Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Porto Rico, Trophisracemosa, a low milky tree belonging to the Moraceæ. Its oark, sold in the drug markets of the island, is taken in the form of a decoction by women to stop lactation.
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Examples
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Ramon is tethered to Maneck, one of the aliens, by a wire embedded into his neck.
REVIEW: Best Short Novels: 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan 2006
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Ramon is tethered to Maneck, one of the aliens, by a wire embedded into his neck.
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After Marshall McDougall singled in Ramon Nivar with one out in the third, Ottavinia ripped his fourth triple of the season to drive in two runs and give Frisco a 4-0 lead.
USATODAY.com 2003
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The departure of Jimenez leaves the ball in Ramon Vazquez's court.
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Ramon is a 25-year-old right-hander for the Angels who had a 5.09 ERA last season.
USATODAY.com - Ortizes could be the strike zone poster boys 2001
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Murphy, who also lives in San Ramon, is renting a three-bedroom apartment that is strictly no-frills.
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"What's encouraging about Ramon is that in both of his starts back he's throwing strikes," Boston catcher Jason Varitek said,
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Ramon is our secret weapon at the bottom of the order.
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"He never does no actual killing himself, but he's got a bad lot of oilers [A] there, especially an old one named Andreas and another one called Ramon, and all he has to do is to lift one eye at a man he don't like and that man is as good as dead -- one time or another."
The Killer Stewart Edward White 1909
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I would never have guessed then that the most significant acquaintance I would make in that whole first week in America would be a thin, toothy Boston University student called Ramon Castro.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
hernesheir commented on the word Ramon
Another tree name for Reese Tee's list... - this one in the fig/mulberry/jackfruit family.
December 2, 2010