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florid
(encz) | florid,květnatý adj: Michal Ambrož |
florid
(encz) | florid,rudý adj: Michal Ambrož |
florid
(encz) | florid,zdobený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Florid
(gcide) | Florid \Flor"id\, a. [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See
Flower.]
1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.]
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Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish
color; as, a florid countenance.
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3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess
with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style;
florid eloquence.
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4. (Mus.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic
figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of
fioriture or little ornamentations.
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florid
(wn) | florid
adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn:
aureate, florid, flamboyant]
2: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with
outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund
cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn: rubicund,
ruddy, florid, sanguine] |
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florid
(encz) | florid,květnatý adj: Michal Ambrožflorid,rudý adj: Michal Ambrožflorid,zdobený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
florida
(encz) | Florida,Florida n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Uruguay, okres v USA, stát
v USA, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
florida green
(encz) | Florida green, |
florida keys
(encz) | Florida Keys, |
florida selaginella
(encz) | florida selaginella, n: |
floridan
(encz) | Floridan, |
floridian
(encz) | Floridian, |
floridians
(encz) | Floridians, |
floridly
(encz) | floridly,květnatě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
floridness
(encz) | floridness, |
florida
(czen) | Florida,Floridan: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Uruguay, okres v USA, stát v
USA, ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
hl.m. - florida v usa
(czen) | hl.m. - Florida v USA,Tallahasseen: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
mys ve střední části východního pobřeží floridy
(czen) | mys ve střední části východního pobřeží Floridy,Canaveral Jiří Šmoldas |
Amyris Floridana
(gcide) | Torchwood \Torch"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera,
Amyris Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves.
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Aphelocoma Floridana
(gcide) | Jay \Jay\, n. [F. geai, OF. gai, jaj, perh. fr. OHG. g[=a]hi.
Cf. Gay.] (Zool.)
Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to
Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera of the family
Corvidae. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller,
more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually
have a crest.
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Note: The European jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a large and
handsomely colored species, having the body pale
reddish brown, lighter beneath; tail and wing quills
blackish; the primary coverts barred with bright blue
and black; throat, tail coverts, and a large spot on
the wings, white. Called also jay pie, Jenny jay,
and k[ae]. The common blue jay ({Cyanocitta
cristata}.), and the related species, are brilliantly
colored, and have a large erectile crest. The
California jay (Aphelocoma Californica), the Florida
jay (Aphelocoma Floridana), and the green jay
(Xanthoura luxuosa), of Texas and Mexico, are large,
handsome, crested species. The Canada jay ({Perisoreus
Canadensis}), and several allied species, are much
plainer and have no crest. See Blue jay, and {Whisky
jack}.
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Jay thrush (Zool.), any one several species of Asiatic
singing birds, of the genera Garrulax, Grammatoptila,
and related genera of the family Crateropodid[ae]; as,
the white-throated jay thrush (Garrulax albogularis)
(also called the white-throated laughingthrush), of
India.
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Artipus Floridanus
(gcide) | Leaf \Leaf\ (l[=e]f), n.; pl. Leaves (l[=e]vz). [OE. leef,
lef, leaf, AS. le['a]f; akin to S. l[=o]f, OFries. laf, D.
loof foliage, G. laub, OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf,
Sw. l["o]f, Dan. l["o]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf.
Lodge.]
1. (Bot.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from
the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the
use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of
light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively
constitute its foliage.
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Note: Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina,
supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued
through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs
and veins that support the cellular texture. The
petiole has usually some sort of an appendage on each
side of its base, which is called the stipule. The
green parenchyma of the leaf is covered with a thin
epiderm pierced with closable microscopic openings,
known as stomata.
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2. (Bot.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a
lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a
part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract,
a spine, or a tendril.
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Note: In this view every part of a plant, except the root and
the stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves
more or less modified and transformed.
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3. Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and
having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger
body by one edge or end; as:
(a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages
upon its opposite sides.
(b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged,
as of window shutters, folding doors, etc.
(c) The movable side of a table.
(d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf.
(e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer.
