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likeness
  • n  similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
    man created God in his own likeness
  • n  picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
  • v  consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
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likening
  • n  the act of comparing similarities
  • v  consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
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liking
  • n  a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
    I've always had a liking for reading
    she developed a liking for gin
  • v  prefer or wish to do something
  • v  find enjoyable or agreeable
  • v  be fond of
  • v  feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
  • v  want to have
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lilangeni
  • n  the basic unit of money in Swaziland; equal to 100 cents
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liliaceae
  • n  includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
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liliaceous plant
  • n  plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
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liliales
  • n  an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
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liliid monocot family
  • n  family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
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liliid monocot genus
  • n  genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
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liliidae
  • n  one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae
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liliopsid
  • n  a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
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