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Dunks

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plungeverb(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
douseverb(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
dipnounA lower section of a road or geological feature.
sousenoun(transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
dunk shotnoun(basketball) A dunk, a shot where the ball is propelled directly downward through the hoop.
slamnoun(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
indian plumnounIndian coffee plum, Indian cherry (Flacourtia jangomas), a rainforest tree in the willow family that is widely planted in Asia and Southeast Asia.
jujubenounThe sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees.
lotusnounA kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
mangosteennounA tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.
chinese datenounThe jujube (Ziziphus jujuba).
monkey applenounThe tropical fruit tree Annona glabra.
monkey fruitnounThe fruit of various trees, especially monkey jack (Artocarpus spp.), lemon drop and other varieties of mangosteen (Garcinia spp.), wood apple (Aegle marmelos or Limonia acidissima), or giant yellow mulberry (Myrianthus arboreus).
rose applenounAny of various Syzygium species or their fruit, especially:
mandarinquatnounThe fruit from this tree.
yellowheartnounThe tree Zanthoxylum flavum.
jambolananounSyzygium cumini, a myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America with astringent bark and edible fruit.
wait-a-bitnoun(South Africa) One of numerous acacias and mimosas and relatives.
tallowwoodnounAn Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus microcorys, whose wood has a greasy feel when cut
calabash nutmegnounThe seed of that tree, used as a spice.

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