persian : Idioms & Phrases


dari persian

  • noun an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan
    Dari.
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Persian berry

  • the fruit of Rhamnus infectorius, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond.
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Persian cat

  • noun a long-haired breed of cat
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  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Angora cat, under Angora.
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Persian columns

  • (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; called also Persians. See Atlantes.
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persian deity

  • noun a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians
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Persian drill

  • (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder.
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persian empire

  • noun an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
    Persia.
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Persian fire

  • (Med.), malignant pustule.
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persian gulf

  • noun a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world
    Arabian Gulf.
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persian gulf illness

  • noun a medical condition of uncertain origin that affected many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War; characterized by fatigue and headache and dizziness and nausea and rashes and joint pain and respiratory disorders
    Gulf War syndrome.
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persian gulf war

  • noun a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
    Gulf War.
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persian iris

  • noun bulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowers
    Iris persica.
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persian lamb

  • noun the fur of a karakul lamb
  • noun a karakul lamb
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persian lilac

  • noun tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
    azedarach; azederach; China tree; Melia azederach; chinaberry tree; chinaberry; Melia azedarach; pride-of-India.
  • noun small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers
    Syringa persica.
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persian melon

  • noun any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell
    honeydew melon; Cucumis melo inodorus; winter melon; winter melon vine.
  • noun the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large green melon with orange flesh
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Persian powder

  • . See Insect powder, under Insect.
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Persian red

  • . See Indian red (a), under Indian.
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persian violet

  • noun perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers
    Exacum affine.
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persian walnut

  • noun Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
    Juglans regia; Circassian walnut; English walnut; English walnut tree.
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Persian wheel

  • a noria; a tympanum. See Noria.
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