One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief. Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father, did their best to inflame her resentment. Macaulay.

 

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