(f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
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Leaf beetle (Zool.), any beetle which feeds upon leaves;
esp., any species of the family Chrysomelid[ae], as the
potato beetle and helmet beetle.
Leaf bridge, a draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which
swings vertically on hinges.
Leaf bud (Bot.), a bud which develops into leaves or a
leafy branch.
Leaf butterfly (Zool.), any butterfly which, in the form
and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants
upon which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus
Kallima, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Leaf crumpler (Zool.), a small moth (Phycis indigenella),
the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the apple tree,
and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening leaves
together in clusters.
Leaf fat, the fat which lies in leaves or layers within the
body of an animal.
Leaf flea (Zool.), a jumping plant louse of the family
Psyllid[ae].
Leaf frog (Zool.), any tree frog of the genus
Phyllomedusa.
Leaf green.(Bot.) See Chlorophyll.
Leaf hopper (Zool.), any small jumping hemipterous insect
of the genus Tettigonia, and allied genera. They live
upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See Live hopper.
Leaf insect (Zool.), any one of several genera and species
of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus Phyllium, in
which the wings, and sometimes the legs, resemble leaves
in color and form. They are common in Southern Asia and
the East Indies.
Leaf lard, lard from leaf fat. See under Lard.
Leaf louse (Zool.), an aphid.
Leaf metal, metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or tin.
Leaf miner (Zool.), any one of various small lepidopterous
and dipterous insects, which, in the larval stages, burrow
in and eat the parenchyma of leaves; as, the pear-tree
leaf miner (Lithocolletis geminatella).
Leaf notcher (Zool.), a pale bluish green beetle ({Artipus
Floridanus}), which, in Florida, eats the edges of the
leaves of orange trees.
Leaf roller (Zool.), See leaf roller in the vocabulary.
Leaf scar (Bot.), the cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has
fallen.
Leaf sewer (Zool.), a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar
makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges
together with silk, as if sewn; esp., {Phoxopteris
nubeculana}, which feeds upon the apple tree.
Leaf sight, a hinged sight on a firearm, which can be
raised or folded down.
Leaf trace (Bot.), one or more fibrovascular bundles, which
may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a
leaf.
Leaf tier (Zool.), a tortricid moth whose larva makes a
nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk;
esp., Teras cinderella, found on the apple tree.
Leaf valve, a valve which moves on a hinge.
Leaf wasp (Zool.), a sawfly.
To turn over a new leaf, to make a radical change for the
better in one's way of living or doing. [Colloq.]
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They were both determined to turn over a new leaf.
--Richardson.
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Calycanthus floridus
(gcide) | Allspice \All"spice`\, n.
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the
West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably
aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to
combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and
hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic
shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus);
wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush,
spicewood, and feverbush.
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Cornus florida
(gcide) | Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F.
cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L.
cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the
wood. See Horn.]
1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European
shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed
by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
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2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida,
the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier
cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or
bunchberry.
[1913 Webster]Cornic \Cor"nic\ (k[^o]r"n[i^]k), a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood
(Cornus florida).
[1913 Webster]Cornin \Cor"nin\ (k?r"n?n), n. (Chem.)
(a) A bitter principle obtained from dogwood ({Cornus
florida}), as a white crystalline substance; -- called
also cornic acid.
(b) An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge.
[1913 Webster]Dogwood \Dog"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. [So named from skewers
(dags) being made of it. --Dr. Prior. See Dag, and
Dagger.] (Bot.)
The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the
wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many
purposes.
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Note: There are several species, one of which, {Cornus
mascula}, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red
acid berry. Cornus florida is the flowering dogwood,
a small American tree with very showy blossoms.
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Dogwood tree.
(a) The dogwood or Cornus.
(b) A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythrina) growing in
Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also
Jamaica dogwood.
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Florida bean
(gcide) | Florida bean \Flor"i*da bean"\ (Bot.)
(a) The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens.
See under Bean.
(b) One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens.
[1913 Webster]Bean \Bean\ (b[=e]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be['a]n; akin to D.
boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[=o]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b["o]nne, Sw.
b["o]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous
herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and
Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
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Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still
doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and
China bean, included in Dolichos Sinensis; black
Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, Dolichos Lablab; the
common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and
pole beans, all included in Phaseolus vulgaris; the
lower bush bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus;
Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus; Spanish bean and
scarlet runner, Phaseolus multiflorus; Windsor bean,
the common bean of England, Faba vulgaris.
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with vegetables.
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2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more
or less resembling true beans.
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Bean aphis (Zool.), a plant louse (Aphis fab[ae]) which
infests the bean plant.
Bean fly (Zool.), a fly found on bean flowers.
Bean goose (Zool.), a species of goose (Anser segetum).
Bean weevil (Zool.), a small weevil that in the larval
state destroys beans. The American species is {Bruchus
fab[ae]}.
Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West
Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida
shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments.
Ignatius bean, or St. Ignatius's bean (Bot.), a species
of Strychnos.
Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce;
probably so called because an important article of food in
the navy.
Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the
edible white bean; -- so called from its size.
Sacred bean. See under Sacred.
Screw bean. See under Screw.
Sea bean.
(a) Same as Florida bean.
(b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament.
Tonquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of
Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree.
Vanilla bean. See under Vanilla.
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Florida moss
(gcide) | Moss \Moss\ (m[o^]s; 115), n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me['o]s, D.
mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw.
mossa, Russ. mokh', L. muscus. Cf. Muscoid.]
1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with
distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small
capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so
discharging the spores. There are many species,
collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks,
and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.
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Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other
small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species
of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss,
etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus
Lycopodium. See Club moss, under Club, and
Lycopodium.
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2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses
of the Scottish border.
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Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of
words which need no special explanation; as,
moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc.
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Black moss. See under Black, and Tillandsia.
Bog moss. See Sphagnum.
Feather moss, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp.
several species of the genus Hypnum.
Florida moss, Long moss, or Spanish moss. See
Tillandsia.
Iceland moss, a lichen. See Iceland Moss.
Irish moss, a seaweed. See Carrageen.
Moss agate (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown,
black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in
part to oxide of manganese. Called also Mocha stone.
Moss animal (Zool.), a bryozoan.
Moss berry (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium
Oxycoccus}).
Moss campion (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene
acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the
highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the
Arctic circle.
Moss land, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants,
forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the
water is grained off or retained in its pores.
Moss pink (Bot.), a plant of the genus Phlox ({Phlox
subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the
Middle United States, and often cultivated for its
handsome flowers. --Gray.
Moss rose (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike
growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived
from the Provence rose.
Moss rush (Bot.), a rush of the genus Juncus ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Scale moss. See Hepatica.
[1913 Webster]Tillandsia \Til*land"si*a\, n. [NL., after Prof. Tillands, of
Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)
An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined
to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a
rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold
a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate
flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended
by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus.
Note: Tillandsia usneoides, called Spanish moss, {long
moss}, black moss, and Florida moss, has a very
slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great
hanging tufts on the branches of trees in the
Southeastern United States and south to Argentina. It
is often used for stuffing mattresses
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Florida panther
(gcide) | cat \cat\ (k[a^]t), n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw.
katt, Icel. k["o]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. cat, W. cath,
Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. ga`ta, ga`tos, Russ.
& Pol. kot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. Cf.
Kitten.]
1. (Zool.) Any animal belonging to the natural family
Felidae, and in particular to the various species of the
genera Felis, Panthera, and Lynx. The domestic cat
is Felis domestica. The European wild cat ({Felis
catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the
United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to
the bay lynx (Lynx rufus). The larger felines, such as
the lion, tiger, leopard, and cougar, are often referred
to as cats, and sometimes as big cats. See Wild cat, and
Tiger cat.
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Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from
their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the
Angora cat; the Maltese cat; the Manx cat; the
Siamese cat.
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Laying aside their often rancorous debate over
how best to preserve the Florida panther, state
and federal wildlife officials,
environmentalists, and independent scientists
endorsed the proposal, and in 1995 the eight cats
[female Texas cougars] were brought from Texas
and released. . . .
