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| busby |
a tall hat made of fur and worn by certain British soldiers. |
| cattail |
any of several tall, reedlike marsh plants with tiny brown flowers growing in dense rows on a cylindrical spike. |
| century plant |
a desert agave, once believed to flower only once in a century, with fleshy leaves and a very tall stem on which greenish flowers appear every ten to twenty years. |
| cereus |
any of various tall cacti growing in tropical North and South America and the western United States. |
| chiffonier |
a tall, narrow chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached at the top. |
| climb |
to twist around and up a tall support. [1/7 definitions] |
| coconut palm |
a tall, tropical palm tree that has finely divided leaves and that bears coconuts. |
| corn1 |
a tall cereal plant that produces cylinder-shaped ears with rows of edible yellow or white seeds. [1/7 definitions] |
| crane |
any of a family of tall, long-legged wading birds having long necks and bills. [2/6 definitions] |
| crape myrtle |
a tall Oriental shrub, related to loosestrife and widely cultivated in warmer zones as an ornamental for its stalks of crinkled pink, red, white, or purple flowers. |
| cumulonimbus |
a tall, large, and dense cloud associated with heavy rain or hail; thundercloud. |
| daffodil |
a plant with bell-shaped, usu. yellow flowers on tall stems. [1/2 definitions] |
| date palm |
a tall palm tree with a thick trunk, cultivated in tropical and desert regions for its dates. |
| delphinium |
a cultivated plant related to the buttercup that bears tall, showy spikes of flowers; larkspur. |
| deodar |
a tall cedar with drooping branches and fragrant, light red, durable wood, used as timber. |
| Douglas fir |
a tall evergreen timber tree of western North America that has hard durable wood and short needles, and bears narrow cones. |
| drawbridge |
a bridge built so that it can be raised or moved in order to either allow tall ships to pass beneath or restrict passage. |
| eucalyptus |
any of various tall evergreen trees native to Australia, having leaves that yield a pungent oil used in medicines. |
| everglade |
a tract of swampland, esp. in Florida, having interlaced waterways and usu. dense stands of tall marsh grasses. |
| -footer |
someone or something (so many) feet tall, long, or the like. |
| fourposter |
a bed that has four tall corner posts, which may be used to support bed curtains or a canopy. |
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