| RCC | radiological control center; rape crisis center; ratio of cost to charges; receptor-chemoeffector co... |
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| RTC | random control trial; rape treatment center; renal tubular cell; residential treatment center; retur... |
| RSM | rape seed meal |
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| broom rape | <botany> A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A. Ludovicianum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bruit de scie ou de rape | Introduced by R. Laennec to describe harsh, rasping murmurs. Origin: Fr. Saw, rasp (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rape | One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire. Origin: Icel. Hreppr village, district; cf. Icel. Hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. Hrepian, hreppan, to touch. 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. 2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. 3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc. Rape wine, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of pressed grapes. Origin: F. Rape a grape stalk. 1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery. "And ruined orphans of thy rapes complain." (Sandys) 2. Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent. 3. That which is snatched away. "Where now are all my hopes? O, never more. Shall they revive! nor death her rapes restore." (Sandys) 4. Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry. Origin: Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L. Rapere. See Rap to snatch. <botany> A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds. These plants, with the edible turnip, have been variously named, but are all now believed to be derived from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some is not considered distinct from the wild stock (B. Oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole. Broom rape. <botany> See Colza. Origin: L. Rapa, rapum, akin to Gr, G. Rube. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| broom | 1. <botany> A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; especially, the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers. "No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom." (Wordsworth) 2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc, commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. Butcher's broom, a plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; called also knee holly. See Cladophyll. Dyer's broom, a species of mignonette (Reseda luteola), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket. Spanish broom. See Spanish. Origin: OE. Brom, brome, AS. Brom; akin to LG. Bram, D. Brem, OHG. Bramo broom, thornbush, G. Brombeere blackberry. Cf. Bramble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| broom corn | <botany> A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| broom-like | <botany> Describes a plant which has many branches parallel or almost so and usually erect. (09 Oct 1997) |
| butcher's broom | <botany> A genus of plants (Ruscus); especially. R. Aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| green-broom | <botany> A plant of the genus Genista (G. Tinctoria); dyer's weed. Synonym: greenweed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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