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"a handsome allowance"adjectivegiven or giving freely
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"very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"adjectivepleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
Definition that contains handsome
- zebrawood handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork
- ironwood handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
- chicot handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute
- kingwood handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork
- hamelia patens handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
- wire grass handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn
- ironwood tree handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
- quassia handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark
- chinese scholartree handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
- sophora sinensis handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan