tall : Idioms & Phrases

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racket-tall

Rack"et-tall noun
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  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.
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tall bellflower

  • noun annual or perennial of eastern North America with long spikes of blue or white flowers
    Campanula americana.
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tall bilberry

  • noun high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries
    Vaccinium corymbosum; high-bush blueberry; swamp blueberry.
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tall buttercup

  • noun perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America
    meadow buttercup; tall crowfoot; tall buttercup; Ranunculus acris.
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tall crowfoot

  • noun perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America
    meadow buttercup; tall crowfoot; tall buttercup; Ranunculus acris.
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tall cupflower

  • noun shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamental
    Nierembergia frutescens.
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tall field buttercup

  • noun perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America
    meadow buttercup; tall crowfoot; tall buttercup; Ranunculus acris.
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tall gallberry holly

  • noun an evergreen shrub
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tall goldenrod

  • noun a variety of goldenrod
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tall mallow

  • noun erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
    cheese; high mallow; Malva sylvestris; cheeseflower.
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tall meadow grass

  • noun coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
    Arrhenatherum elatius; French rye; false oat; evergreen grass; tall meadow grass.
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tall oat grass

  • noun coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
    Arrhenatherum elatius; French rye; false oat; evergreen grass; tall meadow grass.
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tall oil

  • noun an oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants
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tall order

  • noun a formidable task or requirement
    large order.
    • finishing in time was a tall order but we did it
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tall sunflower

  • noun very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots
    giant sunflower; Helianthus giganteus; Indian potato.
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tall tale

  • noun an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
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tall white violet

  • noun tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
    Canada violet; Viola canadensis; white violet.
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tall yellow-eye

  • noun of Australia
    Xyris operculata.
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tall-grass

  • noun any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture
    tallgrass.
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tall-growing

  • adjective satellite (of plants) having tall spindly stems
    leggy.
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tall-stalked

  • adjective satellite of plants having relatively long stalks
    long-stalked.
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