sickle : Idioms & Phrases
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common sickle pine
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noun small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia
Falcatifolium falciforme.
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hammer and sickle
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noun the emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union
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sickle alfalfa
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noun European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods
Medicago falcata; sickle lucerne; sickle alfalfa.
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sickle cell
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noun an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin
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sickle feather
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noun one of the long curved tail feathers of a rooster
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sickle lucerne
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noun European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods
Medicago falcata; sickle lucerne; sickle alfalfa.
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sickle medick
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noun European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods
Medicago falcata; sickle lucerne; sickle alfalfa.
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Sickle pod
(Bot.) , a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis ) having very long curved pods.
Webster 1913
sickle-cell anaemia
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noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
sickle-cell anaemia; crescent-cell anaemia; drepanocytic anaemia; crescent-cell anemia; drepanocytic anemia; sickle-cell anemia.
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sickle-cell anemia
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noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
sickle-cell anaemia; crescent-cell anaemia; drepanocytic anaemia; crescent-cell anemia; drepanocytic anemia; sickle-cell anemia.
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sickle-cell disease
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noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
sickle-cell anaemia; crescent-cell anaemia; drepanocytic anaemia; crescent-cell anemia; drepanocytic anemia; sickle-cell anemia.
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sickle-shaped
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adjective satellite curved like a sickle
falcate; falciform.
- a falcate leaf
- falcate claws
- the falcate moon
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yellow-leaf sickle pine
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noun a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew
Falcatifolium taxoides.