life blood

[lahyf-bluhd]

life·blood

[lahyf-bluhd]
noun
1.
the blood, considered as essential to maintain life: to spill one's lifeblood in war.
2.
a life-giving, vital, or animating element: Agriculture is the lifeblood of the country.

Origin:
1580–90; life + blood
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Life blood is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. 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.
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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