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This leafy green vegetable originated in Southwest Asia & was considered a medicine by Persians
spinach
Tell the theater troupe it's a single toss of a fisherman's line & bait
a cast
Mother of this! It's a type of handle a revolver can have
pearl
In Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" we learn that this flower "by any other name would smell as sweet"
a rose
A masterful conductor is often called this, Italian for "master"
maestro
The type of bowling done on the PBA circuit, or one of the objects you'd aim your ball at
tenpin
You might be enticed by this general name for any artificial bait used to attract fish
a lure
A David Caruso film, or a valuable stone found in Chinese carvings from 1400 B.C.
jade
The Italians call this flower girasole because its head turns to follow the light
a sunflower
The name of this bird is from the French version of Peter
parrot
In order to remain independent, this 17th C. Dutch philosopher declined a professorship & a pension
Spinoza
By gum, it's a fishing spear with a 3-pronged point
a trident
You might need one to pay your hospital bills if you take a fall on a double this ski trail
diamond
It's believed that this flower's scientific name Papaver came from "pap" because its juice was used to make babies sleepy
the poppy
Make no bones about it, it's from a Greek expression for "dried-up body"
skeleton
A green woodpecker or a vain, pretentious chatterbox
popinjay
Hey, good buddy, it's ground-up bits of bait discarded into the water to attract game fish
chum
The ancient Greeks raised a toast to this purple gem, believed to protect them from drunkenness
amethyst
Known as a "fairy flower", this bloom of the genus Digitalis has a darker side; large doses of it can be poisonous
foxglove
This Austrian physicist's name is now synonymous with a measurement of the speed of sound
(Ernst) Mach
It's a pair of glasses kept on the face by a spring that grips the nose
pince-nez
It might be a social blunder to use one of these long poles with a hook on the end to land large fish
a gaff
Sounding like a noted political writer for the N.Y. Times, it's a blue gem variety of corundum
sapphire
Certain orchids, genus Cypripedium, are known by this feminine name, from their resemblance to delicate footwear
lady's slippers
This 3-letter slang term for forbid or veto comes to us from the German for "nothing"
nix