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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.

 

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