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  • 61b — ɔb Definition: Common Semitic noun *ɔab , father. 1. Abraham, from Hebrew ɔabrāhām, the (divine) father is exalted, from ɔab, reduced form of ɔāb, father. 2. Job, from Hebrew ɔiyyôb, perhaps from an early Northwest Semitic dialectal name meaning… …

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  • 62Abelmoschus — noun genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers • Syn: ↑genus Abelmoschus • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Malvaceae, ↑family Malvaceae, ↑mallow family …

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  • 63Abelmoschus moschatus — noun bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus • Syn: ↑abelmosk, ↑musk mallow, ↑Hibiscus moschatus • Hypernyms: ↑mallow • Member Holonyms: ↑Abelmoschus, ↑ …

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  • 64genus Abelmoschus — noun genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers • Syn: ↑Abelmoschus • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Malvaceae, ↑family Malvaceae, ↑mallow family …

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  • 65Hibiscus moschatus — noun bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus • Syn: ↑abelmosk, ↑musk mallow, ↑Abelmoschus moschatus • Hypernyms: ↑mallow • Member Holonyms: ↑Abelmoschus, ↑ …

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  • 66amber seed — noun : the seed of the abelmosk resembling millet and having a musky flavor called also ambrette, musk seed …

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  • 67abelmusk — noun see abelmosk …

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  • 68ambrette seed — /am bret / the seed of the abelmosk. [ < F ambrette. See AMBER, ETTE] …

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  • 69am|brette — «am BREHT», noun. the musky seed of the abelmosk, used in perfumery; amberseed. ╂[< French ambrette (diminutive) < ambre amber] …

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  • 70musk|mal|low — «MUHSK MAL oh», noun. a bushy plant of the mallow family grown in tropical and semitropical countries for its musky seeds, which are used in perfumes; abelmosk …

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