dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/cyl_MW.json
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"noun"
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": any of the coordinates in space obtained by constructing in a plane a polar coordinate system and on a line perpendicular to the plane a linear coordinate system":[]
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"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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"cylindrical epithelium":{
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"noun"
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": the columnar (see columnar sense 4 ) epithelium":[]
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"cylinder glass":{
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"noun"
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": glass blown in the shape of a cylinder then split and flattened into a sheet":[]
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"cylinder front":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a desk front having a one-piece lid or cover resembling a longitudinal section of a cylinder":[]
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"noun"
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": bessel function":[]
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"noun"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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": relating to or having the form or properties of a cylinder":[]
},
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"s\u0259-\u02c8lin-dri-k\u0259l"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The taillights, meanwhile, feature three cylindrical tubes that looks like the glowing afterburners of a fighter jet and sit below an aggressive rear diffuser. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 19 May 2022",
"Like the last-generation Air Purifier P1, the new Air Purifier 2 is built in a cylindrical design, with a display on the top, and power output on the back. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Spaghetti is a long, thin, solid, cylindrical pasta shape that\u2019s easily recognizable. \u2014 Tierney Mcafee, Country Living , 9 June 2022",
"In September 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company\u2019s new 4680 battery cells \u2014 large, cylindrical cells that provide more power to electric vehicles at a lower cost. \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Feb. 2022",
"However, there is a cylindrical section of the dust bin that holds a filter and shroud. \u2014 Brad Moon, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
"Measuring just shy of 15 inches from tip to tail, the Subnado has a sleek, cylindrical body and a somewhat phallic silhouette. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The contours of the reef give the wave its famous cylindrical shape. \u2014 Outside Online , 2 Feb. 2022",
"During the confrontation, the man, while holding the box cutter, seemed to pull from his pocket a shiny, cylindrical object, Aaron said. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1646, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165049"
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"cylindricity":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": the quality or state of being cylindrical":[]
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"\u02ccsil\u0259\u0307n\u02c8dris\u0259t\u0113"
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"probably from French cylindricit\u00e9 , from cylindrique cylindric + -it\u00e9 -ity":""
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": the surface traced by a straight line moving parallel to a fixed straight line and intersecting a fixed planar closed curve":[],
": a cylindrical body or space: such as":[],
": the turning chambered breech of a revolver":[],
": the piston chamber in an engine":[],
": a chamber in a pump from which the piston expels the fluid":[],
": a cylindrical clay object inscribed with cuneiform inscriptions":[],
": with maximum effort or intensity : at full capacity or speed":[
"the economy is running on all cylinders"
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"\u02c8si-l\u0259n-d\u0259r"
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"the cylinder of a revolver",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Healey is powered by a four- cylinder , 2,954cc engine producing a modest 185bhp and 195 ft/lbs of torque, and mated to a new, five-speed transmission. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"By the end of the 1930s, Jolson\u2019s eight- cylinder performance persona had been idling over in Hollywood. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The drone\u2019s engine \u2014 a single- cylinder unit with an electronic ignition \u2014 traveled a particularly mysterious route, from a small company near Frankfurt, Germany, that makes parts for model airplanes. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The base drivetrain is a 256-hp four- cylinder engine linked to a nine-speed automatic transmission. \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The engine is a 1.3 L turbocharged MultiAir four- cylinder that generates 180 hp (134 kW), with the electric motor contributing another 120 hp (90 kW) to la festa. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 8 Feb. 2022",
"My trapline machines went from Elans, to long-track Yamaha Bravos, to single- cylinder Ski-Doo Tundras. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The cockpit voice recorder, also an orange cylinder , was found two days later on Wednesday. \u2014 Fox News , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The cockpit voice recorder, also an orange cylinder , was found two days later on Wednesday. \u2014 Ken Moritsugu, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French or Latin; Middle French cylindre , from Latin cylindrus , from Greek kylindros , from kylindein to roll; perhaps akin to Greek kyklos wheel \u2014 more at wheel":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183043"
