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71Africa — /af ri keuh/, n. 1. a continent S of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian oceans. 551,000,000; ab. 11,700,000 sq. mi. (30,303,000 sq. km). adj. 2. African. * * * I Second largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea,… …
72foliage — foliaged, adj. /foh lee ij/, n. 1. the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage. 2. leaves in general. 3. the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches in painting, architectural ornament, etc. [1400 50; late ME foilage < MF fueillage,… …
73frondescence — frondescent, adj. /fron des euhns/, n. 1. the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like. 2. leafage; foliage. [1835 45; < NL frondescentia, deriv. of L frondescent (s. of frondescens) becoming leafy (prp. of… …
74interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …
75perfoliate — perfoliation, n. /peuhr foh lee it, ayt /, adj. Bot. having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem. [1540 50; < NL perfoliatus (see PER , FOLIATE), the fem. of which,… …
76topiary — /toh pee er ee/, adj., n., pl. topiaries. Hort. adj. 1. (of a plant) clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes. 2. of or pertaining to such trimming. n. 3. topiary work; the topiary art. 4. a garden containing such work. [1585 95; < L topiarius… …
77baby bok choy — noun a type of bok choy with greener leafage and is consumed mainly in the Eastern parts of China, notably Shanghai from which its alternative name, Shanghai bok choy, is originated. Syn: Shanghai bok choy …
78foliation — Synonyms and related words: accounting, census, counting, dactylonomy, delamination, desquamation, enumeration, exfoliation, flakiness, foliage, frondage, furfuration, inventorying, lamellation, lamination, leafage, leafiness, measurement,… …
79umbrage — Synonyms and related words: adumbration, angry look, annoyance, dark shade, dirty look, dudgeon, enrage, exasperation, foliage, foliation, frondage, frown, fury, glare, gloom, glower, huff, incense, infuriate, ire, irking, irritation, leafage,… …
80verdure — Synonyms and related words: botany, chloranemia, chloremia, chlorophyll, chlorosis, flora, flowerage, glaucescence, glaucousness, green, greenery, greenishness, greenness, greens, greensickness, herbage, leafage, plant kingdom, plant life, plants …
