toorts

Definitions of toorts
  1. noun
    a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
    synonyms: fakkel, flambouw
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    type of:
    flashlight, zaklamp, zaklantaarn
    a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
  2. noun
    a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
    synonyms: fakkel, flambouw, flashlight, zaklamp, zaklantaarn
  3. noun
    any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
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    types:
    koningskaars
    tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
    type of:
    kruid
    a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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