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  • 111sour — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sūr; akin to Old High German sūr sour, Lithuanian sūrus salty Date: before 12th century 1. causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by …

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  • 112sour — saÊŠÉ™(r) n. one of the four primary tastes (along with bitter, salty and sweet); something with a sour flavor; alcoholic beverage made with lemon or lime juice mixed with sugar and whiskey or gin v. cause to turn sour; make bitter, disillusion;… …

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  • 113sour orange — noun 1. any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock • Syn: ↑Seville orange, ↑bitter orange, ↑bitter orange tree, ↑bigarade, ↑marmalade orange, ↑Citrus aurantium • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 114sweet orange — noun 1. orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑orange • Hyponyms: ↑Jaffa orange, ↑navel orange, ↑Valencia orange • Part Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 115sweet*/*/ — [swiːt] adj I 1) foods and drinks that are sweet taste like sugar Ant: sour I d like something sweet, like a piece of cake.[/ex] This tea is too sweet.[/ex] 2) something that is sweet has a nice smell, sound, or appearance The room is filled with …

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  • 116sweet — [[t]swit[/t]] adj. er, est, adv. n. 1) having the taste or flavor of sugar, honey, or the like 2) phl producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not bitter, sour, or salt 3) not rancid or stale; fresh 4) not salt or salted:… …

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  • 117sweet — adjective 1》 having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salty, sour, or bitter. 2》 (of air, water, etc.) fresh, pure, and untainted.     ↘fragrant. 3》 pleasing in general; delightful.     ↘working, moving, or done smoothly or …

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  • 118Sweet — Robert Douglas, 20th century English dermatologist. See S. disease. See Gordon and S. stain. * * * Square Wave Endurance Exercise Trial * * * sweet swēt adj being or inducing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is typically induced by …

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  • 119sweet lime — Lime Lime, n. [F. lime; of Persian origin. See {Lemon}.] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of the {Citrus aurantifolia}, allied to the lemon, but greener in color; also, the tree which bears it. Note: The term lime was formerly also applied to variants of the… …

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  • 120sour clover — noun : any of several plants of the genera Melilotus and Trifolium; especially : bitter clover * * * sour clover, a kind of sweet clover used almost entirely as a cover crop, especially in the western United States …

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