Word Meanings - SUPRA-AXILLARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See Suprafoliaceous.
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- GROWLER
The large-mouthed black bass. 3. A four-wheeled cab. (more info) 1. One who growls. - GROWL
To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Gay. - INSERT
To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper. These - GROWAN
A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall. - GROWER
One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower. - ABOVEBOARD
Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke. Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands - GROW
1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs. 2. To increase in any way; to become larger and - ABOVESAID
Mentioned or recited before. - ABOVE-MENTIONED; ABOVE-NAMED
Mentioned or named before; aforesaid. - INSERTING
1. A setting in. 2. Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments. - INSERTED
Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; -- said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle. Gray. - GROWLINGLY
In a growling manner. - GROWTHEAD
A lazy person; a blockhead. Tusser. - GROWTH
1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; - GROWTHFUL
Having capacity of growth. J. Hamilton. - GROWSE
To shiver; to have chills. Ray. - ABOVEDECK
On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice. Smart. - INSERTION
The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin. Epigynous insertion , the insertion of stamens upon the ovary. -- Hypogynous insertion , insertion beneath the ovary. (more - PEDUNCLE
The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits. Note: The ultimate divisions or branches of a peduncle are called pedicels. In the case of a solitary flower, the stalk would be called a peduncle - PEDUNCLED
Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate. - UPGROW
To grow up. Milton. - REINSERT
To insert again. - FULL-GROWN
Having reached the limits of growth; mature. "Full-grown wings." Lowell. - MISGROWTH
Bad growth; an unnatural or abnormal growth. - INGROWTH
A growth or development inward. J. LeConte. - OUTGROWTH
That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence. - INGROWING
Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance. Ingrowing nail, one whose edges are becoming imbedded in the adjacent flesh. - LIVER-GROWN
Having an enlarged liver. Dunglison. - OVERGROW
1. To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank. The green . . . is rough and overgrown. Sir W. Scott. 2. To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. - MOSS-GROWN
Overgrown with moss. - UNDERGROW
To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height. Wyclif. - WOOLGROWER
One who raises sheep for the production of wool. -- Wool"grow`ing, n.