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Glossary of Terms (as used in the lessons) D is for . . . |
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| dairy cattle | Type of cattle raised mainly for its milk. |
| dairy products |
Products made from milk. |
| dandelion | A plant, native to Eurasia, widely naturalized as a weed in North America and having many-rayed yellow flowers and deeply notched basal leaves sometimes used in salads. |
| Dawes Act | A Congressional Act which divided tribal lands among individual tribal members and allowed the surplus to be sold to non-Indians. |
| dazzling | Something that inspires admiration or wonder. |
| debt | That which is due from one person to another. |
| decay | The destruction of or decomposition of organic matter as a result of bacterial or fungal action. |
| deciduous | Shedding or losing foliage at the end of a growing season. |
| denominator | The quantity below the line indicating the number of units into which a whole is divided. |
| descendant | A person born into a particular family. |
| decompose | To decay. |
| decomposition | Organic decay |
| decomposers | Organisms which break material down into parts and caused them to rot. |
| dictionary | A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words, with information given for each word, usually including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology. |
| diet | The usual food and drink of a person or animal. |
| dietitian | A person who studies nutrition as it relates to health. |
| digest | To transform food into an assimilable condition, as by chemical and muscular action in the alimentary canal. |
| digging stick | A straight, pointed stick, sometimes weighted with a stone, used in digging up roots and later for soil cultivation. |
| dill seed | The seeds of an aromatic herb native to the Old World. The leaves and seeds of the dill plant are used as a seasoning and are suitable for sprouting. |
| Diplopoda | Any of various segmented, cylindrical arthropods, including the millipedes. |
| doe | A female goat |
| dome construction | Construction built with a hemispherical roof or vault. |
| domesticate | To train or adapt a plant or animal to live in which some processes are slowed down or suspended. |
| domesticated animal | An animal that has many of its needs provided by humans. |
| dominant | Most prominent. |
| dormant | In a condition of biological rest or inactivity. |
| down | Fine, soft, fluffy feathers forming the first plumage of a young bird and underlying the contour feathers in certain adult birds. |
| downey brome | A kind of grass with spikelets in loose, often drooping clusters. |
| draft horse | A type of horse used to pull wagons or heavy loads. |
| drone | A male honeybee, characteristically stingless, which performs no work and produces no honey. |
| drought | A long period of abnormally low rainfall, especially one that adversely affects growing or living conditions. |
| drought-resistant | The adaptations that enable plants to survive under drought conditions. |
| dung | Manure; the excrement of animals. |
| Dust Bowl | Part of the Great Plains region of the US which is subject to severe droughts. |
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