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9 words match “ANTHOID”

ANTHOID a.
Resembling a flower; flowerlike.
AMIANTHOID a.
Resembling amianthus.
HELIANTHOID a.
Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea.
HELIANTHOIDEA n.
An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.
ZOANTHOID a.
Of or pertaining to the Zoanthacea.
MOLLUSCOIDEA n.
vision of Invertebrata which includes the classes Brachiopoda and Bryozoa; -- called also Anthoid Mollusca.
PRINCEWOOD n.
The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color.
TREACLE n.
a name given to several species of the cruciferous genus Erysimum, especially the E. cheiranthoides, which was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac. -- Treacle water, a compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of various plants, flowers, jui…
WORMSEED n.
the stomach and intestines. Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant (Erysinum cheiranthoides) having small lanceolate leaves.