to eat nian gao during this time of the year because nian gao (年糕) is a homonym for "higher year" or "grow every year" (年高), which means "a more prosperous...

1858 †Fagus aspera (Berry) Brown, 1944 †Fagus aspera Chelebaeva, 2005 (jr homonym) †Fagus atlantica Unger, 1847 †Fagus attenuata Göppert, 1855 †Fagus aurelianii...

Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) Code and discarded C. australis as a junior homonym—in 1788, Gmelin had used the same binomial name to describe the black nunbird—to...

—origin 1940s: from Greek akron 'end, tip' + onoma 'name,' on the pattern of homonym. "acronym". Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition. Houghton...

pronounced identically, which helps differentiate words that would otherwise be homonyms, as in mane (silent ⟨e⟩ strategy), main (digraph strategy) and Maine (both...

wedding, and funerals by the Hakka people. The name of cake, fagao, is a homonym for "cake which expands" and "prosperity cake" as "fa" means both "prosperity"...

to species. The fruits have many culinary uses including pumpkin pie, biscuits, bread, desserts, puddings, beverages, and soups. Although botanical fruits...

Emperor's birthday. "Sugarcane" (Chinese: 甘蔗; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-chià) is a near homonym to "thank you" (Chinese: 感謝; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-siā) in the Hokkien dialect...

zoological sense or illegitimate in the botanical sense due to senior homonyms already having the same name. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U...

Chinese red envelopes should not be confused with this term, as they are homonyms. Ampaw is made with cooked white rice (usually leftovers). It is dried...