(n) foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix, Syn. umbrella arum, Amorphophallus rivieri, snake palm

devil's urn

(n) a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae

sand devil's claw

(n) alternatively placed in genus Martynia, Syn. Martynia arenaria, Proboscidea arenaria

american angelica tree

(n) small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States, Syn. devil's walking stick, Aralia spinosa, Hercules'-club

caltrop

(n) tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed, Syn. devil's weed, Tribulus terestris

common unicorn plant

(n) annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak, Syn. common devil's claw, ram's horn, devil's claw, Proboscidea louisianica, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower

dragonfly

(n) slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc., Syn. mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk, sewing needle, darning needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, devil's darning needle

mandrake

(n) a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers, Syn. Mandragora officinarum, devil's apples

petty spurge

(n) an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States, Syn. Euphorbia peplus, devil's milk

prickly poppy

(n) any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America, Syn. argemone, white thistle, devil's fig

sun spurge

(n) not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun, Syn. wartwort, devil's milk, wartweed, Euphorbia helioscopia

toadflax

(n) common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America, Syn. wild snapdragon, Linaria vulgaris, butter-and-eggs, devil's flax

virgin's bower

(n) common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers, Syn. old man's beard, devil's darning needle, Clematis virginiana

white bryony

(n) white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran, Syn. devil's turnip, Bryonia alba

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Devil's darning-needle

. (Zool.) A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

蒻

[蒻, ruò] young rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail; konnyaku (in Japanese cooking), solidified jelly made from the rhizome of devil's tongue #108894

蒟蒻

[蒟蒻, jǔ ruò] konnyaku (in Japanese cooking), solidified jelly made from the rhizome of devil's tongue

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

たらの木;楤の木;楤木;タラの木

[たらのき(たらの木;楤の木;楤木);タラのき(タラの木);タラノキ, taranoki ( tarano ki ; tsui no ki ; tsui ki ); tara noki ( tara no ki ); taranoki] (n) (uk) devil's walking stick (tree) (Aralia elata); Japanese angelica tree

へそ曲がり;へそ曲り;臍曲がり;臍曲り

[へそまがり, hesomagari] (n, adj-na, adj-no) perverseness; devil's advocate

デビルズフードケーキ

[debiruzufu-doke-ki] (n) devil's food cake

ポトス

[potosu] (n) pothos; devil's ivy (species of arum, Epipremnum aureum)

鬼面

[きめん, kimen] (n) mask of a devil; startling appearance; devil's face

昆布(P);恨布(iK)

[こんぶ(P);コンブ;こぶ, konbu (P); konbu ; kobu] (n) kombu (any kelp of genus Laminaria) (konbu); devil's apron; (P)

小人閑居して不善をなす;小人閑居して不善を為す

[しょうじんかんきょしてふぜんをなす, shoujinkankyoshitefuzenwonasu] (exp) (id) An idle brain is the devil's shop

蒟蒻;菎蒻

[こんにゃく;コンニャク, konnyaku ; konnyaku] (n) (uk) solidified jelly made from the rhizome of devil's tongue (konjac, konjak, koniak, konnyaku)

蜻蜓(oK)

[やんま;ヤンマ, yanma ; yanma] (n) (1) (uk) darner (any dragonfly of family Aeshnidae); devil's darning needle; (2) dragonfly (esp. a large one)

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Teufelswerk { n }

devil's work; work of the devil

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