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Angust
(gcide) | Angust \An*gust"\, a. [L. angustus. See Anguish.]
Narrow; strait. [Obs.]
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Angustate
(gcide) | Angustate \An*gus"tate\, a. [L. angustatus, p. p. of angustare
to make narrow.]
Narrowed.
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Angustation
(gcide) | Angustation \An`gus*ta"tion\, n.
The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.
--Wiseman.
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Angusticlave
(gcide) | Angusticlave \An*gus"ti*clave\ ([a^]n*g[u^]s"t[i^]*kl[=a]v), n.
[L. angustus narrow + clavus a nail, a stripe.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of
the tunic as a sign of rank.
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Angustifoliate
(gcide) | Angustifoliate \An*gus`ti*fo"li*ate\
([a^]n*g[u^]s`t[i^]*f[=o]"l[i^]*[asl]t), Angustifolious
\An*gus`ti*fo"li*ous\ ([a^]n*g[u^]s`t[i^]*f[=o]"l[i^]*[u^]s), a.
[L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf.] (Bot.)
Having narrow leaves. --Wright.
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Angustifolious
(gcide) | Angustifoliate \An*gus`ti*fo"li*ate\
([a^]n*g[u^]s`t[i^]*f[=o]"l[i^]*[asl]t), Angustifolious
\An*gus`ti*fo"li*ous\ ([a^]n*g[u^]s`t[i^]*f[=o]"l[i^]*[u^]s), a.
[L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf.] (Bot.)
Having narrow leaves. --Wright.
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Angustura bark
(gcide) | Angustura bark \An`gus*tu"ra bark`\
See Angostura bark.
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Calophyllum angustifolium
(gcide) | Poon \Poon\, n. [Canarese ponne.]
A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the
masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium,
Calophyllum inophullum, and Sterculia f[oe]tida; --
called also peon.
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Cassia angustifolia
(gcide) | Senna \Sen"na\, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. s['e]n['e];
all fr. Ar. san[=a].]
1. (Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the
genus Cassia. (Cassia acutifolia, {Cassia
angustifolia}, etc.). They constitute a valuable but
nauseous cathartic medicine.
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2. (Bot.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now
cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West
Indies.
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Bladder senna. (Bot.) See under Bladder.
Wild senna (Bot.), the Cassia Marilandica, growing in the
United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally,
like those of the officinal senna.
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Curcuma angustifolia
(gcide) | Tikor \Tik"or\, n. [Hind. tikhur.]
A starch or arrow-root made from the tubes of an East Indian
zinziberaceous plant (Curcuma angustifolia); also, the
plant itself.
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Elaeagnus angustifolia
(gcide) | Olive \Ol"ive\, n. [F., fr. L. oliva, akin to Gr. ?. See Oil.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A tree (Olea Europaea) with small oblong or
elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and
oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated
for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches
are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown
and beautifully variegated.
(b) The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by
cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil
is pressed from its flesh.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; --
so called from the form. See Oliva.
(b) The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]
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3.
(a) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish,
yellowish, or tawny green.
(b) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and
green mixed in equal strength and proportion.
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4. (Anat.) An olivary body. See under Olivary.
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5. (Cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and
cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.
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Note: Olive is sometimes used adjectively and in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as, olive
brown, olive green, olive-colored, olive-skinned, olive
crown, olive garden, olive tree, olive yard, etc.
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Bohemian olive (Bot.), a species of Elaeagnus ({Elaeagnus
angustifolia}), the flowers of which are sometimes used in
Southern Europe as a remedy for fevers.
Olive branch.
(a) A branch of the olive tree, considered an emblem of
peace.
(b) (Fig.): A child.
to hold out an olive branch, to offer to make peace (with a
rival or enemy).
Olive brown, brown with a tinge of green.
Olive green, a dark brownish green, like the color of the
olive.
Olive oil, an oil expressed from the ripe fruit of the
olive, and much used as a salad oil, also in medicine and
the arts.
Olive ore (Min.), olivenite.
Wild olive (Bot.), a name given to the oleaster or wild
stock of the olive; also variously to several trees more
or less resembling the olive.
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Jasminum angustifolia
(gcide) | Jasmine \Jas"mine\, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar.
y[=a]sm[imac]n, Pers. y[=a]sm[imac]n; cf. It. gesmino,
gelsomino. Cf. Jessamine.] (Bot.)
A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a
peculiarly fragrant odor. The Jasminum officinale, common
in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian
jasmine is Jasminum Sambac, and, with {Jasminum
angustifolia}, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false
jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium).
Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies,
as species of Calotropis and Faramea. [Written also
jessamine.]
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Cape jasmine, or Cape jessamine, the Gardenia florida,
a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China,
and hardy in the Southern United States.
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Kalmia angustifolia
(gcide) | Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p,
sce['a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf,
OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. Sheepherd.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the
genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both
hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
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Note: The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) varies much in size,
in the length and texture of its wool, the form and
size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was
domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct
breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated
for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their
long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep,
remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in
which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which
always has four horns.
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2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth.
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3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government
and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
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Rocky mountain sheep.(Zool.) See Bighorn.
Maned sheep. (Zool.) See Aoudad.
Sheep bot (Zool.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See
Estrus.
Sheep dog (Zool.), a shepherd dog, or collie.
Sheep laurel (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia
angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs.
Sheep pest (Bot.), an Australian plant (Acaena ovina)
related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed
spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.
Sheep run, an extensive tract of country where sheep range
and graze.
Sheep's beard (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum
Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the
conspicuous pappus of the achenes.
Sheep's bit (Bot.), a European herb (Jasione montana)
having much the appearance of scabious.
Sheep pox (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep,
characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon
the skin.
