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DULCAMARA

Definition: DULCAMARA

DULCAMARA

Noun

1. A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3 (a).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Dulcamara \Dul`ca*ma"ra\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression dulcis sweet amarus bitter.]. (Websters 1913)

"DULCAMARA" is a common misspelling or typo for: Dulcimer.


Crosswords: DULCAMARA

English words defined with "DULCAMARA": DulcamarinFelonwort. (references)
Non-English Usage: "DULCAMARA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (bittersweet, woody nightshade), Spanish (nightshade).

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Expression: DULCAMARA

Expression using "DULCAMARA": solanum dulcamara. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DULCAMARA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dulcamara

7

solanum dulcamara

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: DULCAMARA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-d-l-m-r-u"

-2 letters: acaudal, calamar, macular.

-3 letters: alarum, armada, caudal, macula, maraca, maraud, radula.

-4 letters: alarm, almud, aural, cauld, craal, damar, drama, ducal, dural, larum, laura, malar, mudra, mural, ulama.

-5 letters: alar, alma, alum, arum, auld, aura, calm, card, carl, caul, clad, clam, cram, crud, culm, curd, curl, dram, drum, dual, duma, dura, lama, lard, laud, maar.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-d-l-m-r-u"
 

+4 letters: dramaturgical.

 

+5 letters: undramatically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DULCAMARA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 55 4C 43 41 4D 41 52 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ..-    .-..    -.-.    .-    --    .-    .-.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01010101 01001100 01000011 01000001 01001101 01000001 01010010 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#85 &#76 &#67 &#65 &#77 &#65 &#82 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0055 004C 0043 0041 004D 0041 0052 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

385546373547355235

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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