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   head lettuce
         n 1: distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that
               develop into a compact ball [syn: {head lettuce}, {Lactuca
               sativa capitata}]

English Dictionary: huddle together by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hood latch
n
  1. a catch that holds the hood of a car shut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotel desk clerk
n
  1. a hotel receptionist [syn: desk clerk, {hotel desk clerk}, hotel clerk]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotel detective
n
  1. a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
    Synonym(s): hotel detective, house detective, house dick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Huddie Leadbetter
n
  1. United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949) [syn: Ledbetter, Huddie Leadbetter, Leadbelly]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
huddle together
v
  1. crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!"
    Synonym(s): huddle, huddle together
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
huddled
adj
  1. crowded or massed together; "give me...your huddled masses"; "the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Huddle \Hud"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Huddling}.] [Cf. OE. hoderen, hodren, to cover, keep, warm;
      perh. akin to OE. huden, hiden, to hide, E. hide, and orig.
      meaning, to get together for protection in a safe place. Cf.
      {Hide} to conceal.]
      To press together promiscuously, from confusion,
      apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to
      press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.
  
               The cattle huddled on the lea.               --Tennyson.
  
               Huddling together on the public square . . . like a
               herd of panic-struck deer.                     --Prescott.
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