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Gyromitra brunnea
– definition :
- (noun)
- a lorchel with deep brownish red fertile part and white stalk (context:plant)
Gyral
– definition :
- (adjective)
- relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain (context:pert)
– Sample : “gyral”
Gyromitra californica
– definition :
- (noun)
- a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick fluted stalk; found under conifers in California (context:plant)
Gyrate
– definition :
- (verb)
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’s own axis (context:motion)
- to wind or move in a spiral course (context:motion)
– Sample : “gyrate”
- The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
- black smoke coiling up into the sky
- the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action
- the young people gyrated on the dance floor
Gyromitra esculenta
– definition :
- (noun)
- a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown (context:plant)
Gyration
– definition :
- (noun)
- the act of rotating in a circle or spiral (context:act)
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital) (context:event)
– Sample : “gyration”
- the plane made three rotations before it crashed
- the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
Gyromitra fastigiata
– definition :
- (noun)
- a lorchel with deep brownish red fertile part and white stalk (context:plant)
Gyre
– definition :
- (noun)
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) (context:shape)
Gyromitra gigas
– definition :
- (noun)
- a gyromitra with a large irregular stalk and fertile part that is yellow to brown and wrinkled; has early fruiting time (context:plant)
Gyrfalcon
– definition :
- (noun)
- large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases (context:animal)
