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  • 61hoary alison — noun tall European annual with downy grey green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed • Syn: ↑hoary alyssum, ↑Berteroa incana • Hypernyms: ↑herb,… …

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  • 62hoary alyssum — noun tall European annual with downy grey green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed • Syn: ↑hoary alison, ↑Berteroa incana • Hypernyms: ↑herb,… …

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  • 63hoary bat — noun : a rather large migratory bat (Lasiurus cinereus) having yellowish or brown hair tipped with white * * * hoary bat, a large, migratory bat of North America with white tipped hairs …

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  • 64hoary-haired — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : having hoary hair …

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  • 65hoary-headed — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : having a hoary head * * * /hawr ee hed id, hohr /, adj. having the gray or white hair of advanced age. [1590 1600] …

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  • 66hoary peppergrass — noun see hoary cress …

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  • 67hoary pepperwort — noun see hoary cress …

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  • 68hoary — Synonyms and related words: acknowledged, admitted, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, age old, aged, ageless, along in years, ancient, antediluvian, antique, argent, argentine, auld, canescent, chalky, conventional, cretaceous,… …

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  • 69hoary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. old, aged, venerable, ancient; frosty, white; gray[ed]. See age. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ancient, aged, antique; see old 1 , 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. white or gray salt and… …

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  • 70hoary —  Not ey. Gray or aged …

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