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Owenia venosa
Sour Sour, a. [Compar. Sourer; superl. Sourest.] [OE. sour, sur, AS. s?r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s?r, Icel. s?rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ. surovui harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant.] 1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. --Bacon. 2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned. 3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. ``A sour countenance.' --Swift. He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him sweet as summer. --Shak. 4. Afflictive; painful. ``Sour adversity.' --Shak. 5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh. Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel. Sour gourd (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit Adansonia Gregorii, and A. digitata; also, either of the trees bearing this fruit. See Adansonia. Sour grapes. See under Grape. Sour gum (Bot.) See Turelo. Sour plum (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian tree (Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights. Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious; crabbed; currish; peevish.

Meaning of Venosa from wikipedia

- Venosa (Lucano: Vënòsë [və'noʊzə]) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area....
- Look up venosa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Venosa is a town and comune in Italy. Venosa may also refer to: Carlo Gesualdo, also known as Gesualdo...
- Gesualdo da Venosa (between 8 March 1566 and 30 March 1566 – 8 September 1613) was an Italian nobleman and composer. Though both the Prince of Venosa and Count...
- Rapana venosa, common name the veined rapa whelk or Asian rapa whelk, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or whelk, in...
- Robert Venosa (January 21, 1936 - August 9, 2011) was an American painter of fantastic realist and visionary paintings. His work has been exhibited worldwide...
- Venosa Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Venosa; Concattedrale di Sant'Andrea) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Venosa, Basilicata, Italy, dedicated to Saint...
- Lipochaeta venosa is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name spreading nehe. It is endemic to Hawaii, where...
- Polyocha venosa is a species of snout moth. It is found in Greece, Turkey, as well as Israel. Fauna Europaea "Moths of Turkey". Archived from the original...
- Berengar (after 25 December 1096) was the Bishop of Venosa. He is mentioned for the last time at Christmas 1096. The son of Arnaud d'Échauffour, he became...
- Arnica venosa is a rare California species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Shasta County arnica. It should not be...