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A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.
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A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.
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A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.
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A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.
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A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species.
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A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde.
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A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone proper is the type.
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A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians.
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