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"cylicostome":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of several small nematode worms (family Strongylidae) infesting the digestive tract of horses and other equines":[
"\u2014 compare strongyle"
]
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"\u02c8sil\u0259\u0307(\u02cc)k\u014d\u02ccst\u014dm"
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"New Latin Cylicostomum genus of worms, from Greek kylik-, kylix cup + New Latin -stomum ; akin to Greek kalyx calix, bud":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223403"
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"cylinder planer":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a wood surfacer having 1 or 2 rotating cutter cylinders and usually from 2 to 8 feed rolls for guiding the wood":[]
},
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"cylinder head":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the closed end of an engine or pump cylinder":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Without sufficient spark, Top Fuel engines run the risk of hydro lock\u2014where there\u2019s more fuel in the combustion chamber than can be ignited\u2014which can blow the cylinder head clean off the motor. \u2014 Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics , 10 May 2022",
"There's new variable cam phasing, and the exhaust headers have been integrated into the cylinder head , which helps thermal management and efficiency at high loads. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Besides the Lamborghini\u2019s cylinder head and crankshafts, the V16T motor shared the Uracco\u2019s bore and stroke dimensions, too, with the turbochargers giving it 540hp and 400lb/ft of torque. \u2014 Michael Taylor, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"This accounts for and cares about every part, from the cylinder head to camshaft, to ensure the engine purrs. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2021",
"Featuring such innovations as a 16-valve cylinder head , twin-spark ignition, aluminium pistons, and a magnesium crankcase, the Blower's 4.4-liter four was one of the most powerful in the world at that time, making 240 horsepower in race trim. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 21 Apr. 2021",
"Defiance Casting Operations has about 580 employees who produce cylinder block and cylinder head castings for inline-four, V6 and V8 engines in various vehicles, GM said. \u2014 Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press , 28 Sep. 2020",
"This century-old technology is located in the combustion chamber and mounted near the top of the engine in the cylinder head . \u2014 Daniel Oberhaus, Wired , 9 Sep. 2020",
"The overhead cam design, meaning the camshaft is inside the cylinder head instead of the engine block, provided numerous performance and efficiency improvements as well as much longer intervals between oil changes. \u2014 Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics , 9 Aug. 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085655"
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"cylindrarthrosis":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a joint in which the articular surfaces are approximately round":[]
},
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"\u00a6sil\u0259\u0307n\u02ccdr\u00e4r\u00a6thr\u014ds\u0259\u0307s",
"s\u0259\u0307\u00a6lin-"
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"New Latin, from cylindr- + arthrosis":""
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"cylinder block":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": block entry 1 sense 1j":[]
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"cylinder press":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a printing press in which a rotating cylinder rolls the paper against a printing surface lying on a flat usually horizontal reciprocating bed \u2014 compare rotary press":[]
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"adjective"
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": somewhat like a cylinder":[]
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"cylindr- + -aceous":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-145437"
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"cylinder saw":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": crown saw":[]
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": cylindrical : cylindrical and":[
"cylindr arthrosis",
"cylindro cephalic"
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"New Latin, from Greek kylindr-, kylindro- , from kylindros":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-160550"
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"cylinder oil":{
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-201533"
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"cylinder machine":{
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"noun"
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"cylindrite":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a mineral Pb 3 Sn 4 Sb 2 S 14 consisting of sulfur, lead, antimony, and tin and being dark gray with metallic luster":[]
},
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"s\u0259\u0307\u02c8lin-",
"\u02c8sil\u0259\u0307n\u02ccdr\u012bt"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary cylindr- + -ite ; originally formed as German kylindrit":""
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"cylinder man":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a worker who cures bricks and cinder blocks in steam pressure cylinders to hasten hardening":[],
": an optical glass worker who grinds cylinder-shaped lens blanks":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-222149"
