grey matter
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~ greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
genus Matteuccia
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~ small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae
genus Matthiola
— Noun
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~ genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals
Guy de Maupassant
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~ French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893)
George du Maurier
— Noun
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~ English writer and illustrator; grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896)
Glycine max
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~ erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia
genus Maxillaria
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~ large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes
gluteus maximus
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~ the outermost of the three gluteal muscles
genus Maxostoma
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~ a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
genus Mayaca
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~ small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers
Giuseppe Mazzini
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~ Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872)
George Herbert Mead
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~ United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931)
George Gordon Meade
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~ United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872)
golden mean
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~ the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long)
golden mean
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~ the middle between extremes
geometric mean
— Noun
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~ the mean of n numbers expressed as the n-th root of their product
grammatical meaning
— Noun
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~ the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form