(adj) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil, Syn. diabolic, mephistophelean, mephistophelian, diabolical, Example:devilish schemes; the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen; the diabolical expression on his face; a mephistophelian glint in his eye

native cranberry

(n) small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia, Syn. ground-berry, Styphelia humifusum, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, groundberry

pink fivecorner

(n) heathlike shrub of southwestern Australia grown for its sharply scented foliage and pink flowers followed by pentagonal fruit, Syn. Styphelia triflora

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

Mephistophelian

prop. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, “a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;” devilish in character or aspect; crafty; showing cunning or ingenuity or wickedness; as, a mephistophelean glint in his eye.
Syn. -- devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean. [ 1913 Webster ]

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