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Anagyris foetida
Bean trefoil Bean" tre"foil (Bot.) A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris f[oe]tida).
Asafoetida
Asafetida As`a*fet"i*da, Asafoetida As`a*f[oe]t"i*da, n. [Asa + L. foetidus fetid.] The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asaf[oe]tida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [Written also assaf[oe]tida.]
assafoetida
Asafetida As`a*fet"i*da, Asafoetida As`a*f[oe]t"i*da, n. [Asa + L. foetidus fetid.] The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asaf[oe]tida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [Written also assaf[oe]tida.]
Assafoetida
Assafoetida As`sa*f[oe]t"i*da, n. Same as Asafetida.
Eryngium foetidum
Fitweed Fit"weed`, n. (Bot.) A plant (Eryngium f[oe]tidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.
Ferula asafoetida
Asafetida As`a*fet"i*da, Asafoetida As`a*f[oe]t"i*da, n. [Asa + L. foetidus fetid.] The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asaf[oe]tida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [Written also assaf[oe]tida.]
Ferula asafoetida
Ferulic Fe*ru"lic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (Ferula asaf[oe]tida); as, ferulic acid. [Written also ferulaic.]
Foetidia Mauritiana
Stinkwood Stink"wood`, n. (Bot.) A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the F[oe]tidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.
Iris foetidissima
Gladen Gla"den, n. [AS. gl[ae]dene, cf. L. gladius a sword. Cf. Gladiole.] (Bot.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris f[oe]tidissima. [Written also gladwyn, gladdon, and glader.]
Phoca foetida
Ringed Ringed, a. 1. Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings. 2. Wearning a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded. ``A ringed wife.' --Tennyson. Ringed seal (Zo["o]l.), a North Pacific seal (Phoca f[oe]tida) having ringlike spots on the body. Ringed snake (Zo["o]l.), a harmless European snake (Tropidonotus natrix) common in England. Ringed worm (Zo["o]l.), an annelid.
Phoca foetida
Seal Seal (s[=e]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG. selah, Dan. s[ae]l, Sw. sj["a]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo["o]l.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocid[ae] and Otariid[ae]. Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea lion, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal, fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal (Cystophora crustata), and the ringed seal (Phoca f[oe]tida), are northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp, Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant. Harbor seal (Zo["o]l.), the common seal (Phoca vitulina). It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also marbled seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard, ranger, selchie, tangfish.
Phoca foetida
Floe Floe (fl[=o]), n. [Cf. Dan. flag af iis, iisflage, Sw. flaga, flake, isflaga, isflake. See Flag a flat stone.] A low, flat mass of floating ice. Floe rat (Zo["o]l.), a seal (Phoca f[oe]tida).
Putorius foetidus
Polecat Pole"cat`, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See Poultry.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius f[oe]tidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret. (b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.
Putorius foetidus
Fitchet Fitch"et, Fitchew Fitch"ew, n. [Cf. OF. fisseau, fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome, E. fizz.] (Zo["o]l.) The European polecat (Putorius f[oe]tidus). See Polecat.
Sterculia foetida
Poon Poon, n. [Canarese ponne.] A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium, C. inophullum, and Sterculia f[oe]tida; -- called also peon.
Symplocarpus foetidus
Skunk Skunk, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense. Note: The common species of the Eastern United States (Mephitis mephitica) is black with more or less white on the body and tail. The spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius), native of the Southwestern United States and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is variously marked with black and white. Skunk bird, Skunk blackbird (Zo["o]l.), the bobolink; -- so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk. Skunk cabbage (Bot.), an American aroid herb (Symplocarpus f[oe]tidus>) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves. It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called swamp cabbage. Skunk porpoise. (Zo["o]l.) See under Porpoise.
Ustilago foetida
Bunt Bunt, n. (Bot.) A fungus (Ustilago f[oe]tida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.

Meaning of Foetid from wikipedia

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- skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low-growing plant that grows in wetlands and...
- P****iflora foetida (common names: stinking p****ionflower, wild maracuja, bush p****ion fruit, wild water lemon, stoneflower, love-in-a-mist, or running...
- to (con)fœderate, fœderal(ly), Œdipal, Œdipus, pœnalty, and fœtid. The likes of fœ̯tid, though superficially exceptional here, do indeed belong here...
- "Chinese senna" or even "American sicklepod", it is also called ****nic weed, foetid c****ia, or wild senna. It is also known locally by common names such as...
- Cotula Maruta foetida, Manzanilla loca, wild chamomile, Camomille puante. Foetid Chamomile, maithes, maithen, mathor mayweed chamomile, camomille des chiens...
- Juniperus foetidissima, with common names foetid juniper or stinking juniper, is a juniper tree species in the family Cupressaceae. Juniperus foetidissima...
- coffee pod and foetid c****ia. It is often confused with Chinese senna or sickle pod, Senna obtusifolia. Senna tora is an herbaceous annual foetid herb. The...
- metres (26 ft) tall, is upright, and is scarcely branching. Showy but weakly foetid, yellow blooms appear in the late winter. Abundant grape-like fruits appear...
- referred to in "Howl." For example, "Pilgrim State, Rockland, and Grey Stone's foetid halls" is a reference to institutions frequented by his mother and Carl...