winter : Idioms & Phrases

• noun variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage
  field-pea plant; Pisum sativum arvense; field pea; Pisum arvense.
  

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• noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
  American watercress; Barbarea verna; American cress; Belle Isle cress; Barbarea praecox; land cress.
  

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• noun Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb
  western prince's pine; Chimaphila umbellata; Chimaphila corymbosa.
  

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• noun small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
  Solanum pseudocapsicum; Madeira winter cherry; Jerusalem cherry.
  

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• noun a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish
  

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• noun small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone
  Eranthis hyemalis.
  

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• an apple that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter.

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• a kind of barley that is sown in autumn.

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• (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs (Ilex verticillata, I. lævigata, etc.) of the Holly family, having bright red berries conspicuous in winter.

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• . (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Azalea. (b) A plant of the genus Hamamelis (H. Viginica); witch-hazel; so called from its flowers appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are falling.

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• (Zoöl.), a statoblast.

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• noun Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
  bladder cherry; Physalis alkekengi; Chinese lantern plant.
  
• noun small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
  Solanum pseudocapsicum; Madeira winter cherry; Jerusalem cherry.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant (Physalis Alkekengi) of the Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the inflated and persistent calyx. See Alkekengi.

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• (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by a cough recurring each winter.

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• noun any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad
  scurvy grass; St. Barbara's herb.
  
• noun cress cultivated for winter salads
  

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• (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant (Barbarea vulgaris).

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• noun any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks
  Cucurbita moschata; winter crookneck.
  

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• noun any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks
  Cucurbita moschata; winter crookneck.
  
• noun a squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neck
  

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• a crop which will bear the winter, or which may be converted into fodder during the winter.

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• noun a flowering shrub
  Ribes sanguineum.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The pintail. (b) The old squaw.

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• (Zoöl.), an egg produced in the autumn by many invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter. Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner different from that of the summer eggs.

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• ground that is fallowed in winter.

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• . (Bot.) Same as White sage, under White.

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• noun large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
  poison parsley; poison hemlock; hemlock; Nebraska fern; Conium maculatum; California fern.
  

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• (Med.), pneumonia. Colloq.

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• noun flesh of American flounder; important in the winter
  lemon sole.
  
• noun important American food fish in the winter
  lemon sole; blackback flounder; Pseudopleuronectes americanus.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See the Note under Flounder.

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• noun shrub or tree native to Japan cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-pink flowers
  rosebud cherry; Prunus subhirtella.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common European gull; called also winter mew. Prov. Eng.

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• noun any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves
  flowering hazel.
  

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• noun dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers
  Erica carnea; spring heath.
  

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• noun European herb with vanilla-scented white-pink flowers
  sweet coltsfoot; Petasites fragrans.
  

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• . (Med.) See Prarie itch, under Prairie.

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• noun deciduous rambling shrub widely cultivated for its winter-blooming yellow flowers
  Jasminum nudiflorum.
  

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• . (Bot.) Same as Hibernaculum.

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• 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; Persian melon.
  
• noun the fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well
  

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• 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; Persian melon.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Winter gull, above. Prov. Eng.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the European species (Cheimatobia brumata). These moths have rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago state. The female of some of the species is wingless.

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• noun an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters
  Flammulina velutipes.
  

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• oil prepared so as not to solidify in moderately cold weather.

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• noun an Olympics for winter sports
  Winter Olympic Games.
  

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• noun an Olympics for winter sports
  Winter Olympic Games.
  

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• a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter.

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• noun succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America
  Montia perfoliata; Cuban spinach; miner's lettuce.
  

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• the quarters of troops during the winter; a winter residence or station.

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• noun European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
  Christmas rose; Helleborus niger; black hellebore.
  

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• a kind of rye that is sown in autumn.

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• noun erect perennial subshrub having pink or white flowers and leathery leaves with a flavor of thyme; southern Europe
  Satureja montana; Satureia montana.
  
• noun resinous leaves used in stews and stuffings and meat loaf
  winter savory.
  

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• noun resinous leaves used in stews and stuffings and meat loaf
  winter savory.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad.

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• (Zoöl.), the goosander. Local, U.S.

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• (Zoöl.), hibernation.

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• (Zoöl.), the dunlin.

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• noun December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point
  

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• . (Astron.) See Solstice, 2.

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• noun any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
  winter squash.
  
• noun any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months
  

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• noun any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
  winter squash.
  

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• noun dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete
  hop marjoram; cretan dittany; dittany of crete; crete dittany; Origanum dictamnus.
  
• noun aromatic Eurasian perennial
  marjoram; wild marjoram; Origanum vulgare; oregano; pot marjoram.
  
• noun medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
  Acocanthera oblongifolia; Acocanthera spectabilis; poison arrow plant.
  
• noun deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
  Japanese allspice; Japan allspice; Chimonanthus praecox.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the green-winged teal.

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• noun a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae
  

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• (Zoöl.), the gray wagtail (Motacilla melanope). Prov. Eng.

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• wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the winter, and ripens in the following summer.

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• noun small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere
  Troglodytes troglodytes.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small American wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) closely resembling the common wren.

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• noun aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties
  
• noun South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood
  Drimys winteri; winter's bark.
  

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Win"ter's bark`

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1. (Bot.) The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, ∨ Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.

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• noun small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae
  Winteraceae; family Winteraceae.
  

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• noun South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood
  Drimys winteri; winter's bark.
  

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Win"ter-beat`en adjective

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1. Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter. Spenser.

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the winter
  winter-blooming.
  

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the winter
  winter-blooming.
  

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Win"ter-ground` transitive verb

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1. To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant.

   The ruddock would . . . bring thee all this, Yea, and furred moss besides, when flowers are none To winter-ground thy corse. Shak.

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Win"ter-proud` adjective

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1. Having too rank or forward a growth for winter.

   When either corn is winter-proud, or other plants put forth and bud too early. Holland.

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Win"ter-rig` transitive verb

Etymology

See Winter and Ridge.

Definitions

1. To fallow or till in winter. Prov. Eng.

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