rotting flesh

collocation in English

meaningsofrotandflesh

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rot
noun[U]
uk
/rɒt/us
/rɑːt/
decay:
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flesh
noun
uk
/fleʃ/us
/fleʃ/
the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones, or the soft inside part of a fruit ...
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(Definition ofrotandfleshfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It described the stench ofrottingfleshin the plant, rats running over people's feet, and overflowing sewage.
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The odor has been compared to fresh dog feces,rottingfleshor sewage.
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This plant can take 10 years to flower, with the flower smelling ofrottingflesh.
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The body odor is said to rival that smell ofrottingflesh.
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It is often found near gull colonies, and mimics the appearance and smell ofrottingflesh.
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They have the appearance and smell ofrottingflesh, in order to attract the flies which pollinate them.
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It has dark green leaves, an immense central black flower and emanates a strong odor ofrottingflesh.
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They find the book, but taking it from its pedestal causes hands ofrottingfleshto come up out of the ground.
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These accounts include descriptions of fever and red spots over arms, back and chest, progressing to delirium, gangrenous sores, and the stench ofrottingflesh.
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These accounts include descriptions of fever and red spots over arms, back, and chest, progressing to delirium, gangrenous sores, and the stink ofrottingflesh.
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The fruit body, which has an odor comparable to fresh dog feces,rottingflesh, or sewage when mature, is edible in its immature egg stage.
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Apparently, worshippers breathed in the noxious fumes ofrottingfleshfrom the burial room below for 17 years before the hoard of bodies was discovered.
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According to her legend, during her long sickness her body became attached to the wood of the table, and worms and rats fed on herrottingflesh.
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