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noun(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
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nounstrong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants
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nouncat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun
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- pr a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process
- nd a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium
- ranting a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- fortified secured with bastions or fortifications
- rant a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- sm a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite
- alabaster of or resembling alabaster
- neodymium a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium
- baster a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy
- sorrel East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber