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Garden EggnounMWEhairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetableverified
Garden Forget-Me-NotnounMWEsmall biennial to perennial herb of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia having blue, purple or white flowersverified
Garden HeliotropenounMWEtall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinallyverified
Garden HuckleberrynounMWEimproved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berriesverified
Garden LettucenounMWEannual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in saladsverified
Garden NasturtiumnounMWEstrong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capersverified
Garden PeanounMWEthe flattened to cylindric inflated multi-seeded fruit of the common pea plantverified
Garden PinknounMWEany of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowersverified
Garden PlantnounMWEany of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb gardenverified
Garden RocketnounMWEerect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tenderverified
Garden SorrelnounMWEEuropean sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greensverified
Garden SymphilidnounMWEminute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse cropsverified
Gardener's DelightnounMWEan old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowersverified
Garland CrabnounMWEmedium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruitverified
Garland FlowernounMWEwidely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowersverified
Garlic BreadnounMWEFrench or Italian bread sliced and spread with garlic butter then crisped in the ovenverified
Garlic ClovenounMWEone of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulbverified
Garter SnakenounMWEany of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakesverified
Garter StitchnounMWEa knitting stitch that results in a pattern of horizontal ridges formed by knitting both sides (instead of purling one side)verified
Gas BurnernounMWEburner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flameverified
Gas ChambernounMWEinstrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introducedverified
Gas ConstantnounMWE(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperatureverified
Gas EmbolismnounMWEobstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba divingverified
Gas EnginenounMWEan internal-combustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vaporverified
Gas FittingnounMWEthe fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a buildingverified
Gas GagenounMWEgauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicleverified
Gas GangrenenounMWE(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue deathverified
Gas GaugenounMWEgauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicleverified
Gas HoldernounMWEa large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuelverified
Gas MileagenounMWEthe ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burnedverified
Gas OilnounMWEan oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosityverified
Gas PhlegmonnounMWE(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue deathverified
Gas PlantnounMWEEurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weatherverified
Gas PumpnounMWEa pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanksverified
Gas RingnounMWEgas burner consisting of a circular metal pipe with several small holes through which gas can escape to be burnedverified
Gas ShellnounMWE(military) bomb consisting of an explosive projectile filled with a toxic gas that is released when the bomb explodesverified
Gas ThermometernounMWEthermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volumeverified
Gas TurbinenounMWEturbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustionverified