numerous

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He saw the clustering green shoots--numerous, in the sign of plenty--all crowding together and clamoring for light, and life, and air, and room.

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  1. adjective Amounting to a large number; many.

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  1. Middle English, from Latin numerōsus, from numerus, number; see number.

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  1. = French nombreux = Spanish Portuguese Italian numeroso, from Latin numerosus, consisting of a great number, manifold, from numerus, a number: see number.
 

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/ˈnjumərəs/
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by Lee Davis-Thalbourne

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