rex : Idioms & Phrases


balaeniceps rex

  • noun large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe
    shoebird; shoebill.
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begonia rex

  • noun any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers
    Begonia rex; king begonia; painted-leaf begonia; beefsteak geranium.
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oedipus rex

  • noun (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
    Oedipus; King Oedipus.
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rex begonia

  • noun any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers
    Begonia rex; king begonia; painted-leaf begonia; beefsteak geranium.
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rex harrison

  • noun English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
    Reginald Carey Harrison; Rex Harrison; Harrison.
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sir rex harrison

  • noun English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
    Reginald Carey Harrison; Rex Harrison; Harrison.
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To play rex

  • to play the king; to domineer. Obs.
Webster 1913

tyrannosaurus rex

  • noun large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
    tyrannosaurus; tyrannosaur.
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