Uprooted from the arid hills of West Texas, three
of the imports have died, but the remaining five
adapted to swamp life and have each given birth
to at least one litter of kittens. --Mark Derr
(N. Y. Times,
Nov. 2, 1999,
Science Times
p. F2).
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Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals,
from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher
cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting
quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal
and timber trade.
(b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the
cathead of a ship. --Totten.
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3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six
feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever
position it is placed.
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4. An old game; specifically:
(a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is
played. See Tipcat.
(b) A game of ball, called, according to the number of
batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
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5. same as cat o' nine tails; as, British sailors feared
the cat.
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6. A catamaran.
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Angora cat, blind cat, See under Angora, Blind.
Black cat the fisher. See under Black.
Cat and dog, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious.
"I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it."
--Coleridge.
Cat block (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large
hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to
the cathead.
Cat hook (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block.
Cat nap, a very short sleep. [Colloq.]
Cat o' nine tails, an instrument of punishment consisting
of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a
handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare
back.
Cat's cradle, game played, esp. by children, with a string
looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The
string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of
another, at each transfer with a change of form. See
Cratch, Cratch cradle.
To bell the cat, to perform a very dangerous or very
difficult task; -- taken metaphorically from a fable about
a mouse who proposes to put a bell on a cat, so as to be
able to hear the cat coming.
To let the cat out of the bag, to tell a secret, carelessly
or willfully. [Colloq.]
Bush cat, the serval. See Serval.
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Florideae
(gcide) | Florideae \Flo*rid"e*[ae]\, prop. n. pl. [NL., from L. flos,
floris, a flower.] (Bot.)
A subclass of alg[ae] including all the red or purplish
seaweeds; the Rhodosperme[ae] of many authors; -- so called
from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.
[1913 Webster]Rhodosperm \Rho"do*sperm\, n. [Gr. "ro`don the rose + spe`rma a
seed.] (Bot.)
Any seaweed with red spores.
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Note: As the name of a subclass, Rhodosperms, or
Rhodospermeae, is synonymous with Florideae (which
see.)
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Floridian
(gcide) | Floridian \Floridian\ prop. n.
a resident of Florida.
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Floridity
(gcide) | Floridity \Flo*rid"i*ty\, n.
The quality of being florid; floridness. --Floyer.
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Floridly
(gcide) | Floridly \Flor"id*ly\, adv.
In a florid manner.
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Floridness
(gcide) | Floridness \Flor"id*ness\, n.
The quality of being florid. --Boyle.
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Gardenia florida
(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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Jordanella floridae
(gcide) | Jordanella \Jordanella\ prop. n.
a genus of fishes, including the American flagfish
(Jordanella floridae), of Florida.
Syn: genus Jordanella.
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Leitneria floridana
(gcide) | Leitneria \Leitneria\ prop. n.
A genus of trees or shrubs coextensive with the family
Leitneriaceae, and including the corkwood ({Leitneria
floridana}).
Syn: family Leitneriaceae, corkwood family.
[WordNet 1.5]Corkwood \Cork"wood`\ (k[^o]rk"w[oo^]d`), n.
1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky
wood; esp.:
(a) In the United States, the tree Leitneria floridana,
a very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp
habitats in the southeastern US having extremely light
wood; -- called also the corkwood tree.
(b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees
Ochroma lagopus and Pariti tiliaceum. (2) The tree
producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly.
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Neotoma Floridana
(gcide) | Rat \Rat\ (r[a^]t), n. [AS. r[ae]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato,
ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw.
r[*a]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown
origin. Cf. Raccoon.]
1. (Zool.) One of several species of small rodents of the
genus Rattus (formerly included in Mus) and allied
genera, of the family Muridae, distinguished from mice
primarily by being larger. They infest houses, stores, and
ships, especially the Norway rat, also called brown rat,
(Rattus norvegicus formerly Mus decumanus), the black
rat (Rattus rattus formerly Mus rattus), and the roof
rat (formerly Mus Alexandrinus, now included in {Rattus
rattus}). These were introduced into America from the Old
World. The white rat used most commonly in laboratories is
primarily a strain derived from Rattus rattus.
