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botany
N: the study of plans 植物学
wool from Australia
apiary
N: a location where beehives of honey bees are kept.
curator
N: keeper of a museum
destitute
A: without the basic necessities of life; poor.
“the charity cares for destitute children”
scour
V/N: clean the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, scrub, rub, clean.
“he scoured the bathtub”
N: diarrhea in livestock, especially cattle and pigs.
grime
N: 1. dirt ingrained on the surface of something.
2. a genre of popular music influenced by UK garage, typically characterized by a minimal, prominent rhythm, a very low-pitched bassline, and vocals by an MC.
“The windows were thick with grime”
V: blacken or make dirty with grime.
“The beaches are grimed with a foul foam”
playwright
N: a person who writes plays: William Shakespeare.
rancid
A: (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale.
“rancid meat”
N; rancidity, rancidness
blithe
A : showing a casual and cheerful disregard
2. happy, joyful
- “a blithe disregard for the rules of the road”
- “a blithe seaside comedy”
argent
N/A: silverly white
the argent moon
cygnet
N: a young swan.