“heart of”

The following 4 entries include the term heart of.

heart of palm

: the edible young terminal bud of various palms (as a cabbage palmetto) usually served raw and dressed as a salad

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Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

: a member of a Roman Catholic teaching sisterhood founded at Monroe, Michigan, in 1845

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a heart of stone

noun phrase

: an inflexible and unfriendly or unkind disposition

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heart of gold

noun phrase

: a kind and generous disposition

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