Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several plants of the genus Coptis, having white flowers, slender yellow roots, ternately divided evergreen leaves, and clusters of follicles.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A ranunculaceous evergreen plant, Coptis trifolia, growing in the United States and Europe: so called from its fibrous yellow roots. See Coptis.
WordNet 3.0
- n. low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers
Examples
“She made the sweater not long ago, and it has goldthread embellishments.”
“He took up the goldthread fan lying beside him and began a soft, fluttering motion at his cheek.”
“Crescents, stars, moons and suns were in goldthread embroidery on the small fez that Elijah Muhammad wore.”
“Take saffron and goldthread, white poplar and rue,”
“But they knew where thoroughwort grows, and the wholesome goldthread; they gathered cress and peppermint, and could tell the mushroom from its noisome kindred.”
“I'm goin 'into the pines arter some goldthread an' sarsaparil '.”
“Catherine took many long jaunts to gather her herbs -- thoroughwort, goldthread, catnip, comfrey, skullcap, pennyroyal, lobelia, peppermint, old-man's-root, snakehead and others of greater or less medicinal value.”
“Will she have hair of goldthread like that of the wife thou hadst in Sini {*} long ago -- she who married another man? ”
“The small white flower above is from the goldthread plant, coptis groenlandica.”
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Five Consecutive Consonants
A list of words containing five consecutive consonants
I do not include words containing "y" as part of the 5-letter string, since that letter invariably functions as a vowel, as in rhythm. <...heartstricken, heartstruck, wellspring, offspring, yachtsman, worthwhile, backstretch, backstroke, downstream, downstroke, breaststroke, birthstone and 188 more...
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Flora
Flowers and plants have some of the most beautiful names.
These are often the common names, as opposed to the scientific or botanical names.daffodil, gardenia, tulip, snapdragon, violet, orchid, bleeding heart, daisy, lily, lilac, narcissus, rose and 278 more...
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Yet! More! Fauna
Southern Interior Pacific Coast, to be precise - common names.
sticky false asph..., sand dropseed, mat muhly, bluejoint, nodding wood-reed, cheatgrass, poor sedge, running clubmoss, knight's plume, sickle moss, electrified cat's..., flapper moss and 75 more...
Tweets
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fbharjo a Heraclitean root, (moira (μοίρα) ), no fateful (fatefilled) doubt!
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