Sheep scabious. (Bot.) Same as Sheep's bit.
Sheep shears, shears in which the blades form the two ends
of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as
often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so
called because used to cut off the wool of sheep.
Sheep sorrel. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex
Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly
soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel.
Sheep's-wool (Zool.), the highest grade of Florida
commercial sponges (Spongia equina, variety gossypina).
Sheep tick (Zool.), a wingless parasitic insect
(Melophagus ovinus) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes
its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the
blood, leaving a swelling. Called also sheep pest, and
sheep louse.
Sheep walk, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run.
Wild sheep. (Zool.) See Argali, Mouflon, and Oorial.
[1913 Webster]Lambkill \Lamb"kill`\, n. (Bot.)
A small American ericaceous shrub (Kalmia angustifolia),
resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and
small red flowers; -- called also calfkill, sheepkill,
sheep laurel, etc. It is supposed to poison young sheep and
other animals that eat it at times when the snow is deep and
they cannot find other food.
Syn: sheep laurel, pig laurel, Kalmia angustifolia.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]Laurel \Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier,
laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.]
1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus ({Laurus
nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape,
with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their
axils; -- called also sweet bay.
Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the
Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks
to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later
period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of
laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an
aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.
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Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some
respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.
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2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; --
especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
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3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because
the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
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Laurel water, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the
cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other
products carried over in the process.
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American laurel, or Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia;
called also calico bush. See under Mountain.
California laurel, Umbellularia Californica.
Cherry laurel (in England called laurel). See under
Cherry.
Great laurel, the rosebay (Rhododendron maximum).
Ground laurel, trailing arbutus.
New Zealand laurel, the Laurelia Nov[ae] Zelandi[ae].
Portugal laurel, the Prunus Lusitanica.
Rose laurel, the oleander. See Oleander.
Sheep laurel, a poisonous shrub, Kalmia angustifolia,
smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and
redder flowers.
Spurge laurel, Daphne Laureola.
West Indian laurel, Prunus occidentalis.
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Macrorhinus angustirostris
(gcide) | Sea elephant \Sea" el"e*phant\ (s[=e]" [=e]"[-e]*fant). (Zool.)
A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the
Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains
a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the
prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile
elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of
smaller size (Macrorhinus angustirostris) occurs on the
coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.
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Populus angustifolia
(gcide) | Cottonwood \Cot"ton*wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.)
An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the
seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the
Populus monilifera and Populus angustifolia of the
Western United States.
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Typha angustifolia
(gcide) | Bulrush \Bul"rush`\ (b[.u]l"r[u^]sh`), n. [OE. bulrysche,
bolroysche; of uncertain origin, perh. fr. bole stem + rush.]
(Bot.)
A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.
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Note: The name bulrush is applied in England especially to
the cat-tail (Typha latifolia and {Typha
angustifolia}) and to the lake club-rush ({Scirpus
lacustris}); in America, to the Juncus effusus, and
also to species of Scirpus or club-rush.
[1913 Webster]cattail \cat"tail\, Cat-tail \Cat"-tail\(k[a^]t"t[=a]l), n.
(Bot.)
A tall erect rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing widely
in fresh and salt marshes, with long, flat, sword-shaped
leaves, having clusters of small brown flowers in a dense
cylindrical spike at the top of the stem; -- called also
bulrush and reed mace. The leaves are frequently used for
seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin.
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Note: The lesser cat-tail is Typha angustifolia.
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Vaccinium angustifolium
(gcide) | Bluets \Blu"ets\, n. [F. bluet, bleuet, dim. of bleu blue. See
Blue, a.] (Bot.)
A name given to several different species of plants having
blue flowers, as the Houstonia c[oe]rulea, the {Centaurea
cyanus} or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.
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epilobium angustifolium
(wn) | Epilobium angustifolium
n 1: tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and
narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers
occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent
clearings; an important honey plant [syn: fireweed,
giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup,
Epilobium angustifolium] |
eriophorum angustifolium
(wn) | Eriophorum angustifolium
n 1: having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes
[syn: common cotton grass, Eriophorum angustifolium] |
helianthus angustifolius
(wn) | Helianthus angustifolius
n 1: sunflower of eastern North America having narrow leaves and
found in bogs [syn: swamp sunflower, {Helianthus
angustifolius}] |
kalmia angustifolia
(wn) | Kalmia angustifolia
n 1: North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but
having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to
young stock [syn: sheep laurel, pig laurel, lambkill,
Kalmia angustifolia] |
lavandula angustifolia
(wn) | Lavandula angustifolia
n 1: aromatic Mediterranean shrub widely cultivated for its
lilac flowers which are dried and used in sachets [syn:
English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, {Lavandula
officinalis}] |
malus angustifolia
(wn) | Malus angustifolia
n 1: small tree or shrub of southeastern United States;
cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
[syn: Southern crab apple, flowering crab, {Malus
angustifolia}] |
morchella angusticeps
(wn) | Morchella angusticeps
n 1: a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk
with little free skirt around it; the fertile body is grey
when young and black in old age [syn: black morel,
Morchella conica, conic morel, Morchella angusticeps,
narrowhead morel] |
prunus angustifolia
(wn) | Prunus angustifolia
n 1: small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible
yellow to reddish fruit [syn: chickasaw plum, hog plum,
hog plum bush, Prunus angustifolia] |
typha angustifolia
(wn) | Typha angustifolia
n 1: reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia [syn:
lesser bullrush, narrow-leaf cattail, {narrow-leaved
reedmace}, soft flag, Typha angustifolia] |
vaccinium angustifolium
(wn) | Vaccinium angustifolium
n 1: low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America
having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark
blue berries [syn: low-bush blueberry, low blueberry,
Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum] |
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