dwarf
- n a person who is markedly small
- n a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
- n a plant or animal that is atypically small
- v make appear small by comparison
This year's debt dwarfs that of last year - v check the growth of
the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines
dwarf-white trillium
- n a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
dwarf astilbe
- n mat-forming evergreen Asiatic plant with finely cut leaves and small pink to burgundy flowers; grown as ground cover
dwarf banana
- n low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit