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project(1) (iou)



project noun. LME.
[Latin projectum, formed as PROJECT verb.]
An (esp. written or drawn) outline or draft; a tabulated statement; a preliminary design or pattern. LME-E17.
(A) mental conception, (a) speculation. L16-E18.
= PROJECTION 5. rare. E17.
A planned or proposed undertaking; a scheme. E17.
J. Masefield He had no project outlined. Day Lewis The projectI mean the burningwas fortunately abandoned.
A projectile. E17-E18.
spec.
a. A usu. long-term Exercise or study of a set topic undertaken by a pupil or group of pupils. E20.
R. Carson One of the local schools made the collection of insecticide-poisoned birds a science project. Beano Our project this week is helping old folk.
b. An individual or collaborative enterprise undertaken usu. for industrial or scientific research, or having a social purpose. M20.
J. Diski Back in the forest working on my project, checking over the information I had gathered. Guardian A wave power research project at Queen's University, Belfast.
c. A government-subsidized estate or block of houses or apartments with relatively low rents. Also more fully housing project. N. Amer. M20.

oenothera (iou)



oenothera noun. E17.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek oinotheras an unknown narcotic plant, lit. 'Wine-trap', from oinos Wine (but prob. a false reading for onotheras, from onos ass).]
Any plant of the genus Oenothera, of the willowherb family, comprising chiefly N. American plants with large, often yellow, flowers.
? Those which open in the day are alternatively called sundrops, those which open in the evening, evening primrose.