cystoid macular edema
— Noun
– English
~ a specific pattern of swelling in the central retina
Corallorhiza maculata
— Noun
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~ common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips; Guatemala to Canada
Conium maculatum
— Noun
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~ large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
Cryptacanthodes maculatus
— Noun
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~ eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
custom-made
— Noun
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~ an item made to the customer's specifications
common madia
— Noun
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~ California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays
Cancer magister
— Noun
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~ small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
Chinese magnolia
— Noun
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~ large deciduous shrub or small tree having large open rosy to purplish flowers; native to Asia; prized as an ornamental in eastern North America
class Magnoliopsida
— Noun
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~ comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae
cro-magnon
— Noun
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~ extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe
Cebu maguey
— Noun
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~ hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants
cedar mahogany
— Noun
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~ African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown
Cuban mahogany
— Noun
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~ mahogany tree of West Indies
common maidenhair
— Noun
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~ delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan
climbing maidenhair
— Noun
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~ tropical fern widespread in Old World; naturalized in Jamaica and Florida
climbing maidenhair fern
— Noun
– English
~ tropical fern widespread in Old World; naturalized in Jamaica and Florida
Commissaire Maigret
— Noun
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~ a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon
chain mail
— Noun
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~ (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
coup de main
— Noun
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~ an attack without warning
criminal maintenance
— Noun
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~ the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community; "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit"