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gesneria family
  • n  large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales
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gesneriaceae
  • n  large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales
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gesneriad
  • n  any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia
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gesso
  • n  gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared)
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gestalt
  • n  a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts
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gestalt law of organization
  • n  a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization
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gestalt principle of organization
  • n  a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization
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gestalt psychology
  • n  (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties
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gestapo
  • n  the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods
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gestation
  • n  the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
  • n  the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
  • n  the conception and development of an idea or plan
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gestation period
  • n  the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
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gestational age
  • n  the age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization
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