| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it |
Aramaic
,
Aramaic script
|
| something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |
curio
,
curiosity
,
oddity
,
oddment
,
peculiarity
,
rarity
|
| (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable |
execution
,
execution of instrument
|
| type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae |
genus Salpa
|
| large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely brown elsewhere |
giant timber bamboo
,
ku-chiku
,
madake
,
Phyllostachys bambusoides
|
