chub mackerel
— Noun
– English
~ small mackerel found nearly worldwide
Carissa macrocarpa
— Noun
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~ very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves
Cupressus macrocarpa
— Noun
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~ tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting
Catasetum macrocarpum
— Noun
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~ orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
Calochortus macrocarpus
— Noun
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~ mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
cystoid macular edema
— Noun
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~ 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
camp-made
— Adjective
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~ made as part of the arts-and-crafts program at summer camp; "my camp-made leather wallet"
custom-made
— Adjective
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~ made according to the specifications of an individual
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
crimson-magenta
— Adjective
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~ magenta tinged with crimson
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