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liriodendron(dictionary)

impede (iou) and Liriodendron (medicine)


impede (iou)



impede verb trans. L16.
[Latin impedire lit. 'shackle the feet', formed as IM-1 + ped-, pes foot.]
Stand in the way of; obstruct, hinder.
W. Gerhardie Our progress had been impeded by a car that blocked the road. A. S. Neill He is holding back the work, and they may throw him out for impeding progress.

Liriodendron (medicine)


liriodendron


Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Lily + tree.

<botany> A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.

Source: Websters Dictionary