lesser


Definition: Meaning of, lesser in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈlɛsə /

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  1. formal not as large, as important, or as much as something else
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  2. the lesser of two evils also the lesser evil the less unpleasant or harmful of two unpleasant choices
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  3. technical used in the names of some types of animal, bird, or plant that are slightly smaller than the main type
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lesser used in phrases

  • Lesser Antilles (noun)
    1. a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies
  • Lesser Sunda Islands (noun)
    1. a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java; includes Bali and Timor
  • lesser anteater (noun)
    1. small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
  • lesser ape (noun)
    1. gibbons and siamangs
  • lesser bullrush (noun)
    1. reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia
  • lesser burdock (noun)
    1. a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa
  • lesser butterfly orchid (noun)
    1. south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
  • lesser calamint (noun)
    1. low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States
  • lesser celandine (noun)
    1. 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
  • lesser centaury (noun)
    1. common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes
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