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21gravel — [13] Gravel is of Celtic origin. It has been traced to a prehistoric Celtic *gravo ‘gravel’, never actually recorded but deduced from Breton grouan and Cornish grow ‘soft granite’. French borrowed it as grave ‘gravel, pebbles’ (perhaps the source …
22gravel — [13] Gravel is of Celtic origin. It has been traced to a prehistoric Celtic *gravo ‘gravel’, never actually recorded but deduced from Breton grouan and Cornish grow ‘soft granite’. French borrowed it as grave ‘gravel, pebbles’ (perhaps the source …
23marcescent — [mär ses′ənt] adj. [L marcescens, prp. of marcescere, to wither, decay < marcere, to wither < IE * merk , to grow soft, rot < base * mer , to rub > MARE3] Bot. withering but not falling off …
24softwood — soft|wood [ sɔft,wud ] noun count or uncount wood that can be cut easily and is inexpensive to produce because it comes from trees such as PINES or FIRS that grow quickly a. count a tree that has this type of wood ─ compare HARDWOOD …
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