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| cedar |
any of several cone-bearing evergreen trees of the pine family with aromatic, durable wood. [1/3 definitions] |
| certified check |
a check bearing the issuing bank's guarantee that there is enough money on deposit to cover the check. |
| chamomile |
an aromatic Old World herb bearing white composite flowers and feathery leaves or any of several other plants resembling it, used esp. in making medicinal teas. |
| chandelier |
a light fixture, often decorative, suspended from a ceiling and bearing multiple lights. |
| cheap |
bearing a low price; relatively inexpensive. [1/8 definitions] |
| clematis |
any of various climbing plants bearing white, pink, red, or purplish flowers. |
| club |
a black clover-shaped figure on a playing card, or a card bearing such a figure. [1/7 definitions] |
| coal measures |
coal-bearing strata; coal beds. [2 definitions] |
| columbine |
any of several plants related to the buttercup, bearing varicolored flowers having five spurred petals. |
| comportment |
conduct or bearing; manner of behaving. |
| cone |
the woody, seed-bearing structure of various evergreen trees such as the pine, fir, or hemlock, that has a shape similar to a cone. [1/5 definitions] |
| coniferous |
bearing cones, or pertaining to plants that do so. |
| convolvulus |
any of several twining, twisting, or erect plants bearing trumpet-shaped flowers and triangular leaves. |
| cornflower |
a garden plant native to Eurasian grasslands, bearing bluish white to purplish or pink flowers; bluebottle; bachelor's button. [1/2 definitions] |
| cosmos |
any of a number of plants bearing brightly colored, rayed flowers and originating in tropical America. [1/4 definitions] |
| cowslip |
a European primrose bearing a fragrant yellow flower. [2 definitions] |
| cranberry |
a North American shrub growing in marshy ground and bearing a tart, red, edible berry, or the berry itself. [1/2 definitions] |
| crucifix |
a Christian cross, esp. one bearing a representation of Jesus Christ. |
| cylinder |
in some printing presses, a cylinder-shaped rotating surface bearing the impression to be printed or the paper to be printed on. [1/5 definitions] |
| diclinous |
of a plant, having the pollen-bearing and seed-bearing organs in separate flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
| dignity |
one's sense of worth; pride or self-respect, esp. as manifested in one's bearing or behavior. [2/3 definitions] |
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