canary creeper

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noun

a climbing plant, Tropaeolum peregrinum, similar to the nasturtium but with smaller yellow flowers and lobed leaves

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Words nearby canary creeper

canard, Canarese, Canaries Current, canary, canarybird flower, canary creeper, canary grass, Canary Islands, canary seed, canary yellow, Canasa

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How to use canary creeper in a sentence

“This is not a judgment of guilt, nor is it a suspension of any other canonical penalty,” Canary wrote.
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The aforementioned stories may very well be legitimate, but let's consider them a sort of canary in the coal mine.
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As has often been the case with issues of LGBT equality, this vote is the canary in the coalmine.
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The quintessential creeper is Alex, a 29-year-old who “dates online because it makes getting laid a lot easier.”
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It's like she is in Fashion Jail and only allowed to wear frumpy dated Sloane florals and old lady canary yellow.
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On the 7th of August we neared the Canary Isles, but unfortunately, on account of the thick fog, we could not see them.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
Their present canary was quite the most delightful little creature they had ever possessed.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
The Canary Islands boast of two bishoprics, both of which are now vacant, yet have not one newspaper.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
Neither the pine-apple nor water-melon grow in Teneriffe, but abundance of the latter are brought from Grand Canary.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
She is like a canary bird; when others begin to speak, she hurries in her remarks, in an accompaniment.
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