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philosophy of the Garden
pillar of the diaphragm
: any of the crura of the diaphragm
pleas of the crown
: the pleas or actions of which the crown formerly claimed exclusive jurisdiction as affecting the king's peace
pole of the heavens
pride of the morning
: a light fog or misty dew such as often precedes a fine day
pride-of-the-peak
noun: an orchid (Habenaria paramoena) chiefly of southeastern U.S. that has rose-purple to violet flowers with the lip shallowly erose and the terminal lobe deeply emarginate
priming of the tide
: acceleration of the time of high or low water in the 1st and 3d quarters of the moon —opposed to lag of the tide
privilege of the floor
: the right of a person to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative chamber while the legislature is in session
promoter of the faith
pumping of the barometer
: a rather rapid rise and fall of the column of the mercurial barometer due to inertia attending changes in the rate of vertical motion : a corresponding oscillation of the index of the aneroid barometer or of the recording pen of the barograph due to various causes (as change of pressure)
purple of the ancients
: tyrian purple
pyramid of the cerebellum
pyramid of the medulla
: either of two large bundles of motor fibers from the cerebral cortex reaching the medulla through the cerebral peduncles and pons and continuous with the pyramidal tracts of the spinal cord
quadrature of the circle
: a problem in mathematics that consists of finding the side of a square exactly equal in area to a given circular area and that has been shown to be impossible of solution by geometric methods limited to the use of ruler and compass alone
queen of the meadow
: a meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
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