Helen Fenton

Brassica: Definition and part of speech

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Brassica

  1. n. A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape or coleseed (B. napus), etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brassy: Definition and part of speech

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Brassy

  1. a. Impudent; impudently bold.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brat: Definition and part of speech

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Brat

  1. n. A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
  2. n. A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.
  3. n. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
  4. n. A child; an offspring; — formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.
  5. n. The young of an animal.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.