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   quail bush
         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 bush by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
qualification
n
  1. an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician"
    Synonym(s): qualification, making
  2. the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea; "his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform"
  3. a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations"
    Synonym(s): reservation, qualification
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Qualification \Qual`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. qualification. See
      {Qualify}.]
      1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being
            qualified.
  
      2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any
            acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or
            employment, or which enables him to sustian any character
            with success; an enabling quality or circumstance;
            requisite capacity or possession.
  
                     There is no qualification for government but virtue
                     and wisdom, actual or presumptive.      --Burke.
  
      3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that
            which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction;
            hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any
            qualification.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Qualificative \Qual"i*fi*ca*tive\, n.
      That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying
      term or statement.
  
               How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives
               he inserteth in this relation.               --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Qualificator \Qual"i*fi*ca`tor\, n. [LL.] (R. C. Ch.)
      An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes
      for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quillback \Quill"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An American fresh-water fish ({Ictiobus, [or] Carpiodes,
      cyprinus}); -- called also {carp sucker}, {sailfish},
      {spearfish}, and {skimback}.
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