(n)a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century, Syn.prairie wagon, prairie schooner, Conestoga wagon, Conestoga

ivory tree

(n)tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea, Syn.Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, kurchi, conessi, kurchee

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conessi

n. a tropical Asian tree (Holarrhena pubescens or Holarrhena antidysenterica) with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
Syn. -- ivory tree, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens, Holarrhena antidysenterica. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Conestoga wain

{ or . [ From Conestoga, Pennsylvania. ] A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Deaconess

n. (Eccl.) A female deacon; as: (a) (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. (b) (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. (c) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sycones

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a fig. ] (Zool.) A division of calcareous sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They usually resemble a fig, being vase-shaped with a fringed opening at the summit. The feeding cells are in ampullae connected with radial tubes in the thickened walls of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Diakonisse { f }

deaconess[Add to Longdo]

Kegel { m } | Kegel { pl }

cone | cones[Add to Longdo]

Stäbchen { n } (Auge) [ anat. ] | Stäbchen und Zapfen (auf der Netzhaut)

rod | rods and cones (in the retina)[Add to Longdo]

Tannenzapfen { m } | Tannenzapfen { pl }

fir cone | fir cones[Add to Longdo]

Teegebäck { n }

scone; scones[Add to Longdo]

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