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The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic.
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A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion. →
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One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent. →
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A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others. →
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An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament. →