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The animals - The house of the rising sun

1.cleome KK[klɪˋomɪ] DJ[kliˋəumi]

From:And guess what? My cleome self-seeded.

n.

-Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome, native chiefly to warm regions and including several ornamentals.

2.kelp KK[kɛlp] DJ[kelp]

From:I'd wandered by the parsley patch looking for my watering can, intending to give the potatoes a dose of sea kelp . .  before going to dinner.

n.

-Any of various brown seaweeds of the order Laminariales, often growing very large and forming dense beds.

-The ashes of seaweed, formerly used as a source of potash and iodine.

3.snag KK[snæg] DJ[snæg]

From:Her photographer's eye has a vision that reachs beyond the realities of rain or technical snags or falling off a wall and missing the shot of a lifetime.

n.

-A rough, sharp, or jagged protuberance, as.

-A dead or partly dead tree that is still standing.

-A tree or a part of a tree that is sunken in or protrudes above a body of water and is a danger to navigation.

-A snaggletooth.

-A short or imperfectly developed branch of a deer's antler.

v.

-To tear, break, hinder, or destroy by or as if by a snag.

-To catch or obtain quickly or unexpectedly.

-To free of snags.

-To catch (a fish), especially by hooking in a place other than its mouth.

-To be damaged by asnag.

4.plane KK[plen] DJ[plein]

From:But now that I have my own garden, I realize that it exists on two planes.

n.

-A surface containing all the straight lines that connect any two points on it.

-A flat or level surface.

-A level of development, existence, or achievement.

-An airplane or hydroplane.

-A supporting surface of an airplane; an airfoil or wing.

5.perennial KK[pəˋrɛnɪəl] DJ[pəˋreniəl]

From:And there's this perennial I don't even know the name of that somebody gave me last year, just a transplant, and now it's this wonderful huge gorgeous purple thing . . .

adj.

-Lasting an indefinitely long time; enduring.

-Appearing again and again or year after year; recurrent.

-Living three or more years.

-Lasting or active throughout the year.