brittle : Idioms & Phrases

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brittle bladder fern

  • noun delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems
    fragile fern; brittle bladder fern; Cystopteris fragilis.
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brittle bush

  • noun fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine
    brittlebush; Encelia farinosa; incienso.
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brittle fern

  • noun delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems
    fragile fern; brittle bladder fern; Cystopteris fragilis.
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brittle maidenhair

  • noun tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated
    Adiantum tenerum; brittle maidenhair.
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brittle maidenhair fern

  • noun tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated
    Adiantum tenerum; brittle maidenhair.
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Brittle silver ore

  • the mineral stephanite.
Webster 1913

brittle star

  • noun an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
    serpent star; brittle star.
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Brit"tle star`
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  1. Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.
Webster 1913

brittle willow

  • noun large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
    Salix fragilis; crack willow; snap willow.
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brittle-star

  • noun an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
    serpent star; brittle star.
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peanut brittle

  • noun brittle containing peanuts
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