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2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material,
used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their
natural hair. [Local, U.S.]
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3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the
trades, one who works for lower wages than those
prescribed by a trades union. [Cant]
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Note: "It so chanced that, not long after the accession of
the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the
German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this
country (in some timber as is said); and being much
stronger than the black, or, till then, the common,
rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter.
The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first,
as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the
government of George the First, but has by degrees
obtained a wider meaning, and come to be applied to any
sudden and mercenary change in politics." --Lord Mahon.
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Bamboo rat (Zool.), any Indian rodent of the genus
Rhizomys.
Beaver rat, Coast rat. (Zool.) See under Beaver and
Coast.
Blind rat (Zool.), the mole rat.
Cotton rat (Zool.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon
hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and
Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious
to the crop.
Ground rat. See Ground Pig, under Ground.
Hedgehog rat. See under Hedgehog.
Kangaroo rat (Zool.), the potoroo.
Norway rat (Zool.), the common brown rat. See Rat.
Pouched rat. (Zool.)
(a) See Pocket Gopher, under Pocket.
(b) Any African rodent of the genus Cricetomys.
Rat Indians (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near
Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to the Athabascan stock.
Rat mole. (Zool.) See Mole rat, under Mole.
Rat pit, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be
killed by a dog for sport.
Rat snake (Zool.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas
mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters
dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc.
Spiny rat (Zool.), any South American rodent of the genus
Echinomys.
To smell a rat. See under Smell.
Wood rat (Zool.), any American rat of the genus Neotoma,
especially Neotoma Floridana, common in the Southern
United States. Its feet and belly are white.
[1913 Webster]Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
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1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
-- frequently used in the plural.
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Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
substance which composes the body of a tree and its
branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To
worship their own work in wood and stone for gods."
--Milton.
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3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
called silver grain.
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Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
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4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa)
of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
of Anemone.
Wood ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa) which lives
in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
Wood baboon (Zool.), the drill.
Wood betony. (Bot.)
(a) Same as Betony.
(b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
purplish flowers.
Wood borer. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
(b) The larva of any one of various species of
lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
and of the goat moths.
(c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
(d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
(e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
terebrans}).
Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
--Knight.
Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
principal constituent of woody fiber.
Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
[Poetic] --Coleridge.
Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
Wood cricket (Zool.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius
sylvestris}).
Wood culver (Zool.), the wood pigeon.
Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
engraving.
Wood dove (Zool.), the stockdove.
Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
Wood duck (Zool.)
(a) A very beautiful American duck (Aix sponsa). The
male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
duck}, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
(b) The hooded merganser.
(c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata).
Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
Wood engraver.
(a) An engraver on wood.
(b) (Zool.) Any of several species of small beetles whose
larvae bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate
furrows in the wood often more or less resembling
coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
xylographus}.
Wood engraving.
(a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
(b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
such an engraving.
Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
Wood fiber.
(a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
(b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
mass.
Wood fretter (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles whose larvae bore in the wood, or beneath the
bark, of trees.
Wood frog (Zool.), a common North American frog ({Rana
sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
with a black stripe on each side of the head.
Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
Wood grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The capercailzie.
(b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood guest (Zool.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
Wood hen. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
allied species.
(b) The American woodcock.
Wood hoopoe (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
Wood ibis (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
loculator}) is common in Florida.
Wood lark (Zool.), a small European lark ({Alauda
arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
trees.
Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
Laureola}).
Wood leopard (Zool.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
aesculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva
bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit
trees.
Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
Wood louse (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and {Pill
bug}, under Pill.
(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidae,
which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also
book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
Wood mite (Zool.), any one of numerous small mites of the
family Oribatidae. They are found chiefly in woods, on
tree trunks and stones.
Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
(a) Formerly, the forest court.
(b) The court of attachment.
Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked
with daisies trim." --Milton.
(b) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
larvae are bright-colored, and some of the species, as
Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the
leaves of the grapevine.
(c) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored South American humming birds belonging to the
genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
green and blue.
Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
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We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
x. 34.
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Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
Gurjun.
Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
some resemblance to wood.
Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
below.
Wood pewee (Zool.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
(Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
is smaller.
Wood pie (Zool.), any black and white woodpecker,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
Wood pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
family Columbidae.
(b) The ringdove.
Wood puceron (Zool.), a plant louse.
Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
Wood quail (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({Rollulus
roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long
crest of red hairlike feathers.
Wood rabbit (Zool.), the cottontail.
Wood rat (Zool.), any one of several species of American
wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea)
growing in moist woods.
Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
Wood sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser.
Wood shock (Zool.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
Wood shrike (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
but feed upon both insects and berries.
Wood snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The American woodcock.
(b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola).
Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
Wood sore. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
Shamrock.
Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
Wood star (Zool.), any one of several species of small
South American humming birds belonging to the genus
Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
purple, and other colors.
Wood sucker (Zool.), the yaffle.
Wood swallow (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
allied genera of the family Artamidae. They are common
in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
beneath.
Wood tapper (Zool.), any woodpecker.
Wood tar. See under Tar.
Wood thrush, (Zool.)
(a) An American thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
(b) The missel thrush.
Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
Wood titmouse (Zool.), the goldcgest.
Wood tortoise (Zool.), the sculptured tortoise. See under
Sculptured.
Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
Wood warbler. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
(b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
called also green wren, wood wren, and {yellow
wren}.
Wood worm (Zool.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
borer.
Wood wren. (Zool.)
(a) The wood warbler.
(b) The willow warbler.
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Rhineura Floridana
(gcide) | Thunderworm \Thun"der*worm`\, n. (Zool.)
A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard ({Rhineura
Floridana}) allied to Amphisbaena, native of Florida; -- so
called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.
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Ribes floridum
(gcide) | Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de
Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the
city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried
grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving
the name from its resemblance to that grape.]
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1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant,
chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.
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2. The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common
red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.
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3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus
Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the
Ribes rubrum.
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Black currant,a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and {Ribes
floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit.
Cherry currant, a variety of the red currant, having a
strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry.
Currant borer (Zool.), the larva of an insect that bores
into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the
larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[AE]geria
tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus
supernotatus}).
Currant worm (Zool.), an insect larva which eats the leaves
or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the
currant sawfly (Nematus ventricosus), introduced from
Europe, and the spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit
worms are the larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis), and a
spanworm (Eupithecia).
Flowering currant, Missouri currant, a species of Ribes
(Ribes aureum), having showy yellow flowers.
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calycanthus floridus
(wn) | Calycanthus floridus
n 1: hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-
scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers [syn: {Carolina
allspice}, strawberry shrub, strawberry bush, {sweet
shrub}, Calycanthus floridus] |
capital of florida
(wn) | capital of Florida
n 1: capital of the state of Florida; located in northern
Florida [syn: Tallahassee, capital of Florida] |
cercidium floridum
(wn) | Cercidium floridum
n 1: densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States
having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes
placed in genus Cercidium [syn: palo verde, {Parkinsonia
florida}, Cercidium floridum] |
cornus florida
(wn) | Cornus florida
n 1: deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink
bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red
berries [syn: common white dogwood, {eastern flowering
dogwood}, Cornus florida] |
