vigna
— Noun
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～ genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus
Vigna unguiculata
— Noun
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～ sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
Vigna caracalla
— Noun
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～ perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
Vigna radiata
— Noun
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～ erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
Vigna sinensis
— Noun
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～ sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
Vigna aconitifolia
— Noun
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～ East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
Vigna angularis
— Noun
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～ bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds
Vigna sesquipedalis
— Noun
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～ South American bean having very long succulent pods
vignette
— Noun
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～ a brief literary description
vignette
— Noun
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～ a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
vignette
— Noun
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～ a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
vigor
— Noun
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～ active strength of body or mind
vigor
— Noun
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～ forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"
vigor
— Noun
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～ an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"
vigorish
— Noun
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～ a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster
vigorish
— Noun
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～ an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
vigorous
— Adjective
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～ characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war"
vigorous
— Adjective
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～ strong and active physically or mentally; "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W.H.Hudson
vigorously
— Adverb
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～ with vigor; in a vigorous manner; "he defended his ideas vigorously"