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  2. Debile - Wikipedia

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    Debile is a Latin word meaning "weak". It may refer to: Part of a sword in fencing; see Glossary of fencing § D; See also. Weak (disambiguation)

  3. Equisetum ramosissimum var. huegelii - Wikipedia

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    Equisetum ramosissimum var. huegelii, with synonyms including Equisetum debile and Equisetum huegelii, is a variety of Equisetum ramosissimum, a plant in the family Equisetaceae, found in parts of tropical Asia and China.

  4. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  5. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus or synonym dictionary lists similar or related words; these are often, but not always, synonyms. [15] The word poecilonym is a rare synonym of the word synonym. It is not entered in most major dictionaries and is a curiosity or piece of trivia for being an autological word because of its meta quality as a synonym of synonym.

  6. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  7. Sedum - Wikipedia

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    Sedum debile S.Watson – orpine stonecrop, weakstem stonecrop; Sedum dendroideum Moc. & Sessé ex A.DC. – tree stonecrop; Sedum divergens S.Watson – spreading stonecrop; Sedum eastwoodiae (Britt.) Berger – Red Mountain stonecrop; Sedum erythrostictum syn. Hylotelephium erythrostictum ; Sedum glaucophyllum Clausen – cliff stonecrop

  8. Imbecile - Wikipedia

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    The meaning was further refined into mental and moral imbecility. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The concepts of "moral insanity", " moral idiocy ", and "moral imbecility" led to the emerging field of eugenic criminology , which held that crime can be reduced by preventing " feeble-minded " people from reproducing.

  9. Synonym (taxonomy) - Wikipedia

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    Although the basic principles are fairly similar, the treatment of synonyms in botanical nomenclature differs in detail and terminology from zoological nomenclature, where the correct name is included among synonyms, although as first among equals it is the "senior synonym": Synonyms in botany are equivalent to "junior synonyms" in zoology.