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devices
  • n  an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'
    eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force
    the children were left to their own devices
  • n  an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
  • n  something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
  • n  any clever maneuver
  • n  any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
  • n  an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
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devil tree
  • n  evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
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