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dry dressing(medicine)
dressing(dictionary)
dressing-up(dictionary)
dressing-down(dictionary)
Dressing(health)
dressing(dictionary)
Dressing(medicine)
dressing table(dictionary)
power dressing(dictionary)

tristichous (iou) and dressing-down (oh)


tristichous (iou)



tristichous adjective. M19.
[from Greek tristikhos (see TRISTICH) + -OUS.]
Botany. Of leaves: arranged alternately to form three vertical rows.

dressing-down (oh)



n [singular]
an occasion when you talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
give sb/get a dressing-down
::The tobacco companies got a severe dressing-down.