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orphan(1)(dictionary)
orphan(medicine)
Orphan Account(money)
Orphan stock(money)
Little Orphan Annie(dictionary)
orphan 1, noun(dictionary)
orphan viruses(medicine)
orphan virus(medicine)

Kentucky (iou) and orphan (medicine)


Kentucky (iou)



Kentucky noun. L18.
[See below.]
Used attrib. to designate things from or associated with the State of Kentucky in the south-eastern US.
Kentucky bluegrass the grass Poa pratensis, grown for fodder in the central US. Kentucky coffee tree a N. American leguminous tree, Gymnocladus dioicus, the seeds of which can be used as a substitute for coffee. Kentucky Derby a horse-race for three-year-olds run annually at Louisville in Kentucky. Kentucky rifle a long-barrelled muzzle-loading flintlock rifle. Kentucky warbler an olive-green and yellow warbler, Geothlypsis formosa, of the eastern US.

orphan (medicine)


orphan


See: orphan products.

Origin: G. Orphanos