dwarf
- noun
- /dwɔrf/
- In our garden, we planted several dwarf fruit trees that only grow to about three feet tall.
Look how small the seeds are on this dwarf.
- Look how small the seeds are on this dwarf.
Examples
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Eustoma, lisianthus, is a dwarf with purplish-blue, bell-shaped flowers that last up to 14 days.
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It's also home to one of the dwarf planets series.
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You have things like dwarf Birch, lots of Moss, things like that.
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Little Belle Blue was developed as the first true genetic dwarf selected from tissue culture.
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The dwarf hamster is a popular pet due to its small size and friendly nature.
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This dwarf variety of sunflower produces bright blooms that are perfect for small spaces.
Synonyms
A very small person or creature like one in a story
A person, animal, or thing that is much smaller than others of the same kind
Compounds
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A small, very dense star that remains after a star uses its fuel and glows with leftover heat
- Specialized
A small, very dense, faint star left when a star like the Sun stops burning its fuel
A low evergreen plant with fine leaves and small pink or burgundy flowers used as ground cover
A small spreading shrub from the southeastern United States with bright pink flower clusters
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that makes small edible nuts
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A small bushy tree that makes sweet edible nuts and often grows in dense groups
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A small bushy oak tree that makes sweet small acorns and forms dense thickets
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A low-growing plant with groups of leaves and bright red berries that grows in cold northern areas
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A small plant with soft, hairy leaves and tiny yellow flowers that lives for one year
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A small wild plant with yellow flowers that makes fluffy seed heads in spring
- UK
A small wild plant with strong-smelling white flowers and black berries used in medicine
- US
A low, spreading plant with thin needle leaves and pink or white flowers used to cover the ground
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A small thin fish about 10 cm long that lives in shallow coastal waters
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A small animal like a mouse with soft fur and pouches in its cheeks
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A very small sperm whale that lives in warm and cool seas and grows to about 8 feet long
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A low bush from eastern North America with divided leaves and clusters of red berries that attract birds
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A very small willow plant that grows low on cold mountains and in Arctic places
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A small Asian tree with many branches and small leaves that grows quickly and makes a good windbreak in gardens
A small decorative bush from China with many pink, red, or white flowers
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A small evergreen shrub like the golden chinkapin that grows on mountain slopes in California
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A small willow bush in the eastern United States with long narrow leaves that are gray and hairy underneath
- US
A small plant in the western United States that grows every year and has yellow daisy-like flowers on rocky slopes
A small low plant that grows in clumps and forms loose mats on the ground in eastern North America
A small bushy pine from central Europe with short bright green needles in pairs
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A low plant with white flowers that lives for many years in the southeastern United States
A small shrub with low, spreading branches that grows in cold northern regions
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A person with very short height caused by not enough growth hormone rather than by a bone growth condition
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A person much shorter than usual because a small part of the brain makes too little growth hormone
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A person much shorter than average because their bones do not grow fully but with normal mind and body shape
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A small birch that grows as a low shrub in cold parts of North America and Greenland
- Archaic
A person much shorter than average from a gene change, with usual body shape, thinking, and sexual growth
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A person who is much smaller than normal due to a rare genetic condition, with normal mental and sexual development
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A virus that makes onion plants small and their leaves turn yellow
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A virus that makes onion plants grow poorly and their leaves turn yellow
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A person who is much shorter than usual because their body makes too little growth hormone, with normal body proportions
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A disease of potato plants that makes leaves yellow and plants small
- Specialized
A germ that makes potato plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Australian
A small evergreen shrub with short stiff branches that grows in Tasmania
- Archaic
A person who is very short because of a gene problem but with normal body shape and mind
- Specialized
A disease of potato plants that makes leaves turn yellow and plants grow poorly
How Tall
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- UK
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dwarf is also used for a plant or animal that is much smaller than usual, simply extending the old idea of something being very small, so a 'dwarf' tree is a small variety of its species.