Word Meanings - WHITEWEED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.

• WHITEFRIAR
  A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.
• Grass-green
  Green with grass.
• YELLOWBOOK
  In France, an official government publication bound in yellow covers.
• Landsturm
  That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out last.
• Whiteboyism
  The conduct or principle of the Whiteboys.
• Whitely
  Like, or coming near to, white.
• Whitewall
  The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts.
• Calligraphy
  Fair or elegant penmanship.
• Yellow-covered
  Covered or bound in yellow paper.
• Yellowtop
  A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis.
• Commonly
  Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue through life.
• Commonness
  State or quality of being common or usual; as, the commonness of sunlight.
• WHITEFRONTED
  Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose (Zoöl.), the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.
• Grass-grown
  Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road.
• YELLOWCOVERED
  Covered or bound in yellow paper. Yellow-covered literature, cheap sensational novels and trashy magazines; -- formerly so called from the usual color of their covers. [Colloq. U. S.] Bartlett.
• Whitecap
  The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead.
• Whitened
  of Whiten
• Whitewash
  Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.

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