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"what is so rare as a day in June" "a rare skill"adjectivemarked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
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"rare gasses" "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"adjectivehaving low density
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"rare herbs" "rare patches of green in the desert"adjectivenot widely distributed
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"a rare word" "rare books"adjectivenot widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
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"rare roast beef"adjective(of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
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"a rare appearance" "total eclipses are rare events"adjectiverecurring only at long intervals
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Definition that contains rare
- calypso rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf
- cjd rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control
- whooper rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call
- tasmanian wolf rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
- blue-blindness rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow
- parasite yew rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides
- curly grass fern rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts
- dotrel rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
- cupressus pigmaea rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress
- whooping crane rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call