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Word: amarilla (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their Latin origins to make sure they are exact equivalents. Instead of translating hierba merely as grass, he lists dozens of botanical variations as well as a few related colloquialisms. Mala hierba can mean weed or it can mean a wayward young man. Hierba amargosa means ragweed, hierba amarilla means an oxeye daisy, and so on down to hierba velluda meaning bulbous buttercup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Last Word | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

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