Definition of dwarf

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Dwarf (n.) An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being..

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Dwarf :: Dwarf (n.) An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being..
Danewort :: Danewort (n.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.].
Scrubbed :: Scrubbed (a.) Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
Dwarf :: Dwarf (v. i.) To become small; to diminish in size.
Standard-bred :: Standard (a.) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree..
Wallwort :: Wallwort (n.) The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus)..
Grub :: Grub (n.) A short, thick man; a dwarf..
Dwarf :: Dwarf (v. t.) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
Manakin :: Manakin (n.) A dwarf. See Manikin.
Arbuscular :: Arbuscular (a.) Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike.
Homunculus :: Homunculus (n.) A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.
Screen :: Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like..
Standard :: Standard (n.) A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis..
Furze :: Furze (n.) A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europaeus), with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; -- called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf furze is Ulex nanus..
Arbuscle :: Arbuscle (n.) A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub..
Box :: Box (n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc..
Runt :: Runt (a.) A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously..
Manikin :: Manikin (n.) A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.
Stuntness :: Stunted (a.) Dwarfed.
Birch :: Birch (n.) A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta)..
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