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  2. Pelargonium inquinans - Wikipedia

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    The specific epithet "messy" derives from the Latin verb inquino "dirty, soil" because the leaves leave a brown trace on the fingers when touched. The Pelargonium inquinans was grown in the garden of the Bishop of London, Henry Compton, an admirer of exotic plants. In 1713, when he died, Pelargonium inquinans was found in his collection.

  3. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  4. Glossary of tennis terms - Wikipedia

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    Touch: Occurs when a player touches any part of the net when the ball is still in play, losing the point. Tramline: Line defining the limit of play on the side of a singles or doubles court. [147] [148] Trampolining: Effect which occurs when striking a ball flat with a racket that is strung at a very loose tension. Trampolining results in a ...

  5. List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English - Wikipedia

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    This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.

  6. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j.

  7. Adverb - Wikipedia

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    An adverb is a word or an expression that generally modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a determiner, a clause, a preposition, or a sentence.Adverbs typically express manner, place, time, frequency, degree, or level of certainty by answering questions such as how, in what way, when, where, to what extent.

  8. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Double contact or Double touch: A fault in which a player contacts the ball with two body parts consecutively D.S. : DS, or "defensive specialist," is a player skilled at back-row defense. His specialties include passing and diving.

  9. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    The percentage of modern English words derived from each language group: Anglo-Norman French, then French: ~29% Latin, including words used only in scientific, medical or legal contexts: ~29%