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Look up: eleo-

  1. Eleo Pomare
    `Eleo Pomare` (20 October 1937 – 8 August 2008) was a Colombian-American modern dance choreographer known for his politically-charged productions depicting the Black experience. He and his mother moved from Colombia to the United States in 1947. He attended High School of Performing Arts and ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleo_Pomare

  2. eleo-
    Oil. ... See: oleo-. ... Origin: G. Elaion, olive oil ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  3. eleo-
    Type: Term Pronunciation: el′ē-ō Definitions: 1. Oil.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  4. Eleocharis
    (Chinese Water Chestnut, Hair Grass, Spike Rush, Water Chestnut) This is a group of aquatic, rush-like perennials. Some grow naturally along the edges of ponds and others grow completely submerged. E. acicularis, Hair Grass, is a hardy variety native to North America, Asia and Europe. It has pale gr...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/eleocharis.html

  5. Eleocharis
    [n] - sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Eleocharis
    genus Eleocharis noun sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
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  7. Eleocharis
    `Eleocharis` is a genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as `spikerushes`, although `spikesedges` is a more technically appropriate name and most scientists who study them in earnest refer to them as such. The genus has a geog...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis

  8. Eleocharis acicularis
    `Eleocharis acicularis` is a species of spikesedge known by the common names `needle spikerush` and `dwarf hairgrass`. It has a circumboreal distribution and it can also be found throughout the rest of the Americas. It is also found in Australia, where it is probably an introduced species. Th...
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  9. Eleocharis atropurpurea
    `Eleocharis atropurpurea` is a species of spikesedge known by the common name `purple spikerush`. This is an aquatic plant native to much of the tropical world. It also has a wide distribution in temperate regions of North and South America and Asia. It is present in Europe, where it may be a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_

  10. Eleocharis dulcis
    The `Chinese water chestnut` (Eleocharis dulcis; synonyms E. equisetina, E. indica, E. plantaginea, E. plantaginoides, E. tuberosa, E. tumida), more often called simply the `water chestnut`, is a grass-like sedge grown for its edible corms. The water ...
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  11. Eleocharis geniculata
    `Eleocharis geniculata` is a species of spikesedge known by several common names, including `bent spikerush` and `Canada spikesedge`. This is a widespread plant of wet areas in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and some Pacific Islands. It is an annual spikesedge growing to a maximum height of abou...
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  12. Eleocharis macrostachya
    `Eleocharis macrostachya` is a species of spikesedge known by the common name `pale spikerush`. It is widely distributed in North America and occurs in parts of South America. It is a plant of varied moist habitats, including freshwater lakes and brackish marshes and ponds, ditches, vernal po...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_

  13. Eleocharis obtusa
    `Eleocharis obtusa` is a species of spikesedge known by the common name `blunt spikerush`. This plant is widely distributed across Canada and the United States, where it grows in wet areas such as riverbanks and moist forest floors. It is also a weed of rice paddies, especially when the rice ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_

  14. Eleocharis pachycarpa
    `Eleocharis pachycarpa` is a species of spikesedge known by the common name `black sand spikerush`. This plant is native to Chile but it grows in other parts of the world as an introduced species, such as Australia and the US states of California and Nevada. It is a resident of moist areas, s...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_

  15. Eleocharis quinqueflora
    `Eleocharis quinqueflora` is a species of spikesedge known by the common name `fewflower spikerush`. This plant has a circumboreal distribution and is also found in the southern half of the United States, as well as Chile. It is a resident of wet meadows, bogs, hot springs, and other moist pl...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_

  16. Eleocharis radicans
    `Eleocharis radicans` is a species of spikesedge known by the common name `rooted spikerush`. This aquatic or semi-aquatic plant is native to the Americas as far north as Virginia and northern California. It grows in wet places such as streams, lakes, bogs, and moist meadows, where it roots o...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_

  17. Eleocharis torticulmis
    `Eleocharis torticulmis` is a rare species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names `twisted spikerush` and `twist-stem spikerush`. It is endemic to Plumas County, California, where it is known from two locations within a kilometer of each other in the Butterfly Valley...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_

  18. Eleocharis vivipara
    `Eleocharis vivipara` is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by several common names, including `umbrella hairgrass`, `sprouting spikerush`, and `viviparous spikerush`. It is native to the southern United States. It takes the form of a clump of thin stems. A spike of flower...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleocharis_

  19. Eleodes obscurus
    `Eleodes obscurus` is a species of darkling beetle in the genus eleodes. It ranges from southern British Columbia to northern Mexico and east to Texas, Kansas and Wyoming. The diet of Eleodes obscurus includes dead plant material, animal remains, roots, and seeds.--> References:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleodes_obs

  20. eleoma
    Synonym: lipogranuloma. ... Origin: G. Elaion, oil, + -oma, tumour ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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  21. eleoma
    (el″e-o´mә) a tumor or swelling caused by injection of oil into the tissues.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  22. eleoma
    eleoma A tumor or swelling caused by the injection of oil into the tissues.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  23. eleoma
    Type: Term Pronunciation: el′ē-ō′mă Synonyms: lipogranuloma
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  24. eleometer
    Synonym: oleometer. ... Origin: G. Elaion, oil, + metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  25. eleometer
    eleometer An instrument for determining the percentage of oil in a mixture; also, the specific gravity of oils.
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