cluster : Idioms & Phrases
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cluster bean
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noun drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material
Cyamopsis psoraloides; Cyamopsis tetragonolobus; guar.
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cluster bomb
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noun bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area
- cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely
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cluster bomblet
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noun one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb
bomblet.
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cluster headache
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noun a painful recurring headache associated with the release of histamine from cells
histamine headache.
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cluster of differentiation 4
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noun a glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of helper T cells
CD4.
- CD4 is a receptor for HIV in humans
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cluster of differentiation 8
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noun a membrane glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of cytotoxic T cells
CD8.
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clustered bellflower
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noun bellflower of Europe to temperate Asia having dense spikes of violet-blue to white flowers
Campanula glomerata.
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Clustered column
(Arch.) , a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.
Webster 1913
clustered lady's slipper
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noun clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado
Cypripedium fasciculatum.
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clustered poppy mallow
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noun densely hairy perennial having mostly triangular basal leaves and rose-purple flowers in panicled clusters
Callirhoe triangulata.
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flower cluster
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noun an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers
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oak leaf cluster
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noun a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before
