Corn-cob

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of corncob. alt-of, alternative

    "It had a slender stem several feet high, and from its top stood up a single tongue of flame, an intensely red flower of the size and shape of a small corn-cob."

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auricleboggerbogtrotterboorbriarbriar pipe

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"It had a slender stem several feet high, and from its top stood up a single tongue of flame, an intensely red flower of the size and shape of a small corn-cob."

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