wild : Idioms & Phrases

• an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment.

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• noun a wild ass of Africa
  Equus asinus.
  

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• noun shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico
  Gossypium thurberi; Arizona wild cotton.
  

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• noun genus of Asiatic wild oxen
  

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• noun United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)
  Billy Wilder; Wilder.
  

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• noun a spectacular show organized in 1883 by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale; toured the United States and Europe
  Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
  

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• noun North American wild rye
  Elymus canadensis.
  

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• noun widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers
  nodding onion; lady's leek; Allium cernuum.
  

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• noun United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)
  Billy Wilder; Wilder.
  

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• adjective satellite partially wild
  

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• noun oat of southern Europe and southwestern Asia
  Avena barbata.
  

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• the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis.

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• verb live promiscuously and self-indulgently
  sow one's oats.
  

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• noun United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
  Thornton Niven Wilder; Wilder.
  

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• noun United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
  Thornton Niven Wilder; Wilder.
  

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• to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.

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• . See under Oat.

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• . (Bot.), spicewood.

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• noun European herb with compound leaves and white flowers; adventive on Cape Breton Island
  Angelica sylvestris.
  

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• noun any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
  crab apple; crabapple.
  

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• noun any of several equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa
  

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• (Bot.), an American climbing cucurbitaceous plant (Echinocystis lobata).

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• noun aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers; widely distributed in United States, Europe and Asia
  cushion calamint; Satureja vulgaris; Clinopodium vulgare.
  

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• (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb (Calamintha Clinopodium) common in Europe and America.

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• noun a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
  Indian potato; Apios tuberosa; groundnut; Apios americana; potato bean; groundnut vine.
  
• noun nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
  potato bean; groundnut.
  

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• (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants, mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest in a hollow tree or among rocks.

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• noun any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda
  monarda.
  

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• . (Bot.) See under Bergamot.

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• noun frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876)
  James Butler Hickock; Hickock.
  

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• noun the sky as viewed during daylight
  blue; blue air; blue sky.
  
  • he shot an arrow into the blue

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• noun Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
  boar; Sus scrofa.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the European wild hog (Sus scrofa), from which the common domesticated swine is descended.

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• (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See Brier.

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• noun low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads; desert regions of western United States (California to Utah)
  Erigonum fasciculatum; California buckwheat.
  

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• (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant (Lycopsis arvensis) with small blue flowers.

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• noun wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe
  Brassica oleracea.
  

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• noun plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries
  Calla palustris; water arum.
  

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• (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite genus Matricaria, much resembling camomile.

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• noun an unpredictable factor
  
  • the weather was a wild card
• noun a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it
  

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• noun a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots
  Queen Anne's lace; Daucus carota.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A European carnivore (Felis catus) somewhat resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and the like. (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx. (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. Luce.

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• noun South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig
  aperea; Cavia porcellus.
  

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• noun herb of Europe and temperate Asia
  Apium graveolens.
  
• noun submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia
  Vallisneria spiralis; eelgrass; tape grass.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Tape grass, under Tape.

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• noun annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior
  sweet false chamomile; German chamomile; Matricaria recutita; Matricaria chamomilla.
  

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• noun the fruit of the wild cherry tree
  
• noun an uncultivated cherry tree
  wild cherry.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black cherry is P. serotina, the wood of which is much used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a compact texture. (b) The fruit of various species of Prunus.

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• noun an uncultivated cherry tree
  wild cherry.
  

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• noun coarse erect biennial Old World herb introduced as a weed in eastern North America
  cow parsley; Anthriscus sylvestris.
  

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• noun deciduous tree of southwestern United States having pulpy fruit containing saponin
  Sapindus marginatus; Sapindus drumondii.
  

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• noun large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes
  white cinnamon tree; Canella-alba; Canella winterana.
  
• noun West Indian tree; source of bay rum
  Pimenta acris; Jamaica bayberry; bay-rum tree; bayberry.
  

