european : Idioms & Phrases

• noun tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath
  Fraxinus excelsior; common European ash.
  

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• noun European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers
  pedwood; blood-twig; red dogwood; Cornus sanguinea.
  

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• noun sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs
  Forficula auricularia.
  

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• noun fawn-colored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wings
  Garullus garullus.
  

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• noun tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath
  Fraxinus excelsior; common European ash.
  

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• noun upright deciduous European shrub widely naturalized in United States having clusters of juicy berries
  common barberry; Berberis vulgaris.
  

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• noun Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
  Vicia faba; field bean; English bean; broad-bean plant; broad bean; broad-bean.
  

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• noun large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
  common beech; Fagus sylvatica.
  

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• noun bur marigold of temperate Eurasia
  trifid bur marigold; trifid beggar-ticks; Bidens tripartita.
  

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• noun small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
  Prunus padus; hagberry tree; common bird cherry.
  

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• noun a kind of bittern
  Botaurus stellaris.
  

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• noun medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
  common alder; Alnus glutinosa; Alnus vulgaris.
  

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• noun widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries
  Ribes nigrum; black currant.
  

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• noun large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail
  heathfowl; Lyrurus tetrix.
  

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• noun common black European thrush
  ouzel; Turdus merula; merle; merl; ousel; blackbird.
  

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• noun blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
  whortleberry; bilberry.
  

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• noun of western Europe: Scandinavia to northern Spain and Portugal
  Narthecium ossifragum.
  

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• noun large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures
  Buxus sempervirens; common box.
  

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• noun European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food
  Abramis brama.
  

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• noun European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America
  Veronica beccabunga; brooklime.
  

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• noun common brown bat of Europe
  Eptesicus serotinus; serotine.
  

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• noun large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
  Silurus glanis; sheatfish.
  

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• noun the central bank of those members of the European Union who share a common currency
  
  • The European Central Bank is Europe's equivalent of the Federal Reserve

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• noun wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
  Castanea sativa; sweet chestnut; Spanish chestnut.
  

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• noun an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
  Europe; European Community; EC; European Economic Community; Common Market; EU; EEC.
  
  • he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union

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• noun native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants
  corn borer; Pyrausta nubilalis; corn borer moth.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the European continent
  European country.
  

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• noun small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere
  small cranberry; Vaccinium oxycoccus.
  

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• noun deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
  European cranberry bush; cranberry tree; Viburnum opulus; guelder rose; crampbark.
  

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• noun deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
  European cranberry bush; cranberry tree; Viburnum opulus; guelder rose; crampbark.
  

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• noun common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill
  Certhia familiaris.
  

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• noun common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds
  Cuculus canorus.
  

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• noun common Eurasian curlew
  Numenius arquata.
  

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• noun creeping European bramble bearing dewberries
  Rubus caesius.
  

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• noun sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers; cultivated in many varieties
  Erythronium dens-canis.
  

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• noun a dune grass of the Pacific seacoast used as a sand binder
  Leymus arenaria; Elymus arenarius; sea lyme grass.
  

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• noun an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
  Europe; European Community; EC; European Economic Community; Common Market; EU; EEC.
  
  • he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union

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• noun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
  black elder; bourtree; elderberry; common elder; Sambucus nigra.
  

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• noun large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
  elk; moose; Alces alces.
  

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• noun broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere
  English elm; Ulmus procera.
  

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• noun European elm with lustrous smooth leaves used as an ornamental
  smooth-leaved elm; Ulmus carpinifolia.
  

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• noun a kind of European salamander
  Salamandra salamandra.
  

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• noun important food fish of Europe
  Platichthys flesus.
  

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• noun cultivated Eurasian shrub with twin yellowish-white flowers and scarlet fruit
  European fly honeysuckle; Lonicera xylosteum.
  

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• noun purple gallinule of southern Europe
  Porphyrio porphyrio.
  

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• noun Old World goatsucker
  Caprimulgus europaeus; European goatsucker.
  

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• noun bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe
  Mediterranean hackberry; Celtis australis.
  

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• noun large hare introduced in North America; does not turn white in winter
  Lepus europaeus.
  

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• noun cultivated Eurasian shrub with twin yellowish-white flowers and scarlet fruit
  European fly honeysuckle; Lonicera xylosteum.
  

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• noun European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America
  bine; common hop; Humulus lupulus; common hops.
  

