English Dictionary: Kniphofia praecox |
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Kenya fever
n 1: a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean
area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans
by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and
other mammals [syn: {Marseilles fever}, {Kenya fever},
{Indian tick fever}, {boutonneuse fever}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- knife blade
- n
- the blade of a knife
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- knife fight
- n
- fighting with knives [syn: knife fight, snickersnee,
cut-and-thrust]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- knife pleat
- n
- a single pleat turned in one direction
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kniphofia
- n
- a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves
and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
Synonym(s): kniphofia, tritoma, flame flower, flame-flower, flameflower
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Kniphofia praecox
- n
- widely cultivated hybrid poker plant [syn: red-hot poker,
Kniphofia praecox]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Kniphofia uvaria
- n
- clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet
flowers
Synonym(s): poker plant, Kniphofia uvaria
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Knifeboard \Knife"board`\, n.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
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