habeas corpus means: a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
habenaria means: chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis
habenaria albiflora means: bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers
habenaria bifolia means: south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
habenaria chlorantha means: south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
habenaria dilatata means: orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems; of wet or boggy ground through most of the West and northern North America
habenaria elegans means: slender inland rein orchid similar to coastal rein orchid but with pale greenish-yellow flowers
habenaria fimbriata means: North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers
habenaria greenei means: stout orchid of central California to northern Washington having racemes of white fragrant bilaterally symmetrical flowers
habenaria hookeri means: a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal
asheville means: a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte
assay-mark means: a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity
coast mountains means: a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California
conepatus means: a genus of Mustelidae
defang means: remove the fangs from
dropsy means: swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
dual carriageway means: a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions
edward young means: English poet (1683-1765)
gymnastic horse means: a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
hairy finger grass means: a European forage grass grown for hay; a naturalized weed in United States
imperviable means: not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
palometa simillima means: smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies
president andrew johnson means: 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)
raffle means: a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
raffle means: dispose of in a lottery
seedcase means: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
self-education means: the process of educating yourself
wop means: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
word-splitting means: making too fine distinctions of little importance
work unit means: a unit of measurement for work
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