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Arisarum vulgare
(gcide) | Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr.
L. frater brother. See Brother.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. {(b)
Augustines}. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. {(d) White
Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.
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2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
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Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; {poor
soldier}, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to
several other species of the same genus.
Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
benzoin. --Brande & C.
Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.
Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare)
with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
--Milton.
Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate
(Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, {border
ray}, scad, and doctor.
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Arisarum vulgare
(gcide) | friar's-cowl \friar's-cowl\, friar's-cowls \friar's-cowls\n.
(Bot.)
A tuberous perennial (Arisarum vulgare) having a
cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; -- found in the
Mediterranean, Canaries, and Azores.
Syn: friars' cowl, Arisarum vulgare.
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arisarum vulgare
(wn) | Arisarum vulgare
n 1: tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-
black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores [syn:
friar's-cowl, Arisarum vulgare] |
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