dwarf : Idioms & Phrases

• noun small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
  Betula glandulosa; American dwarf birch.
  

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• noun mat-forming evergreen Asiatic plant with finely cut leaves and small pink to burgundy flowers; grown as ground cover
  Astilbe chinensis pumila.
  

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• noun low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit
  Musa acuminata.
  

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• noun low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries
  Vaccinium caespitosum; dwarf bilberry.
  

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• noun low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries
  Vaccinium caespitosum; dwarf bilberry.
  

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• noun a spreading shrub with pink flowers; found in southeastern United States
  bottlebrush buckeye.
  

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• noun small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns
  anoa; Anoa depressicornis.
  

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• noun stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits
  strawberry tomato; Physalis pruinosa.
  

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• noun shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
  Castanea pumila; eastern chinquapin; chinquapin; Allegheny chinkapin.
  

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• noun deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets
  dwarf chinkapin oak; Quercus prinoides; dwarf chinquapin oak.
  

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• noun deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets
  dwarf chinkapin oak; Quercus prinoides; dwarf chinquapin oak.
  

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• noun creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska
  bunchberry; Cornus canadensis; pudding berry; crackerberry.
  

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• noun tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads; southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah; sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum
  woolly daisy; Antheropeas wallacei; Eriophyllum wallacei.
  

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• noun small yellow-flowered herb resembling dandelions of central and southeastern United States
  Krigia bulbosa; Krigia dandelion.
  

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• noun dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor
  danewort; Sambucus ebulus.
  
• noun bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark
  bristly sarsaparilla; bristly sarsparilla; Aralia hispida.
  

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• (Bot.), danewort.

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• noun fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament
  Siberian elm; Chinese elm; Ulmus pumila.
  

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• noun small Chinese shrub with smooth unfurrowed dark red fruit grown especially for its red or pink or white flowers
  Prunus glandulosa.
  

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• noun evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin; mountains of California
  Chrysolepis sempervirens.
  

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• noun willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
  dwarf gray willow; sage willow; Salix tristis.
  

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• noun willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
  dwarf gray willow; sage willow; Salix tristis.
  

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• noun similar to but smaller than alpine hulsea
  Hulsea nana.
  

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• noun low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers
  Iris verna; vernal iris.
  
• noun low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States
  Iris cristata.
  

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• noun a procumbent variety of the common juniper
  ground cedar; Juniperus communis depressa.
  
• noun procumbent or spreading juniper
  savin; Juniperus sabina.
  

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• noun tufted spikemoss forming loose spreading mats; eastern North America
  rock spikemoss; Selaginella rupestris.
  

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• noun small maple of northwestern North America
  Acer glabrum; Rocky-mountain maple.
  

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• noun low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
  mountain pine; mugo pine; Pinus mugo; Swiss mountain pine; mugho pine.
  

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• noun creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
  salmonberry; bakeapple; Rubus chamaemorus; cloudberry; baked-apple berry.
  

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• noun small European herb with small yellow flowers
  Arnoseris minima; lamb succory.
  

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• noun deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets
  dwarf chinkapin oak; Quercus prinoides; dwarf chinquapin oak.
  

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• noun low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover
  moss pink; mountain phlox; moss phlox; Phlox subulata.
  

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• noun small (4 inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast
  Syngnathus hildebrandi.
  

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• noun small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
  kangaroo mouse.
  

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• noun Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers
  Russian almond; Prunus tenella.
  

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• noun very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific
  Kogia simus.
  

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• noun European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States
  Euphorbia exigua.
  

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• noun common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
  black sumac; shining sumac; Rhus copallina; mountain sumac.
  

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• noun small early blooming tulip
  Tulipa suaveolens; Tulipa armena.
  

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• (Arch.), a low wall, not as high as the story of a building, often used as a garden wall or fence.

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• noun widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves
  Salix herbacea.
  

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• noun a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
  snow trillium; early wake-robin.
  

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• noun a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf)
  hypophysial dwarf; Levi-Lorrain dwarf.
  

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• noun an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal
  normal dwarf; hypoplastic dwarf; primordial dwarf.
  

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• noun a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf)
  hypophysial dwarf; Levi-Lorrain dwarf.
  

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• noun small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
  Betula glandulosa; American dwarf birch.
  

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• noun an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal
  normal dwarf; hypoplastic dwarf; primordial dwarf.
  

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• noun the yellow dwarf disease of onion plants
  

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• noun the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of onion plants
  

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• noun a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf)
  hypophysial dwarf; Levi-Lorrain dwarf.
  

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• noun the yellow dwarf disease of potato plants
  potato yellow dwarf.
  

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• noun the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of potato plants
  

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• noun an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal
  normal dwarf; hypoplastic dwarf; primordial dwarf.
  

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• noun a small, old, relatively cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter
  red dwarf.
  

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• noun a small, old, relatively cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter
  red dwarf.
  

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• noun small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches
  Microstrobos niphophilus.
  

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• noun an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal
  normal dwarf; hypoplastic dwarf; primordial dwarf.
  

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• noun a faint star of enormous density
  white dwarf.
  

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• noun a faint star of enormous density
  white dwarf.
  

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• noun any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves
  

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• noun the yellow dwarf disease of potato plants
  potato yellow dwarf.
  

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