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nouna sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
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"a cosmopolitan herb" "cosmopolitan in distribution"adjectivegrowing or occurring in many parts of the world
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"an issue of cosmopolitan import"adjectiveof worldwide scope or applicability
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"his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds" "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt" "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks"adjectivecomposed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interestsOpposite:
Definition that contains cosmopolitan
- sicklepod cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
- erigeron cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally
- plantaginaceae cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds
- great duckweed cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands
- cotula cosmopolitan herbs especially southern hemisphere; many used as ground covers
- star-duckweed cosmopolitan in temperate regions except North America
- periplaneta cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches
- amaranthaceae cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
- genus erigeron cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally
- plantain family cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds