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ruins of the year

ruins of the year is the plural of ruin of the year.

Meaning of ruin of the year

Noun

ruin of the year (plural ruins of the year)

  1. (poetic) The dying back of deciduous plants in late autumn.
    • Oh ! bid them cull the myrtle green, Whose deathless bowers adorn the scene, That round her humid cell appear Saved from the ruins of the year;1813, David Irving, A Memorial of Anne Margaret Anderson, the Wife of David Irving

Questions about ruins of the year

What is ruins of the year the plural of?
Ruins of the year is the plural of ruin of the year.

Words near ruins of the year in the dictionary

  1. ruinlike
  2. ruinous
  3. ruinously
  4. ruinousness
  5. ruins
  6. ruins of the year
  7. ruint
  8. Ruiru
  9. Ruisch
  10. Ruishton
  11. Ruislip

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