by Pete Verdon <usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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May 9, 2006 at 06:48 PM
Lou van Wijhe wrote:
> I don't think so. I looked it up in several marine encyclopedia and
found no
> synonym. But then, is there another name for a rose? ;-)
Not specifically, but if you wanted to vary your vocabulary a bit in a
piece of writing about them you could use words like "flower" or "bloom".
I have a feeling that there is another word for figurehead, but I just
can't think of it.
Pete
