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Echini
(gcide) | Echinus \E*chi"nus\, n.; pl. Echini. [L., a hedgehog, sea
urchin, Gr. 'echi^nos.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A hedgehog.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common
edible sea urchin of Europe.
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3. (Arch.)
(a) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of
the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar
elastic curve. See Entablature.
(b) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric
style. See Illust. of Column
(c) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg
and dart molding, because that ornament is often
identified with the Roman Doric capital. The name
probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea
urchin.
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catechinic acid
(gcide) | Catechin \Cat"e*chin\, n. (Chem.)
One of the tannic acids (C15H14O6), extracted from
catechu as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also
catechuic acid, catechinic acid, cyanidol, and
catechuin. It is a flavonoid found generally in higher
woody plants, and is used in dyeing and tanning.
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Echinid
(gcide) | Echinid \E*chi"nid\, a. & n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Echinoid.
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Echinidan
(gcide) | Echinidan \E*chin"i*dan\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]chinide.] (Zo["o]l.)
One the Echinoidea.
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Echinidea
(gcide) | Echinoidea \Ech`i*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See Echinus, and
-oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They
have a calcareous shell, usually more or less spheroidal or
disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with
movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid. [Written
also Echinidea, and Echinoida.]
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Echinital
(gcide) | Echinital \E*chin"i*tal\, a.
Of, or like, an echinite.
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Echinite
(gcide) | Echinite \Ech"i*nite\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]chinite. See Echinus.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil echinoid.
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Palaeechini
(gcide) | Paleechinoidea \Pa`le*["e]ch`i*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See
Paleo-, and Echinoidea.] (Zool.)
An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks.
They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called
also Palaeechini. [Written also Palaeechinoidea.]
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genus lepechinia
(wn) | genus Lepechinia
n 1: a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae [syn:
Lepechinia, genus Lepechinia, Sphacele, {genus
Sphacele}] |
lepechinia
(wn) | Lepechinia
n 1: a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae [syn:
Lepechinia, genus Lepechinia, Sphacele, {genus
Sphacele}] |
lepechinia calycina
(wn) | Lepechinia calycina
n 1: California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large
white flowers [syn: pitcher sage, Lepechinia calycina,
Sphacele calycina] |
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