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(Greek: groats, meal, porridge; soft, pasty materials)
(Greek: soft, softness; abnormal softening, soft-bodied)
(Latin: soft)
(Greek: [soft] fat)
(Greek: feather [soft], down)
(Greek: uvula; the small piece of soft tissue that can be seen dangling down from the soft palate over the back of the tongue)
(Greek: the soft part of the body between the ribs and the hip, flank, loin; denotes the flank or loins and the abdominal wall or a part of the abdomen)
(Greek: breast; the front of the human chest and either of two soft rounded organs on each side of the chest in women and men; however, with women the organs are more prominent and produce milk after childbirth; also, a milk-producing gland in mammals that corresponds to the human breast)
(Latin: a pendent, fleshy mass of tissue hanging from the soft palate above the root of the tongue; mucous membrane)
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Holcus molli, Creeping Soft Grass, Creeping Velvet Grass
European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage.
nonpersistent pesticide, soft pesticide
A pesticide compound that is rapidly biodegradable with a half life of a few days.
This entry is located in the following units:
-cide, -cides, -cidal
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pesti-, pest- +
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A conical protuberance from the back edge of the middle of the soft palate: The function of the uvula of the soft palate is to prevent food from entering the nasal cavity.
During swallowing, the uvula of the soft palate moves upward with the soft palate.