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• desert lemon

  n. called also NativeKumquat, Atalantia glauca, Hook., N.O. Rutacea. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful N...

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• Desert

  ·noun That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually ...

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• Desert

  1) Heb. midbar, "pasture-ground;" an open tract for pasturage; a common (Joel 2:22). The "backside o...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• desert

  An extensive tract, either absolutely sterile, or having no other vegetation than small patches of g...

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• Desert

  Not a stretch of sand, an utterly barren waste, but a wild, uninhabited region. The words rendered i...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Lemon

  ·noun The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree. II. Lemon ·noun An oval or roundish fruit resemb...

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• desert-oak

  n. an Australian tree, Casuarinadecaisneana, F. v. M. See Casuarina and Oak. 1896. Baldwin Spencer...

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• pea, desert

  n. See Sturt's Desert Pea. ...

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• Sea lemon

  ·- Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, havin...

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• Water lemon

  ·- The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); — ...

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• Lemon, Mark

  (1809-1870) Journalist and humorist, b. in London, wrote many theatrical pieces, and a few novels, ...

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• lemon-sole

  n. In England, the name is appliedto an inferior species of Sole. In New South Wales,it is given to...

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• lemon, wild

  n. a timber tree, Canthiumlatifolium, F. v. M., N.O. Rubiaceae; called also Wild Orange. ...

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• lemon-wood

  n. one of the names given bysettlers to the New Zealand tree called by Maoris Tarata (q.v.), or Map...

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• lemon-rob

  The inspissated juice of limes or lemons, a powerful anti-scorbutic. ...

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• sturt's desert pea

  n. a beautiful creeper, Clianthus dampieri, Cunn., N.O. Leguminosae,which will only grow in very dr...

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• lemon-scented gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• lemon-scented ironbark

  n. a name given to the Queensland tree Eucalyptus staigeriana, F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae. See Ironba...

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