choux
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| —n , pl choux | |
| 1. | a type of cabbage |
| 2. | a rosette |
| 3. | a round cream bun |
| [C18 (a bun): from French, from Latin caulis cabbage] | |
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Choux
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| 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. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| Chou or Zhou (tʃəʊ) | |
| —n | |
| the imperial dynasty of China from about 1126 to 255 | |
| Zhou or Zhou | |
| —n | |
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chou
"fashionable knot in a woman's dress or hat," 1883; earlier "small, round, cream-filled pastry" (1706), from Fr. chou, lit. "cabbage," from L. caulis "cabbage," lit. "stalk."
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