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adj
Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Finely striped, often with dark fibers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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noun
The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising 1⁄4 of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Borrowed from Latin virgātus.
Borrowed from Latin virgāta, "yard" compared to "virga" as a measuring rod. Doublet of vergée.
