portuguese : Idioms & Phrases

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portuguese cypress

  • noun tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa
    Mexican cypress; cedar of Goa; Cupressus lusitanica.
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portuguese escudo

  • noun formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo
    escudo.
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portuguese guinea

  • noun a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
    Guine-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau; Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
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portuguese heath

  • noun erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England
    Erica lusitanica; Spanish heath.
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Portuguese man-of-war

  • noun large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
    man-of-war; jellyfish.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See Physalia.
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portuguese monetary unit

  • noun monetary unit in Portugal
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portuguese republic

  • noun a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
    Portugal.
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