Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of umbelliferous plants, natives of the Mediterranean region, and having the habit of the carrot, but with the outer petals of the umbel very large. It is sometimes called
bishop's-weed .
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Examples
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The children called her ammi, an adulatory term for mother.
unknown title 2009
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We find that the third child born to Hosea is called Lo-ammi, meaning,
The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Joseph Wild
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Here we used ammi a Queen Anne's Lace look-alike and explosion grass.
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During the course of their marriage, Gomer bears Hosea three children with symbolic names: a son, Jezreel, meaning, “God sows” (1: 4 – 5); a daughter, Lo-ruhamah, meaning “not pitied” (1: 6 – 7); and another son, Lo-ammi, meaning “not my people” (1: 8 – 9).
Gomer: Bible. 2009
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Hao else ammi opposed tew git tew teh fun shiney rollee ornimints wut tew play wif?
And thats when he realized…. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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My aunt Amal mart 'ammi comes from a village renowned for the quality of its orange flower water, Maghdouche; she still helps her sisters produce their own, and my mother used to win friends in Beirut by distributing vials of this precious liquid.
Dove's Eye View: 2008
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In case you need a refresher, the American Museum of the Moving Image has mounted an Internet exhibit (ammi. org) of presidential campaign commercials dating back to 1952, the year Dwight Eisenhower appeared in a series of 20-second spot ads on TV.
Cyberscope 2008
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Yes iz in onner of anni-ammi-versary of Steves death?
Croiky! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And let Nek Nekulon extol Mak Makal and let him say unto him: Immi ammi Semmi.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Ajwain Ajwain Trachyspermum ammi is a close relative of caraway, used in North Africa and Asia, especially India, and can be thought of as a seed version of thyme: it carries the essence of thyme, thymol, in a caraway-like seed.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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