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"cylinder scale":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an automatic indicating scale in which the graduations are on a rotatable cylindrical chart":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-225545"
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"cylinder lock":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a lock with both keyhole and tumbler mechanism in a cylinder separate from the case":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-062642"
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"cylinder snake":{
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"noun"
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": any of several Asian burrowing snakes (genus Cylindrophis )":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-092726"
},
"Cylindrocapsa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus (the type of the family Cylindrocapsaceae ) of freshwater green algae with filaments in which the cells have stratified walls":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"s\u0259\u0307\u02cclindr\u014d\u02c8kaps\u0259"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from cylindr- + Latin capsa box":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095831"
},
"cylinder number":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the serial number of the cylindrical printing plate on a sheet of rotary-printed British stamps":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133102"
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"Cylindrocapsaceae":{
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"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a family of algae (order Ulotrichales) having unbranched filaments and oogamous sexual reproduction":[]
},
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"-\u014d\u02cckap\u02c8s\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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"New Latin, from Cylindrocapsa , type genus + -aceae":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040737"
},
"cylindrocellular":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": made up of cylindrical cells":[]
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"s\u0259\u0307\u00a6lindr\u014d+"
],
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"cylindr- + cellular":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053934"
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"cylinder seal":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a cylinder (as of stone) engraved in intaglio and used especially in ancient Mesopotamia to roll an impression on wet clay":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is evident in her Sisters collection, which features ancient femme sisters that the designer reimagined from an over 4,000-year-old Akkadian cylinder seal . \u2014 Charlotte Diamond, Vogue , 24 June 2021",
"Near the body lay a cylinder seal that bore an inscription from which the archaeologists were able to identify the woman: Queen Puabi (in his notes, Woolley referred to her as Shubad because of a mistranslation). \u2014 National Geographic , 22 May 2019",
"Despite being warned by an expert on cultural property law that the tablets and cylinder seals were likely to have been looted from Iraqi archaeological sites, Hobby Lobby bought thousands of artifacts, Donoghue said. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 3 May 2018",
"And there were 371 cylinder seals \u2014 small engraved stone cylinders that, when rolled on wet clay, create raised images that can include cuneiform writing or pictures. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 3 May 2018",
"The artifacts included cuneiform tablets, clay bullae, and cylinder seals . \u2014 Natasha Bach, Fortune , 2 May 2018",
"The locks were shut down on Jan. 15 and underwent several repairs while closed, including the replacement of gate anchors, miter blocks, quoin blocks and cylinder seals . \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui, Detroit Free Press , 23 Mar. 2018",
"An impression of a cylinder seal , found in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, in modern day Iraq, shows long drinking straws. \u2014 Cara Lombardo, WSJ , 19 Mar. 2018",
"Nearly 5,000 cylinder seals were stolen from the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, officials estimated at the time. \u2014 Rebecca Davis O\u2019brien, WSJ , 6 July 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-064728"
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"type":[
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": cylindrical with one end tapering to a point":[]
},
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"\"+"
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"cylindr- + conical":""
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of millipedes of the family Julidae including a species ( C. londinensis ) sometimes reported to damage potato crops in Europe":[]
},
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"s\u0259\u0307\u02cclindr\u014d(\u02cc\u012b)\u02c8y\u00fcl\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from cy- lindr- + Latin iulus catkin, from Greek ioulos (also, downy hair, sheaf of grain); akin to Greek oulos curly, eilyein to enwrap, enfold":""
},
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"Cylindrosporium":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of imperfect fungi (family Melanconiaceae) producing hyaline filiform conidia in acervuli and including many forms that cause leaf and fruit spot diseases and some that are now known to be stages in the life cycles of other fungi \u2014 compare coccomyces":[]
},
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"s\u0259\u0307\u02cclindr\u014d\u02c8sp\u014dr\u0113\u0259m"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from cylindr- + -sporium":""
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