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bandanna(dictionary)

semilunar (iou) and bandanna (oh)


semilunar (iou)



semilunar adjective & noun. LME.
[medieval Latin semilunaris: see SEMI-, LUNAR adjective.]
A. adjective. Chiefly Anatomy, Zoology, & Botany. Shaped like a half-moon or crescent; having one side convex and the Other straight or concave; spec. designating a bone in the carpus, a cartilage in the knee, a valve in the opening of the aorta or of the pulmonary artery from the heart. LME.
b. noun. A semilunar cartilage, valve, etc. L19.
semilunary adjective = SEMILUNAR adjective M17-M18.
semilunate adjective = LUNATE adjective M19.
semi-lu'nated adjective having a crescent-shaped indentation E18.

bandanna (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Hindi; Origin: badhnu 'cloth tied and then colored', from badhna 'to tie']
a large brightly coloured piece of cloth you wear around your head or neck