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   quail brush
         n 1: spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains
               of southwestern United States and Mexico [syn: {quail
               bush}, {quail brush}, {white thistle}, {Atriplex
               lentiformis}]

English Dictionary: quail brush by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
qualifier
n
  1. a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition; "the tournament was won by a late qualifier"
  2. a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
    Synonym(s): modifier, qualifier
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Qualifier \Qual"i*fi`er\, n.
      One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies,
      reduces, tempers or restrains.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quillaia bark \Quil*la"ia bark`\ (Bot.)
      The bark of a rosaceous tree ({Quillaja Saponaria}), native
      of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with
      alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians
      instead of soap. Also called {soap bark}.
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