Camberwell-beauty
mourning cloak.
noun
a nymphalid butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, of temperate regions, having dark purple wings with cream-yellow borders US name mourning cloak
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- Cambia
a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems, roots, etc., originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood. Historical Examples Sons and Fathers Harry Stillwell Edwards […]
- Cambial
a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems, roots, etc., originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood. noun (pl) -biums, -bia (-bɪə) (botany) a meristem […]
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a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a skip, usually of a third above or below, and progressing by a step.
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a dealer in bills of exchange. an expert in foreign exchange. a manual giving the moneys, weights, and measures of different countries, with their equivalents. Historical Examples Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various noun (finance) a dealer or expert in foreign exchange a manual of currency exchange rates and similar equivalents […]