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1.
dil-nǒte
n.
Additional spellings:
dilnote
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Some kind of plant (perh. of the genus Cyclamen); also, its fleshy rootstock.
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dile
n.
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(a) The plant dill (Anethum graveolens); also, its seed; (b)
dile man
, ?a seller of dill;
dile sed
, the seed of dill; (c) in place names [see Smith
PNElem.
1.133].
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