English words for 'The Madagascar periwinkle.'
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noun
- The Madagascar periwinkle.
- (uncountable) A card game in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "old maid".
- An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels.
- The unmatchable card in that game.
- (derogatory) An old woman who has never married; a spinster.
- The common zinnia.
- any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
- the loser in a game of old maid
- commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
- an elderly unmarried woman
- a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or ‘old maid’)
adj
noun
name
noun
- Stephanotis floribunda, the Madagascar jasmine
- twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions
- Hoya carnosa, the waxplant.
- Chamelaucium
- Any plant of the genus Hoya.
- small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age
- epiphytic clusia of British Guiana
noun
adj
- Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
- Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
- (architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
- elaborately or excessively ornamented
- marked by ostentation but often tasteless
noun
- showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- Delonix regia (royal poinciana), native to Madagascar
- south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
- a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
- tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
- north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves
- Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree, African flame tree)
- Erythrina abyssinica, of eastern and southern Africa
- Brachychiton acerifolius (syn. Sterculia acerifolia, Australian flame tree, Illawarra flame tree, lacebark tree)
- Erythrina spp. (coral trees), of most tropical and subtropical regions
- Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
- Koelreuteria bipinnata (Chinese flame tree)
- Peltophorum spp. (African flame tree)
- Nuytsia floribunda (Australian Christmas tree)
- Butea monosperma (flame of the forest), of southern Asia
- Embothrium coccineum (Chilean flame tree, Chilean firebush)
- Rhododendron arboreum (tree rhododendron), of southern Asia
- Alloxylon flammeum (Queensland tree waratah, red silky oak)
noun
- showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- A tropical leguminous bush Caesalpinia pulcherrima (syn. Poinciana pulcherrimus) with prickly branches and showy yellow or red flowers.
noun
- showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- A tropical tree, Delonix regia, grown for its bright red flower clusters; native to Madagascar but grown in many other tropical regions; the flamboyant.
noun
- A spiny spurge, Euphorbia milii, native to Madagascar.
- somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
- A woodworking technique, used in tramp art, in which interlocking pieces are notched to intersect at right angles and form joints and self-supporting objects.
- The plant Koeberlinia spinosa.
- A spiny Mediterranean tree, Ziziphus spina-christi.
- Ellipsis of crown-of-thorns starfish
- (Christianity) The crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this.
- a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion
- any affliction that causes great suffering
noun
- (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
- (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
- (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- (US) Kyphosus azureus
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- a square rod of land
verb
- (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
- (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
- (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
- sit, as on a branch
- cause to perch or sit
- to come to rest, settle
noun
- A traveller's palm (Ravenala madagascariensis)
- Any of several different kinds of palms (Arecaceae) in various genera with leaves that are palmately lobed (rather than pinnately compound).
- Any of many plants that have similar palmate leaves. (See Derived terms below.)
- palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
noun
- lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
- a changeable or inconstant person
- (physics) A hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.
- A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
- (figurative) A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
adj
noun
- Delonix regia, native to Madagascar; royal poinciana, flamboyant tree.
- Mucuna bennettii, native to Papua New Guinea; New Guinea creeper.
- Spathodea campanulata; fountain tree, African tulip tree, Nandi flame, of tropical Africa.
- Butea monosperma (syn. Butea frondosa), of south Asia; palash, bastard teak.
noun
- A black pomfret (Parastromateus niger).
- Any of several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus.
- A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
- A golden pomfret (Trachinotus blochii).
- deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food
noun
- The Madagascar periwinkle.
- (uncountable) A card game in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "old maid".
- An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels.
- The unmatchable card in that game.
- (derogatory) An old woman who has never married; a spinster.
- The common zinnia.
- any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
- the loser in a game of old maid
- commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
- an elderly unmarried woman
- a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or ‘old maid’)
noun
- Stephanotis floribunda, the Madagascar jasmine
- twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions
- Hoya carnosa, the waxplant.
- Chamelaucium
- Any plant of the genus Hoya.
- small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age
- epiphytic clusia of British Guiana
noun
adj
- Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
- Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
- (architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
- elaborately or excessively ornamented
- marked by ostentation but often tasteless
noun
- showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- Delonix regia (royal poinciana), native to Madagascar
- south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
- a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
- tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
- north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves
- Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree, African flame tree)
- Erythrina abyssinica, of eastern and southern Africa
- Brachychiton acerifolius (syn. Sterculia acerifolia, Australian flame tree, Illawarra flame tree, lacebark tree)
- Erythrina spp. (coral trees), of most tropical and subtropical regions
- Any tree or shrub with yellow or bright red flowers from several species including:
- Koelreuteria bipinnata (Chinese flame tree)
- Peltophorum spp. (African flame tree)
- Nuytsia floribunda (Australian Christmas tree)
- Butea monosperma (flame of the forest), of southern Asia
- Embothrium coccineum (Chilean flame tree, Chilean firebush)
- Rhododendron arboreum (tree rhododendron), of southern Asia
- Alloxylon flammeum (Queensland tree waratah, red silky oak)
noun
- showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- A tropical leguminous bush Caesalpinia pulcherrima (syn. Poinciana pulcherrimus) with prickly branches and showy yellow or red flowers.
noun
- showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- A tropical tree, Delonix regia, grown for its bright red flower clusters; native to Madagascar but grown in many other tropical regions; the flamboyant.
noun
- A spiny spurge, Euphorbia milii, native to Madagascar.
- somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
- A woodworking technique, used in tramp art, in which interlocking pieces are notched to intersect at right angles and form joints and self-supporting objects.
- The plant Koeberlinia spinosa.
- A spiny Mediterranean tree, Ziziphus spina-christi.
- Ellipsis of crown-of-thorns starfish
- (Christianity) The crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this.
- a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion
- any affliction that causes great suffering
noun
- (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
- (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
- (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- (US) Kyphosus azureus
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- a square rod of land
verb
- (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
- (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
- (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
- sit, as on a branch
- cause to perch or sit
- to come to rest, settle
noun
- A traveller's palm (Ravenala madagascariensis)
- Any of several different kinds of palms (Arecaceae) in various genera with leaves that are palmately lobed (rather than pinnately compound).
- Any of many plants that have similar palmate leaves. (See Derived terms below.)
- palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
noun
- lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
- a changeable or inconstant person
- (physics) A hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.
- A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
- (figurative) A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
adj
noun
- Delonix regia, native to Madagascar; royal poinciana, flamboyant tree.
- Mucuna bennettii, native to Papua New Guinea; New Guinea creeper.
- Spathodea campanulata; fountain tree, African tulip tree, Nandi flame, of tropical Africa.
- Butea monosperma (syn. Butea frondosa), of south Asia; palash, bastard teak.
adj
noun
name
noun
- A black pomfret (Parastromateus niger).
- Any of several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus.
- A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
- A golden pomfret (Trachinotus blochii).
- deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food
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