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  • 101Osage orange — noun Date: 1817 an ornamental usually thorny United States tree (Maclura pomifera) of the mulberry family with shiny ovate leaves and hard bright orange wood; also its yellowish green globose fruit …

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  • 102papaya — noun Etymology: Spanish, of American Indian origin; akin to Arawak papáia papaya Date: 1598 a tropical American tree (Carica papaya of the family Caricaceae, the papaya family) having an oblong to globose yellow edible fruit with numerous black… …

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  • 103puffball — noun Date: 1649 any of various globose and often edible fungi (especially family Lycoperdaceae) that discharge mature spores in a smokelike cloud when pressed or struck …

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  • 104Purkinje cell — noun Etymology: Jan Purkinje Date: circa 1890 any of numerous nerve cells that occupy the middle layer of the cerebellar cortex and are characterized by a large globose body with massive dendrites directed outward and a single slender axon… …

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  • 105red clover — noun Date: before 12th century a European clover (Trifolium pratense) that has globose heads of reddish purple flowers, is widely cultivated as a hay, forage, and cover crop, and is naturalized in the United States …

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  • 106red osier — noun Date: 1807 a common shrubby North American dogwood (Cornus stolonifera syn. C. sericea) with reddish purple twigs, small white flowers, and globose blue or whitish fruit …

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  • 107sloe — noun Etymology: Middle English slo, from Old English slāh; akin to Old High German slēha sloe and probably to Russian sliva plum more at livid Date: before 12th century the small dark globose astringent fruit of the blackthorn; also blackthorn …

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  • 108sneezeweed — noun Date: circa 1837 any of several composite plants; especially a North American perennial herb (Helenium autumnale) with yellow ray flowers and a darker globose disk …

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  • 109lime — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līm; akin to Old High German līm birdlime, Latin limus mud, slime, and perhaps to Latin linere to smear Date: before 12th century 1. birdlime 2. a. a caustic highly infusible solid that consists …

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  • 110orange — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French orrange, araunge, from Old Occitan auranja, from Arabic nāranj, from Persian nārang, from Sanskrit nāraṅga orange tree Date: 14th century 1. a. a globose berry with a yellowish to reddish… …

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