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• . See the Note under Canella.

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• noun Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena; naturalized in United States
  vervain sage; Salvia verbenaca; wild clary.
  

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• noun herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees
  climbing hempweed; climbing hemp-vine; Mikania scandens; climbing boneset.
  

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• noun coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers
  Triostium perfoliatum; feverroot; horse gentian; tinker's root.
  

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• (Bot.), an American plant (Cynoglossum Virginicum) of the Borage family. It has large bristly leaves and small blue flowers.

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• noun shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico
  Gossypium thurberi; Arizona wild cotton.
  

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• noun wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples
  Malus sylvestris.
  

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• noun evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
  sand berry; mountain box; creashak; common bearberry; mealberry; bear's grape; sandberry; hog cranberry; Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; red bearberry.
  

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• noun short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
  Eastern pasque flower; blue tulip; Pulsatilla patens; American pasqueflower; prairie anemone; American pulsatilla; Anemone ludoviciana; lion's beard.
  

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• (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant (Lag&oe;cia cuminoides) native in the countries about the Mediterranean.

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• noun any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
  

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• (Zoöl.) the mallard.

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• noun an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard)
  

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• (Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of the Ginseng family.

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• noun found wild in Palestine; held to be prototype of cultivated wheat
  Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides; wild emmer.
  

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• noun a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas
  Florida strangler fig; Ficus aurea; strangler fig; golden fig.
  
• noun a West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit
  Clusia flava.
  

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• noun wild or uncultivated flowering plant
  wildflower.
  

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• (Zoöl.) any wild bird, especially any of those considered as game birds.

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• noun pungent Old World weedy plant
  Ramsons; wood garlic; Allium ursinum.
  
• noun pungent Old World wild onion
  crow garlic; false garlic; stag's garlic; Allium vineale; field garlic.
  

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• noun common wild geranium of eastern North America with deeply parted leaves and rose-purple flowers
  Geranium maculatum; spotted cranesbill.
  

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• noun low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes
  

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• noun undomesticated goat
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), the European bean goose, and the graylag. See Graylag, and Bean goose, under Bean.

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• the pursuit of something unattainable, or of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose. Shak.

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• noun perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated
  Sidalcea malviflora; checkerbloom.
  
• noun a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
  Iliamna remota; Sphaeralcea remota.
  

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• honey made by wild bees, and deposited in trees, rocks, the like.

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• noun bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asia
  Bryonia dioica; red bryony.
  

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• noun undomesticated or feral domestic horse
  

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• noun sometimes placed in genus Scilla
  bluebell; Hyacinthoides nonscripta; Scilla nonscripta; harebell; wood hyacinth.
  
• noun eastern camas; eastern and central North America
  indigo squill; Camassia scilloides.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Hyacinth, 1 (b).

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• noun deciduous shrub with creamy white flower clusters; eastern United States
  Hydrangea arborescens.
  

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• noun any of several plants of the genus Baptisia
  false indigo.
  

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• (Bot.), a thorny bush (Discaria Toumatou) of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the natives use the spines in tattooing.

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• . (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it unfit for cultivation. (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.

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• noun North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers
  Allium tricoccum; ramp.
  
• noun coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized
  Levant garlic; kurrat; Allium ampeloprasum.
  

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• noun bedstraw with sweetish roots
  Galium lanceolatum.
  
• noun North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties
  American licorice; American liquorice; Glycyrrhiza lepidota; wild licorice.
  
• noun European perennial
  Astragalus glycyphyllos; wild licorice.
  

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• . (Bot.) See under Licorice.

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• noun evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds
  Pyrola rotundifolia.
  
• noun North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
  shinleaf; Pyrola elliptica.
  

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• noun North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties
  American licorice; American liquorice; Glycyrrhiza lepidota; wild licorice.
  
• noun European perennial
  Astragalus glycyphyllos; wild licorice.
  

