hattie ophelia w caraway

Car·a·way

[kar-uh-wey]
noun
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt, 1878–1950, U.S. politician: first elected woman senator, from Arkansas, 1932.
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caraway (ˈkærəˌweɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  an umbelliferous Eurasian plant, Carum carvi, having finely divided leaves and clusters of small whitish flowers
2.  caraway seed the pungent aromatic one-seeded fruit of this plant, used in cooking and in medicine
 
[C14: probably from Medieval Latin carvi, from Arabic karawyā, from Greek karon]

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Hattie ophelia w caraway is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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caraway
c.1440, from O.Sp. alcarahuaya, from Arabic al-karawiya. Suspected to be somehow from Gk. karon "cumin."
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