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Maine (iou) and hortensia (iou)


Maine (iou)



Maine noun. M19.
[A State in the north-eastern US.]
US History. Maine Law, a law forbidding the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors; spec. the prohibitory law passed in Maine in 1851.
Maine Coon (cat), (earlier) Maine cat, a domestic cat of a large, long-haired breed, orig. from America. E20.
Mainer noun a native or inhabitant of the State of Maine L19.
Mainite noun M19.

hortensia (iou)



hortensia noun. L18.
[mod. Latin, from Hortense, wife of J.-A. Lepaute (1720-c 1787), French clockmaker.]
A variety of the common hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla, in which all the flowers are of the sterile showy type.