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lilyturf
  • n  Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover
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lima
  • n  capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
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lima bean
  • n  bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
  • n  bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
  • n  broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw
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lima bean plant
  • n  bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
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limanda
  • n  a genus of Pleuronectidae; righteye flounders having a humped nose and small scales; the underside is often brightly colored
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limanda ferruginea
  • n  American flounder having a yellowish tail
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limb
  • n  one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
  • n  any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
  • n  (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
  • n  either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
    the upper limb of the bow
  • n  the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
    the limb of the sextant
  • n  any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
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limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
  • n  an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age; characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle; usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications in the later stages
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limber pine
  • n  western North American pine with long needles and very flexible limbs and dark-grey furrowed bark
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limbers
  • n  a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well
  • n  a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
  • v  attach the limber
  • v  cause to become limber
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