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111meretricious — adj. 1 (of decorations, literary style, etc.) showily but falsely attractive. 2 of or befitting a prostitute. Derivatives: meretriciously adv. meretriciousness n. Etymology: L meretricius f. meretrix tricis prostitute f. mereri be hired …
112over-embellished — adjective excessively elaborate or showily expressed a writer of empurpled literature many purple passages an over embellished story of the fish that got away • Syn: ↑empurpled, ↑purple • Similar to: ↑rhetorical …
113showy — adj. (showier, showiest) 1 brilliant; gaudy, esp. vulgarly so. 2 striking. Derivatives: showily adv. showiness n …
114siphonophore — n. any usu. translucent marine hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, e.g. the Portuguese man of war. Etymology: Gk siphono (as SIPHON, PHORE) * * * noun a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored •… …
115tolu tree — noun medium sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high grade furniture and cabinetwork • Syn: ↑tolu balsam tree, ↑Myroxylon balsamum, ↑Myroxylon toluiferum • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
116trick — n. & v. n. 1 an action or scheme undertaken to fool, outwit, or deceive. 2 an optical or other illusion (a trick of the light). 3 a special technique; a knack or special way of doing something. 4 a a feat of skill or dexterity. b an unusual… …
117tulipwood — noun 1. the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees • Hypernyms: ↑wood • Substance Holonyms: ↑tulipwood tree 2. light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer • Syn: ↑true tulipwood, ↑ …
118bepranked — bə̇, bē+ adjective Etymology: be + pranked : showily dressed or adorned …
119calathea — ˌkaləˈthēə noun Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Latin calathus basket shaped like a flower, from Greek kalathos 1. capitalized : a genus of chiefly tropical American herbs (family Marantaceae) having showily marked basal leaves and small… …
120heliconia — ˌheləˈkōnēə, nyə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, feminine of Heliconius of Helicon, from Greek Helicōnios, from Helikōn Helicon, mountain in Greece 1. capitalized : a genus of tropical American perennial herbs (family Musaceae) that have… …
