APOGAMOUS | • apogamous adj. Relating to apogamy. • APOGAMOUS adj. engaging in apogamy, asexual reproduction. |
ARAPUNGAS | • arapungas n. Plural of arapunga. • ARAPUNGA n. (Tupi) the campanero or S. American bellbird, also ARAPONGA. |
ASPARAGUS | • asparagus n. Any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers. • asparagus n. The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable. • asparagus n. (Color) A green colour, like that of an asparagus. |
AUTOGRAPH | • autograph n. A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person. • autograph n. A manuscript in the author’s handwriting. • autograph adj. Written in the author’s own handwriting. |
AUTOPHAGY | • autophagy n. (Cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within… • autophagy n. (Cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion. • autophagy n. (Rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself. |
GASPEREAU | • gaspereau n. (Canada, dated) An alewife (type of fish). • GASPEREAU n. (French) a fish of the herring family found on the Atlantic coast of North America, aka alewife. |
ISPAGHULA | • ispaghula n. Psyllium (Plantago ovata syn. Plantago ispaghula and Plantago afra syn. Plantago psyllium). • ISPAGHULA n. a dietary fibre derived from seed husks and used as a thickener or stabilizer in the food industry, aka psyllium. |
PAGURIANS | • PAGURIAN n. a hermit crab, also PAGURID. |
PARAGOGUE | • PARAGOGUE n. the addition of a sound to the end of a word e.g. heighth for height, also PARAGOGE. |
PARALOGUE | • paralogue n. (Genetics) A pair of genes that derives from the same ancestral gene and now reside at different locations… • PARALOGUE n. either of a pair of genes that derive from the same ancestral gene. |
PASTURAGE | • pasturage n. A pasture; land that is used for pasture. • pasturage n. The grass or other vegetation eaten by livestock and found in a pasture. • pasturage n. The right to graze livestock on a pasture. |
PERIAGUAS | • periaguas n. Plural of periagua. • PERIAGUA n. (Caribbean) a type of dugout canoe, also PIRAGUA, PIROGUE, PIROQUE. |
PROPAGULA | • propagula n. Plural of propagulum. • PROPAGULUM n. a body with the capacity to give rise to a new plant e.g. seed, spore, bulbil, fragment etc., also PROPAGULE. |
RAMPAUGED | • rampauged v. Simple past tense and past participle of rampauge. • RAMPAUGE v. (Scots) to rampage. |
RAMPAUGES | • rampauges n. Plural of rampauge. • rampauges v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rampauge. • RAMPAUGE v. (Scots) to rampage. |
SAGAPENUM | • sagapenum n. A yellow to brown bitter gum that derives from plants of the genus Ferula. • SAGAPENUM n. a gum resin, formerly used to stimulate menstruation and as an antispasmodic. |