Brown-stem-rot
a disease of soybeans, characterized by brown discoloration and decay of internal tissues of the stem and leaf, caused by a fungus, Cephalosporium gregatum.
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- Brownstone
a reddish-brown sandstone, used extensively as a building material. Also called brownstone front. a building, especially a row house, fronted with this stone. Archaic. belonging or pertaining to the well-to-do class. Contemporary Examples Buddy Can You Spare Ten Grand? Noah Kristula-Green February 28, 2012 Spike Lee Blasts The New York Times’ Story on Brooklyn Gentrification […]
- Brownstoner
a person who lives in or owns a brownstone house.
- Brown-study
deep, serious absorption in thought: Lost in a brown study, she was oblivious to the noise. Historical Examples The Damnation of Theron Ware Harold Frederic The Copper Princess Kirk Munroe The Positive Outcome of Philosophy Joseph Dietzgen Hildebrand Anonymous Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) The Coryston Family Mrs. Humphry Ward Harper’s Young People, […]
- Brown-study--in-a
Daydreaming or deeply contemplative, as in Margaret sits in the library, in a brown study. This term dates from the late 1500s, and although by then in a study had long meant “lost in thought,” the reason for adding brown is unclear. Moreover, the present idiom also is ambiguous, some holding that it denotes genuine […]