para : Idioms & Phrases

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para aminobenzoic acid

  • noun a metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells; used to make dyes and drugs and sun blockers
    PABA.
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para grass

Pa*ra" grass`
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.
Webster 1913

para i

  • noun (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time
    primipara.
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para nut

Pa*ra" nut`
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The Brazil nut.
Webster 1913

para river

  • noun an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows
    Para.
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para rubber

  • noun a type of natural rubber obtained from tropical South American trees
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para rubber tree

  • noun deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow-white flowers; it yields a milky juice that is the chief source of commercial rubber
    Hevea brasiliensis; caoutchouc tree.
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para-

Par"a-
Etymology
Gr. beside; prob. akin to E. for- in forgive. Cf. For-.
Definitions
  1. A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism.
  2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting: (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde, paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification. (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid. Cf. Ortho-, and Meta-. Also used adjectively.
Webster 1913