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Quince :: Quince (n.) a quince tree or shrub.

Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground..

Yaupon :: Yaupon (n.) A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea..

Vanadinite :: Vanadinite (n.) A mineral occurring in yellowish, and ruby-red hexagonal crystals. It consist of lead vanadate with a small proportion of lead chloride..

Samphire :: Samphire (n.) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.

Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body..

Holystone :: Holystone (n.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern..

Candleberry Tree :: Candleberry tree () A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry..

Ruby :: Ruby (n.) See Agate, n., 2..

Nursery :: Nursery (n.) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees..

Rubiginous :: Rubiginous (a.) Having the appearance or color of iron rust; rusty-looking.

Strappadoes :: Strap (v. t.) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor..

Rubric :: Rubric (n.) The title of a statute; -- so called as being anciently written in red letters.

Stercolin :: Stercobilin (n.) A coloring matter found in the faeces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, -- identical with hydrobilirubin..

Lady''s Bedstraw :: Lady's bedstraw () The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels..

Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.

Rusty :: Rusty (superl.) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous..

Ribes :: Ribes (n.) A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds.

Ordinal :: Ordinal (n.) A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.

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