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Re: Verruca

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 7, 2003, 22:12
The American Heritage Dictionary says it's a wart in general (in medicine),
or the wart on a toad's back or a leaf (in biology). The source cited was
again Latin.

The band Veruca Salt was mentioned in one of the versions of Adam Sandler's
"Hanukkah Song", wasn't it? ~Danny~

From: "Tim May" <butsuri@...>

> From the _New Oxford Dictionary of English_: > > verruca /v@'ru:k@/ >noun (pl. verrucae /-ki:, -si:/ or verrucas) a > contagious and usually painful wart on the sole of the foot; a plantar > wart. > * (in medical use) a wart of any kind. > -DERIVATIVES verrucose adjective, verrucous adjective > -ORIGIN late Middle English, from Latin.