north temperate zone
81yarrow — /yar oh/, n. 1. a composite plant, Achillea millefolium, of Eurasia, having fernlike leaves and flat topped clusters of whitish flowers, naturalized in North America. 2. any of various other plants of the genus Achillea, some having yellow… …
82field chickweed — noun densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone • Syn: ↑field mouse ear, ↑Cerastium arvense • Hypernyms: ↑mouse ear chickweed, ↑mouse eared chickweed, ↑mouse ear, ↑clammy chickweed, ↑chi …
83water avens — noun erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown purple calyx and orange and pink petals • Syn: ↑Indian chocolate, ↑purple avens, ↑chocolate root, ↑Geum rivale • Hypernyms: ↑avens * * *… …
84saxifrage — /sak seuh frij/, n. any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers. Cf. saxifrage family. [1400 50; late ME < L saxifraga (herba) stone breaking …
85Bratislava — For the name Bratislava, see Bratislav. Coordinates: 48°08′38″N 17°06′35″E / 48.14389°N 17.10972°E / 48.14389; 17.10972 …
86TemperateZone — Tem·per·ate Zone (tĕmʹpər ĭt, tĕmʹprĭt) Either of two intermediate latitude zones of the earth, the North Temperate Zone, between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer, or the South Temperate Zone, between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic …
87ciconiiform — ▪ bird Introduction any member of the five or six families of storklike (stork) birds (bird): herons (heron) and bitterns (bittern) (Ardeidae), the shoebill (sole species of the Balaenicipitidae), the hammerhead (sole species of the Scopidae) …
88marsh fern — noun fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions • Syn: ↑Thelypteris palustris, ↑Dryopteris thelypteris • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Hyponyms: ↑snuffbox fern, ↑meadow fern, ↑ …
89cannabis — cannabic, adj. /kan euh bis/, n. 1. the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. 2. the flowering tops of the plant. 3. any of the various parts of the plant from which hashish, marijuana, bhang, and similar mildly euphorogenic and hallucinogenic drugs are… …
90filbert — /fil beuhrt/, n. 1. the thick shelled, edible nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, esp. of Corylus avellana, of Europe. 2. a tree or shrub bearing such nuts. [1250 1300; ME, short for filbert nut, so called because ripe by Aug. 22 (St.… …
