əˈmæn noun
any of several tropical American shrubs or woody vines belonging to the genus Allamanda, of the dogbane family, having showy yellow or purple flowers, and often used for ornamental plantings.
Origin:
1790–1800; < Neo-Latin, named after Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand (1713–87), Swiss naturalist; see -a2
1790–1800; < Neo-Latin, named after Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand (1713–87), Swiss naturalist; see -a2
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| allamanda | |
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| a plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes |
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Allamanda
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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