oriental : Idioms & Phrases

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oriental alabaster

  • noun a hard compact kind of calcite
    alabaster; onyx marble; Mexican onyx.
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oriental arborvitae

  • noun Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus
    Platycladus orientalis; Thuja orientalis.
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oriental beetle

  • noun introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses
    Anomala orientalis; Asiatic beetle.
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oriental bittersweet

  • noun ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America
    Celastrus orbiculatus; Japan bittersweet; Japanese bittersweet; Celastric articulatus.
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oriental black mushroom

  • noun edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe
    Chinese black mushroom; shiitake mushroom; shiitake; Lentinus edodes; golden oak mushroom.
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oriental bush cherry

  • noun woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms
    Prunus japonica; flowering almond.
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oriental cherry

  • noun ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms
    Japanese cherry; Japanese flowering cherry; Prunus serrulata.
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oriental cockroach

  • noun dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
    Asiatic cockroach; blackbeetle; oriental cockroach; Blatta orientalis.
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oriental garlic

  • noun a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
    Chinese chive; garlic chive; Allium tuberosum.
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oriental person

  • noun a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
    Oriental.
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oriental plane

  • noun large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor
    Platanus orientalis.
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oriental poppy

  • noun commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers
    Papaver orientale.
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oriental roach

  • noun dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
    Asiatic cockroach; blackbeetle; oriental cockroach; Blatta orientalis.
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oriental scops owl

  • noun Asian scops owl
    Otus sunia.
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oriental sore

  • noun leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions
    Delhi boil; tropical sore; cutaneous leishmaniasis; Old World leishmaniasis; Aleppo boil.
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oriental spruce

  • noun evergreen tree of the Caucasus and Asia Minor used as an ornamental having pendulous branchlets
    Picea orientalis.
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oriental studies

  • noun the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
    Orientalism.
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sierra madre oriental

  • noun a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico
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