Words in english starting with G

• Great Revolt — Noun – English ～ a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II
• Glorious Revolution — Noun – English ～ the revolution against James II; there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689)
• Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution — Noun – English ～ a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos
• green revolution — Noun – English ～ the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
• genus Rhagoletis — Noun – English ～ a genus of Trypetidae
• genus Rhamnus — Noun – English ～ type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns
• genus Rhapis — Noun – English ～ genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan
• genus Rhea — Noun – English ～ type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches
• genus Rheum — Noun – English ～ rhubarb
• genus Rhexia — Noun – English ～ deer grass
• genus Rhincodon — Noun – English ～ whale sharks
• genus Rhinoceros — Noun – English ～ type genus of the Rhinocerotidae
• genus Rhinonicteris — Noun – English ～ orange horseshoe bats
• genus Rhinoptera — Noun – English ～ a genus of Myliobatidae
• genus Rhipsalis — Noun – English ～ large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits
• genus Rhizobium — Noun – English ～ the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen
• genus Rhizoctinia — Noun – English ～ form genus of imperfect fungi some species of which are now placed in genera Pellicularia and Corticium because their perfect stages have been found
• genus Rhizophora — Noun – English ～ type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs
• genus Rhizopogon — Noun – English ～ a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers
• genus Rhizopus — Noun – English ～ a genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids

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