maccaboy |
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a kind of snuff, usu. rose-scented.
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bedeguar |
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a rose gall, esp. on sweetbriar.
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tortile |
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coiled or twisted.
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remontant |
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(of roses) blooming more than once per season.
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rose engine |
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a lathe with an oscillating spindle or tool
rest, used for turning geometric patterns.
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peloria |
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(bot.) abnormal regularity in a flower's structure.
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pleiomery |
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(bot.) the state of having unusually many
flowers in a whorl.
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verticil |
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a whorl of leaves or other protrusions
encircling a point on a central axis.
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chandelle |
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an abrupt climbing turn, verging on a stall.
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verticillaster |
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an arrangement resembling a verticil in
appearance, consisting of a pair of cymes.
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umbel |
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a inflorescence with a number of pedicels
branching from their common peduncle.
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umbellule |
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one of the secondary umbels in a compound umbel.
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girandole |
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a rotating firework; a connected group of
mines; an ornate bracket for candelabra;
a fountain with rotating jets; a pendant
consisting of a piece of jewelry surrounded by
smaller pendants.
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tourbillion |
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a whirlwind; a firework which spirals upwards;
a frame for a watch's escapement which rotates
it about once a minute to reduce positional
error.
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karrusel |
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a device for reducing positional error,
rotating every 52 1/2 minutes.
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stackfreed |
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a device involving a spring pressing against a
spiral cam, to maintain a constant driving
force in a timepiece even as the mainspring
unwinds.
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tortillon |
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a wad of paper twisted to a point.
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vrille |
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a spiraling head-first aerobatic descent.
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