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clado-(dictionary)
Clado's anastomosis(medicine)
Clado's band(medicine)
Clado's ligament(medicine)
Clado's point(medicine)
Clado, Spiro(medicine)
Polish(dictionary)
polish(2)(dictionary)
polish(medicine)

clado- (iou) and polish 1, verb (oh)


clado- (iou)



clado- combining form of Greek klados branch, shoot, or of CLADE: see -O-.
clado'genesis noun (Biology) the formation of a new species by evolutionary divergence of an ancestral species and species derived from it (cf. ANAGENESIS) M20.
cladoge'netic adjective (Biology) of, pertaining to, or arising through cladogenesis M20.
cla'dogenous adjective (Botany) growing from or borne on branches L19.
cladogram noun (Biology) a tree diagram of the cladistic relationship between a number of species M20.

polish 1, verb (oh)




[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: polir, from Latin polire]
to make something smooth, bright, and shiny by rubbing it
::I spent all afternoon polishing the silver.
polish sth with sth
::Polish the lenses with a piece of tissue.
to improve a piece of Writing, a speech etc by making slight changes to it before it is completely finished
::Your essay is good, you just need to polish it a bit.
-- polishing n [U]
polish off [polish sb/sth ¡û¡ú off] phr v
a) to finish Food, work etc quickly or easily
::Sam polished off the rest of the pizza.
b) AmE to kill or defeat a person or animal when they are weak or wounded
::He was polished off with a shotgun blast to the face.
polish up [polish sth ¡û¡ú up] phr v
also polish up on sth
to improve a skill or an ability by practising it
::You should polish up your Spanish before you go to Chile.
to make something seem better or more attractive to Other people
::The company needs to polish up its image.
to polish something