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• noun stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
  Lupinus perennis; Indian beet; sundial lupine; old-maid's bonnet.
  

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• noun Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
  Galium mollugo; white madder; false baby's breath; white bedstraw; infant's-breath.
  

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• (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a tropical American tree (Rheedia lateriflora); so called in the West Indies.

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• noun a person who is not socialized
  feral man.
  

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• noun North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
  mayapple; Podophyllum peltatum; May apple.
  

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• noun African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites
  Irvingia gabonensis; wild mango; dika.
  

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• noun African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites
  Irvingia gabonensis; wild mango; dika.
  

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• noun aromatic Eurasian perennial
  winter sweet; marjoram; Origanum vulgare; oregano; pot marjoram.
  

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• (Bot.), a labiate plant (Origanum vulgare) much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.

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• noun common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
  Lilium canadense; wild meadow lily; meadow lily; Canada lily.
  

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• noun small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
  medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar.
  

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• noun small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
  medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar.
  

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• noun common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus
  Convolvulus sepium; hedge bindweed; Calystegia sepium.
  
• noun weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
  field bindweed; Convolvulus arvensis.
  

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• noun weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields
  field mustard; chadlock; Brassica kaber; charlock; Sinapis arvensis.
  

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• noun common in meadows and pastures
  wild oat grass; Avena fatua; wild oat.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass (Arrhenatherum avenaceum). (b) See Wild oats, under Oat.

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• noun common in meadows and pastures
  wild oat grass; Avena fatua; wild oat.
  

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
  bellwort; merry bells.
  
• noun common in meadows and pastures
  wild oat grass; Avena fatua; wild oat.
  

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• noun erect shrub or climber of India and China with red olivelike fruit
  Elaeagnus latifolia.
  

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
  

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• noun small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges
  Poncirus trifoliata; trifoliata; trifoliate orange.
  
• noun small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
  cherry laurel; laurel cherry; mock orange; Prunus caroliniana.
  

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• noun any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
  ox.
  

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• noun a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
  pink of my John; Johnny-jump-up; love-in-idleness; Viola tricolor; heartsease.
  

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• noun any of various uncultivated umbelliferous plants with foliage resembling that of carrots or parsley
  

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• noun biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip
  madnep.
  

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• noun any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines
  

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• noun large much-branched shrub grown primarily for its evergreen foliage
  Kiggelaria africana.
  

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• noun vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts
  Amphicarpa bracteata; Amphicarpaea bracteata; hog peanut.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of dock (Rumex hymenosepalus) found from Texas to California. Its acid, juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden rhubarb.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The rock dove. (b) The passenger pigeon.

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• noun a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada
  Arethusa bulbosa; dragon's mouth; bog rose.
  
• noun perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters
  Silene caroliniana.
  

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• (Bot.), an American plant (Silene Pennsylvanica) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of catchfly.

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• noun an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base
  

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• (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb (Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies as coverings for packages of merchandise.

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• noun an uncultivated plum tree or shrub
  wild plum.
  
• noun fruit of the wild plum of southern United States
  hog plum.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation. (b) The South African prune. See under Prune.

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• noun an uncultivated plum tree or shrub
  wild plum.
  

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• noun erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-colored tubers resembling potatoes
  Solanum jamesii.
  

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• noun tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato
  man-of-the-earth; scammonyroot; wild potato vine; Ipomoea panurata; manroot; Ipomoea fastigiata.
  

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• noun perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
  Cucurbita foetidissima; Missouri gourd; calabazilla; buffalo gourd; prairie gourd; prairie gourd vine.
  

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• noun stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns
  Parthenium integrifolium; American feverfew; prairie dock.
  

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• noun Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits
  runch; wild radish; Raphanus raphanistrum; jointed charlock.
  

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• noun Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits
  runch; wild radish; Raphanus raphanistrum; jointed charlock.
  

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• noun the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange
  Rubus idaeus; European raspberry; framboise.
  

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• noun Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat
  animated oat; Avene sterilis.
  

