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   gemfibrozil
         n 1: medication (trade name Lopid) used to lower the levels of
               triglyceride in the blood [syn: {gemfibrozil}, {Lopid}]

English Dictionary: gemfibrozil by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genipap
n
  1. a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind
    Synonym(s): genipap, genipap fruit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genipap fruit
n
  1. tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit
    Synonym(s): genipap fruit, jagua, marmalade box, Genipa Americana
  2. a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind
    Synonym(s): genipap, genipap fruit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Guinea pepper
n
  1. West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds [syn: grains of paradise, Guinea grains, Guinea pepper, melagueta pepper, Aframomum melegueta]
  2. tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine
    Synonym(s): Guinea pepper, negro pepper, Xylopia aethiopica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gynophobia
n
  1. a morbid fear of women
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Bible Society}, an association for securing the
            multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible.
  
      {Douay Bible}. See {Douay Bible}.
  
      {Geneva Bible}. See under {Geneva}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geneva \Ge*ne"va\, n.
      The chief city of Switzerland.
  
      {Geneva Bible}, a translation of the Bible into English, made
            and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560;
            London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in
            Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first
            which recognized the division into verses, and the first
            which omitted the Apocrypha. In form it was a small
            quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer's
            translation. Called also {Genevan Bible}.
  
      {Geneva convention} (Mil.), an agreement made by
            representatives of the great continental powers at Geneva
            and signed in 1864, establishing new and more humane
            regulation regarding the treatment of the sick and wounded
            and the status of those who minister to them in war.
            Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and
            this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and
            the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention
            in 1865.
  
      {Geneva cross} (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground;
            -- the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Genipap \Gen"i*pap\, n. (Bot.)
      The edible fruit of a West Indian tree ({Genipa Americana})
      of the order {Rubiace[91]}. It is oval in shape, as a large
      as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark
      purple juice.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.
      [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
      1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
            berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.
  
      Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,
               dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from
               the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by
               maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar
               properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper
               is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.
  
      2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
            climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous
            flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
            when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
            hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed
            throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
            earth.
  
      3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red
            pepper; as, the bell pepper.
  
      Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
               fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
               true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
               {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.
  
      {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.
  
      {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
            piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
            Japan.
  
      {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.
  
      {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.
  
      {Long pepper}.
            (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian
                  shrub.
            (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See
                  {Kava}.
  
      {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds
            of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger
            family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,
            under the name of {grains of Paradise}.
  
      {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.
  
      {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
            alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
            called also {white alder}.
  
      {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a
            perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,
            etc.
  
      {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
            of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.
           
  
      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston
            betularia}) having white wings covered with small black
            specks.
  
      {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
            cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
  
      {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.
  
      {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red
            peppers steeped in vinegar.
  
      {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})
            of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
            {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[icr]n"[esl]), n.
      1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for
            its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea
            fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
  
      2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings
            sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the
            issue of sovereigns in 1817.
  
                     The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of
                     which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663,
                     and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went
                     for less than twenty-one shillings.   --Pinkerton.
  
      {Guinea corn}. (Bot.) See {Durra}.
  
      {Guinea Current} (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean
            setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of
            Guinea.
  
      {Guinea dropper} one who cheats by dropping counterfeit
            guineas. [Obs.] --Gay.
  
      {Guinea fowl}, {Guinea hen} (Zo[94]l.), an African
            gallinaceous bird, of the genus {Numida}, allied to the
            pheasants. The common domesticated species ({N.
            meleagris}), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the
            head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small
            white spots. The crested Guinea fowl ({N. cristata}) is a
            finer species.
  
      {Guinea grains} (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See
            {Amomum}.
  
      {Guinea grass} (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum
            jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies
            and Southern United States.
  
      {Guinea-hen flower} (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria
            Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the
            Guinea hen.
  
      {Guinea peach}. See under {Peach}.
  
      {Guinea pepper} (Bot.), the pods of the {Xylopia aromatica},
            a tree of the order {Anonace[91]}, found in tropical West
            Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper
            [92]thiopicum}.
  
      {Guinea pig}. [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.]
            (a) (Zo[94]l.) A small Brazilian rodent ({Cavia cobaya}),
                  about seven inches in length and usually of a white
                  color, with spots of orange and black.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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