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piyapi : flat instead of round (adj.); Avicennia officinalis (n.) [kahoy]; squash (v.)

Derivatives of piyapi


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Avicennia officinalis
n. (plant)1. avicennia officinalis, white mangrovea small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific.
~ avicennia, genus avicenniasmall genus of tropical shrubs or trees.
~ treea tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms.
squash
n. (plant)1. squash, squash vineany of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits.
~ squashedible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable.
~ cucurbita, genus cucurbitatype genus of the Cucurbitaceae.
~ autumn pumpkin, cucurbita pepo, pumpkin, pumpkin vinea coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes.
~ cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vineany of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden.
~ winter squash, winter squash plantany of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall.
~ vinea plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
n. (food)2. squashedible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable.
~ veg, vegetable, veggieedible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.
~ summer squashany of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden.
~ winter squashany of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months.
~ squash, squash vineany of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits.
n. (act)3. squash, squash rackets, squash racquetsa game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets.
~ court gamean athletic game played on a court.
~ undercut, cut(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball.; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
~ drive(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash).
~ forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash).
~ forehand drive(sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash).
~ serve, service(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play.; "his powerful serves won the game"
~ fault(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area).; "he served too many double faults"
~ rally, exchange(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes.; "after a short rally Connors won the point"
v. (contact)4. crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelchto compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
~ wringtwist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid.; "wring the towels"
~ pressexert pressure or force to or upon.; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
~ stampcrush or grind with a heavy instrument.; "stamp fruit extract the juice"
~ steamrollercrush with a steamroller as if to level.; "steamroller the road"
~ treadcrush as if by treading on.; "tread grapes to make wine"
~ telescopecrush together or collapse.; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"