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debouch(dictionary)

edelweiss (sh) and debouch (medicine)


edelweiss (sh)




Perennial plant (Leontopodium alpinum) of the composite family, native to alpine areas of Europe and South America.

It has 2-10 yellow flower heads in a dense cluster. Below these flower heads, 6-9 lance-shaped, woolly, white leaves are arranged in the form of a star. Most varieties are ornamentals.


Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)

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debouch (medicine)


debouch


To march out from a wood, defile, or Other confined spot, into open ground; to issue. "Battalions debouching on the plain." (Prescott)

Origin: F. Deboucher; pref. De- (L. Dis- or de) + boucher to stop up, fr. Bouche mouth, fr. L. Bucca the cheek. Cf. Disembogue.

Source: Websters Dictionary