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the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
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element the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes"
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archaicism,
archaism the use of an archaic expression
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| quintessence -
the most typical example or representative of a type
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instance,
illustration,
representative,
example a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
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the purest and most concentrated essence of something
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nitty-gritty,
heart and soul,
pith,
gist,
meat,
kernel,
nub,
essence,
inwardness,
marrow,
sum,
substance,
centre,
heart,
core,
center soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
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