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of a number of plants of the composite family, bearing bright
yellow flowers on long stalks with clusters of leaves at the
base; here, a preparation made from certain of these plants,
once used for treating sprains and bruises.  ask lief of anybody
ask permission of anyone.  badger any of certain mammals of a
family of burrowing carnivores of North America, Europe, and
Asia, with a broad back, thick, short legs, and long claws on
the forefeet.   Bohemia a former independent kingdom in central
Europe (13th-15th centuries); part of Austria-Hungary until 1918
and then part of Czechoslovakia until 1993, when it was
incorporated into the Czech Republic.   Bohunk [Slang] a person
from east-central Europe; a derisive or contemptuous term.
box-elder a medium-sized, fast-growing North American maple,
with compound leaves.  breaking up this place and making the
first crops grow Cuzak is referring to plowing his land and
making it suitable for growing cro