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• noun medium-sized Old World tree with smooth grey bark and leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn
  Carpinus betulus.
  

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• noun lives in human dwellings; naturalized in parts of America
  Acheta domestica.
  

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• noun European orchid having shorter racemes of strongly spiraling snow-white flowers
  Spiranthes spiralis.
  

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• noun tall European tree having a slender conic crown, flat needlelike leaves, and hairy cone scales
  Larix decidua.
  

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• noun police organization for the European Union; aims to improve effectiveness and cooperation among European police forces
  Europol.
  

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• noun notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown
  Lemmus lemmus.
  

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• noun similar to but smaller than American lobsters
  
• noun lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe
  Homarus vulgaris.
  

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• noun a common magpie of Eurasia
  Pica pica.
  

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• noun Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits
  rowan; Sorbus aucuparia; rowan tree.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the European continent
  European country.
  

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• noun Old World goatsucker
  Caprimulgus europaeus; European goatsucker.
  

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• noun medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds
  umbrella pine; stone pine; Pinus pinea.
  

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• noun a kind of nuthatch
  Sitta europaea.
  

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• noun evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
  olive; Olea europaea.
  

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• noun fern of Europe and Asia Minor having short slender rhizome and densely tufted bright green fronds resembling parsley
  mountain parsley fern; Cryptogramma crispa.
  

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• noun European perennial having usually violet or white spring flowers
  Pulsatilla vulgaris; Anemone pulsatilla.
  

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• noun a perch native to Europe
  Perca fluviatilis.
  

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• noun a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily
  continental plan.
  

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• noun Old World aspen with a broad much-branched crown; northwestern Europe and Siberia to North Africa
  Populus tremula; quaking aspen.
  

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• noun common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young are born naked and helpless
  Oryctolagus cuniculus; Old World rabbit.
  

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• noun the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange
  wild raspberry; Rubus idaeus; framboise.
  

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• noun a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952); named after George Marshall
  Marshall Plan.
  

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• noun Eurasian shrub
  Sambucus racemosa; red-berried elder.
  

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• noun common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back
  Coracias garrulus.
  

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• noun the part of Russia that is part of Europe
  

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• noun a variety of sandpiper
  Actitis hypoleucos.
  

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• noun sanicle of Europe and Asia having white to pale pink flowers
  Sanicula Europaea.
  

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• noun food fish of European coastal waters
  Pagellus centrodontus.
  

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• noun bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
  erne; grey sea eagle; Haliatus albicilla; gray sea eagle; ern; white-tailed sea eagle.
  

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• noun a common European butcherbird
  Lanius excubitor.
  

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• noun tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark
  Christmas tree; Abies alba.
  

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• noun common smelt of Europe
  sparling.
  
• noun the common smelt of Europe
  sparling; Osmerus eperlanus.
  

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• noun highly valued as food
  Solea solea.
  

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• noun a large spider crab of Europe
  king crab; Maja squinado.
  

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• noun common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs
  Apus apus.
  

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• noun common toad of Europe
  Bufo bufo.
  

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• noun small land tortoise of southern Europe
  Testudo graeca.
  

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• noun large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes
  turkey oak; Quercus cerris.
  

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• noun an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
  Europe; European Community; EC; European Economic Community; Common Market; EU; EEC.
  
  • he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union

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• noun a water ouzel of Europe
  Cinclus aquaticus.
  

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• noun widely distributed Old World water shrew
  Neomys fodiens.
  

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• noun European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
  common birch; silver birch; Betula pendula.
  

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• noun a water lily with white flowers
  Nymphaea alba.
  

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• noun bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
  Felis silvestris; catamountain.
  

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• noun large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)
  tarantula; Lycosa tarentula.
  

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• noun nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
  Apodemus sylvaticus.
  

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• noun woolly thistle of western and central Europe and Balkan Peninsula
  Cirsium eriophorum.
  

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• noun a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
  Aryan.
  
• noun the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
  Indo-European; Indo-Hittite.
  
• adjective of or relating to the Indo-European language family
  Indo-Germanic.
  
• adjective of or relating to the former Indo-European people
  Indo-Aryan; Aryan.
  
  • Indo-European migrations

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In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an adjective

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1. Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family.

   The common origin of the Indo-European nations. Tylor.

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• noun the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
  Indo-European; Indo-Hittite.
  

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• having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; said of hotels. U. S.

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• noun a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
  PIE.
  

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