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• the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
Example sentence • The endocarp is the hard, inner layer of a fruit.
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• the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
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• raise trivial objections
Example sentence • I caught a large carp in the lake yesterday.
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• a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
Example sentence • She played a beautiful melody on her harp .
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• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
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• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
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• changing suddenly in direction and degree
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• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
Example sentence • She wore a sharp suit to the job interview.
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Example sentence • The apocarp in this plant species allows for easy dispersal of seeds.
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Example sentence • The cystocarp is a reproductive structure found in certain species of red algae.
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Example sentence • The procarp of the alga shows signs of rapid growth.
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Example sentence • The sarcocarp of a peach is sweet and juicy.
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• a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
Example sentence • She picked up a small scarp of paper from the ground.
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• A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord.
Example sentence • She played a beautiful melody on her autoharp .
4 1 verb, noun v, n Example sentence • I used a tarp to cover my woodpile and protect it from the rain.
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• a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
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• make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Example sentence • The wood had a warp in it, causing the table to wobble.
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• mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus
Example sentence • The ascocarp of the fungus is found on decaying wood.
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• outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape
Example sentence • The exocarp of the orange is thick and easy to peel.
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• a plant that bears fruit once and dies
Example sentence • The monocarp of this plant is a single fruit that grows on the main stem.
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• any evergreen in the Southern Hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed
Example sentence • The podocarp tree is native to New Zealand.
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• a dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed
Example sentence • The fruit of some umbelliferous plants, such as fennel and parsley, is a schizocarp .
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• specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia
Example sentence • The sporocarp of the mushroom is commonly found in moist forest areas.
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• a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
Example sentence • I love listening to the vibraharp in jazz music.
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Example sentence • The archicarp of a moss plant may contain both male and female reproductive structures.
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• To sharpen (an image) by creating a blurred ("unsharp") negative as a mask, and then combining that mask with the original.
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• Not sharp; out of focus.
Example sentence • The unsharp image needs to be edited before being used.
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Example sentence • The xylocarp of the coconut tree is commonly known as a coconut.
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• a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
Example sentence • He was known as a skilled cardsharp , constantly winning at the poker table.
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• tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae
Example sentence • The seeds of dipterocarps are dispersed by the wind.
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• outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape
Example sentence • The epicarp is the outermost layer of a fruit's skin.
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• a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
Example sentence • The steep escarp along the coast creates breathtaking views.
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• the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
Example sentence • The pericarp of a peach is edible and encloses the seed.
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• fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple
Example sentence • The syncarp is a type of fruit that is formed by the fusion of several individual ovaries.
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Example sentence • The moldwarp burrowed into the ground.
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Example sentence • Be careful when using a knife that is oversharp , as it can easily cut through delicate items.
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Example sentence • She used a supersharp knife to slice the tomatoes.
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Example sentence • She was amazed by the ultrasharp blade of the kitchen knife.
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• innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
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Example sentence • The anthocarp of a strawberry consists of both the fleshy receptacle and the tiny achenes on its surface.
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• a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)
Example sentence • He is studying the classification of acrocarp mosses
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• fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry
Example sentence • The pseudocarp is a type of fruit that develops from the enlarged receptacle and other floral parts, such as the hypanthium, perianth, and calyx.
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Example sentence • The achaenocarp is a dry fruit that does not split open.
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Example sentence • The cremocarp is a unique fruit structure found in certain plant families.
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Example sentence • He parped the car horn to get the driver's attention.
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Example sentence • The pyrenocarp is a type of fruit that contains a single seed.
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Example sentence • A rhizocarp is a type of aquatic plant with rhizoids instead of roots.
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• a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
Example sentence • He was known around town as a notorious card sharp .
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• closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration
Example sentence • The cleistocarp is a closed fruiting body that does not open to release spores.
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• European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
Example sentence • The crucian carp is a species of freshwater fish native to Europe and Asia.
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• large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest
Example sentence • The domestic carp is a species of freshwater fish.
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• a musical notation of two sharps in front of a note indicating that it is to be raised by two semitones
Example sentence • In music notation, a double sharp raises the pitch of a note by two semitones.
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