Lady-killer |
A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. |
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Lady-killing |
The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women. |
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Lady's bedstraw |
The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels. |
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Lady's bower |
A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba). |
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Lady's comb |
An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb. |
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Lady's cushion |
An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris). |
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Lady's finger |
The kidney vetch. |
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Lady's finger |
A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger. |
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Lady's finger |
A long, slender variety of the potato. |
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Lady's finger |
One of the branchiae of the lobster. |
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Lady's garters |
Ribbon grass. |
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Lady's hair |
A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass. |
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Lady's laces |
A slender climbing plant; dodder. |
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Lady's looking-glass |
See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus. |
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Lady's mantle |
A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes. |
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Lady's seal |
The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum). |
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Lady's seal |
The black bryony (Tamus communis). |
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Lady's slipper |
Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina). |
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Lady's smock |
A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. pratensis); cuckoo flower. |
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Lady's thimble |
The harebell. |
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