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botany

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N: the study of plans 植物学

wool from Australia

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apiary

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N: a location where beehives of honey bees are kept.

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curator

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N: keeper of a museum

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destitute

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A: without the basic necessities of life; poor.

“the charity cares for destitute children”

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scour

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V/N: clean the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, scrub, rub, clean.

“he scoured the bathtub”

N: diarrhea in livestock, especially cattle and pigs.

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grime

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N: 1. dirt ingrained on the surface of something.
2. a genre of popular music influenced by UK garage, typically characterized by a minimal, prominent rhythm, a very low-pitched bassline, and vocals by an MC.

“The windows were thick with grime”

V: blacken or make dirty with grime.
“The beaches are grimed with a foul foam”

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playwright

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N: a person who writes plays: William Shakespeare.

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rancid

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A: (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale.

“rancid meat”

N; rancidity, rancidness

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blithe

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A : showing a casual and cheerful disregard
2. happy, joyful

  1. “a blithe disregard for the rules of the road”
  2. “a blithe seaside comedy”
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argent

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N/A: silverly white

the argent moon

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cygnet

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N: a young swan.

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