† ormen.
Obsolete. rare.
The calyx of a flower. Cf. husk n.1 1b.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [noun] > pod, husk, or siliqua
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [noun] > other vegetation
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 85/1 The Orme, is the same to husk.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 117/1 Orme or husk [is] the thing Flowers grow out off.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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- waterline pattern
- waterline plan
- waterlined
- waterliner
- waterlines
- waterlink
- waterliverwort
- waterliving
- waterlocked
- waterlog
- waterlogged
- waterloggedness
- waterlogger
- waterlogging
- waterlogs
- waterloo
- waterloo ball
- waterloo bang-up
- waterloo bangup
- waterloo blue
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