Lesser
Meanings and phrases
lesser
- of less size or importance
- smaller in size or amount or value
Lesser Antilles
- a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; Caribees
Lesser Sunda Islands
- a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java; includes Bali and Timor; Nusa Tenggara
n.
- small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America; tamandua; tamandu; Tamandua tetradactyla
n.
- reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia; narrow-leaf cattail; narrow-leaved reedmace; soft flag; Typha angustifolia
n.
- a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa; common burdock; Arctium minus
n.
- south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria; Platanthera bifolia; Habenaria bifolia
n.
- low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States; field balm; Calamintha nepeta; Calamintha nepeta glantulosa; Satureja nepeta; Satureja calamintha glandulosa
n.
- perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles; pilewort; Ranunculus ficaria
n.
- common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes; Centaurium minus
n.
- of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia; common duckweed; Lemna minor
n.
- Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring; Alpinia officinarum; Alpinia officinalis
n.
- European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten; fool's parsley; Aethusa cynapium
n.
- a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized; black knapweed; hardheads; Centaurea nigra
n.
- a part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and liver and supporting the hepatic vessels
n.
- reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas; red panda; panda; bear cat; cat bear; Ailurus fulgens
n.
- an isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach; bursa omentalis; omental bursa
n.
- rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward; rhomboid minor muscle; musculus rhomboideus minor
n.
- small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific; piked whale; minke whale; Balaenoptera acutorostrata
n.
- common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads; lesser scaup duck; lake duck; Aythya affinis
n.
- common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads; lesser scaup; lake duck; Aythya affinis
lesser spearwort
- semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New Zealand; Ranunculus flammula
n.
- orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rust-colored flowers with the lip flushed mauve; Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland; Listera cordata
n.
- Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller; whitethroat; Sylvia curruca
n.
- the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America; Pyrola minor
n.
- clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock; hop clover; shamrock; Trifolium dubium
E.g.
- or to a lesser extent, "Are you doing anything tomorrow?"
- Agent Orange was to a lesser extent used outside Vietnam.
- These spots are also visited by females, but to a lesser extent.
E.g.
- Several cultivars are scented to a greater or lesser degree.
- But even biological intelligence is affected to a lesser degree.
- Like Nabataean, Palmyrene was influenced by Arabic, but to a much lesser degree.
E.g.
- It remains one of the lesser known chronicles today.
- The lesser known Belmont House is situated about to the east.
- Two lesser known forms are the "tatibin" and the "tampan maju".
E.g.
- Several cultivars are scented to a greater or lesser degree.
- The term "alexandrine" may be used with greater or lesser rigor.
- Different sign language speech communities use fingerspelling to a greater or lesser degree.
E.g.
- This was a much lesser penalty than would accrue to full homicide.
- The present participle is used to a much lesser extent than in English.
- Like Nabataean, Palmyrene was influenced by Arabic, but to a much lesser degree.
E.g.
- He stated that he would demand a reduction to a lesser charge, since "the act was an insult, not an aggression".
- Easterbrook was instead convicted of the lesser charge of grievous bodily harm and intent to resist his lawful apprehension.
- Three other defendants, all PRA soldiers, were convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter and sentenced to 30 or more years.