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• noun perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food
  Zizania aquatica.
  
• noun grains of aquatic grass of North America
  Indian rice.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice.

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• noun bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan
  Ledum palustre; marsh tea.
  

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• (Bot.), the evergreen shrub Andromeda polifolia. See Marsh rosemary, under Rosemary.

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• noun any of several grasses of the genus Elymus
  

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• noun Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena; naturalized in United States
  vervain sage; Salvia verbenaca; wild clary.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Sagebrush.

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• noun common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America
  false sarsaparilla; Aralia nudicaulis; wild sarsaparilla.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of ginseng (Aralia nudicaulis) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.

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• noun common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America
  false sarsaparilla; Aralia nudicaulis; wild sarsaparilla.
  

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• noun North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  Cassia marilandica; Senna marilandica.
  

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• noun tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  Cassia fasciculata; partridge pea; Chamaecrista fasciculata; sensitive pea.
  

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• (Bot.), either one of two annual leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamæcrista, and C. nictitans), in both of which the leaflets close quickly when the plant is disturbed.

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• .(Bot.) See Sorb.

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• noun European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit
  Sorbus torminalis.
  

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• noun undomesticated sheep
  

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• noun common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
  Linaria vulgaris; devil's flax; toadflax; butter-and-eggs.
  

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• (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand. The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the plants form an impenetrable thicket.

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• noun European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb
  allgood; Chenopodium bonus-henricus; fat hen; good-king-henry.
  
• noun common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb
  pigweed; Chenopodium album; lamb's-quarters.
  
• noun leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinach
  
• noun leaves collected from the wild
  pigweed; lamb's-quarter.
  

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• noun common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts
  flowering spurge; tramp's spurge; Euphorbia corollata.
  

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• noun Europe
  wood strawberry; Fragaria vesca.
  

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• noun perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
  goat's rue; Tephrosia virginiana; catgut.
  

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• noun tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato
  man-of-the-earth; scammonyroot; wild potato vine; Ipomoea panurata; manroot; Ipomoea fastigiata.
  

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• noun common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum
  camachile; manila tamarind; Pithecellobium dulce; huamachil.
  
• noun a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods
  Lysiloma latisiliqua; Lysiloma bahamensis.
  

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• noun European teasel with white to pink flowers; naturalized in United States
  Dipsacus sylvestris.
  

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• noun aromatic dwarf shrub common on banks and hillsides in Europe; naturalized in United States
  creeping thyme; Thymus serpyllum.
  

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• noun tobacco plant of South America and Mexico
  Nicotiana rustica; Indian tobacco.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See 2d Turkey.

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• noun perennial of southeastern United States with leaves having the fragrance of vanilla
  Trilisa odoratissima.
  

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• noun tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed
  Passiflora foetida; running pop; love-in-a-mist.
  

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• noun the western United States during its frontier period
  

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• noun a spectacular show organized in 1883 by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale; toured the United States and Europe
  Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
  

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• noun found wild in Palestine; held to be prototype of cultivated wheat
  Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides; wild emmer.
  

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• noun larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
  giant silkworm; silkworm.
  

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• noun a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop
  singletary pea; Caley pea; rough pea; Lathyrus hirsutus.
  

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• noun having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders
  Dioscorea paniculata.
  

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• noun common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
  Lilium canadense; wild meadow lily; meadow lily; Canada lily.
  

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Wild"-cat` adjective

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1. Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
2. (Railroad) Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive. Wildcat well. A well, as an oil or gas well, drilled in an area not proven to be productive; often drilled by a small exploration company. Wildcat strike. A strike initiated by workers without authorization of a union, or in violation of the work contract currently in force.

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• adjective satellite appearing extremely agitated
  
  • crowded the wild-eyed animals into a truck
• adjective satellite not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
  quixotic; romantic.
  
  • as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood
  • a romantic disregard for money
  • a wild-eyed dream of a world state

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• noun the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable
  

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