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Definition Lists
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Summary
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The Definition Lists extension adds the ability to create definition lists in
Markdown documents.
This extension is included in the standard Markdown library.
Syntax
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Definition lists are defined using the syntax established in
[PHP Markdown Extra][php].
[php]: http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/#def-list
Thus, the following text (taken from the above referenced PHP documentation):
Apple
: Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in
the family Rosaceae.
Orange
: The fruit of an evergreen tree of the genus Citrus.
will be rendered as:
<dl>
<dt>Apple</dt>
<dd>Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in
the family Rosaceae.</dd>
<dt>Orange</dt>
<dd>The fruit of an evergreen tree of the genus Citrus.</dd>
</dl>
Usage
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See [Extensions](index.html) for general extension usage, specify `def_list`
as the name of the extension.
This extension does not accept any special configuration options.