MOUSETAILS

Noun

mousetails

plural of mousetail

Source: Wiktionary


MOUSETAIL

Mouse"tail`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SILICON

(noun) a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth’s crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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