cross-florida waterway
(wn) | Cross-Florida Waterway
n 1: a waterway used by small boats to travel between the
Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through Lake
Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee_Canal and the
Caloosahatchee River [syn: Cross-Florida Waterway,
Okeechobee Waterway] |
florid
(wn) | florid
adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn:
aureate, florid, flamboyant]
2: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with
outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund
cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn: rubicund,
ruddy, florid, sanguine] |
florida
(wn) | Florida
n 1: a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic
and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states
during the American Civil War [syn: Florida, {Sunshine
State}, Everglade State, FL] |
florida arrowroot
(wn) | Florida arrowroot
n 1: small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and
Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot [syn:
coontie, Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, {Zamia
pumila}] |
florida bean
(wn) | Florida bean
n 1: the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of
purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in
southern United States for green manure and grazing [syn:
cowage, velvet bean, Bengal bean, Benghal bean,
Florida bean, Mucuna pruriens utilis, {Mucuna
deeringiana}, Mucuna aterrima, Stizolobium deeringiana] |
florida gallinule
(wn) | Florida gallinule
n 1: North American dark bluish-grey gallinule [syn: {Florida
gallinule}, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans] |
florida key
(wn) | Florida key
n 1: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida [syn: key,
cay, Florida key] |
florida pompano
(wn) | Florida pompano
n 1: found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear
waters of West Indies [syn: Florida pompano, {Trachinotus
carolinus}] |
florida selaginella
(wn) | florida selaginella
n 1: occurs widely in Florida [syn: florida selaginella,
Selaginella eatonii] |
florida smoothhound
(wn) | Florida smoothhound
n 1: found from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [syn:
Florida smoothhound, Mustelus norrisi] |
florida strangler fig
(wn) | Florida strangler fig
n 1: a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West
Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many
thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas [syn:
golden fig, Florida strangler fig, strangler fig,
wild fig, Ficus aurea] |
florida strap fern
(wn) | Florida strap fern
n 1: common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale
yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies
and Mexico and south to Uruguay [syn: Florida strap fern,
cow-tongue fern, hart's-tongue fern] |
florida water rat
(wn) | Florida water rat
n 1: of Florida wetlands [syn: round-tailed muskrat, {Florida
water rat}, Neofiber alleni] |
florida yew
(wn) | Florida yew
n 1: small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading
branches and very narrow leaves [syn: Florida yew, {Taxus
floridana}] |
floridian
(wn) | Floridian
n 1: a native or resident of Florida |
floridity
(wn) | floridity
n 1: extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great
flamboyance" [syn: flamboyance, floridness,
floridity, showiness] |
floridly
(wn) | floridly
adv 1: in a florid manner; "floridly figurative prose" |
floridness
(wn) | floridness
n 1: extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great
flamboyance" [syn: flamboyance, floridness,
floridity, showiness] |
illicium floridanum
(wn) | Illicium floridanum
n 1: small shrubby tree with purple flowers; found in wet soils
of southeastern United States [syn: purple anise,
Illicium floridanum] |
jordanella floridae
(wn) | Jordanella floridae
n 1: a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red
stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida [syn:
flagfish, American flagfish, Jordanella floridae] |
leitneria floridana
(wn) | Leitneria floridana
n 1: very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp
habitats in southeastern United States having extremely
light wood [syn: corkwood, corkwood tree, {Leitneria
floridana}] |
neotoma floridana
(wn) | Neotoma floridana
n 1: large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United
States [syn: eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana] |
parkinsonia florida
(wn) | Parkinsonia florida
n 1: densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States
having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes
placed in genus Cercidium [syn: palo verde, {Parkinsonia
florida}, Cercidium floridum] |
sylvilagus floridanus
(wn) | Sylvilagus floridanus
n 1: widely distributed in United States except northwest and
far west regions [syn: eastern cottontail, {Sylvilagus
floridanus}] |
taxus floridana
(wn) | Taxus floridana
n 1: small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading
branches and very narrow leaves [syn: Florida yew, {Taxus
floridana}] |
weigela florida
(wn) | Weigela florida
n 1: deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or
red flowers [syn: weigela, Weigela florida] |
FLORIDA
(bouvier) | FLORIDA. The name of one of the new states of the United States of America.
It was admitted into the Union by virtue of the act of congress, entitled An
Act for the admission of the states of Iowa and Florida into the Union,
approved March 3, 1845.
2. The constitution was adopted on the eleventh day of January,
eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. The powers of the government are divided
into three distinct branches, namely, the legislative, the executive, and
the judicial,
3.-1. Of the legislative power. 1. The legislative power of this
state shall be vested in two distinct branches, the one to be styled the
senate, the other the house of representatives, and both together, "The
General Assembly of the State of Florida," and the style of the laws shall
be, "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State
of Florida in General Assembly convened."
4.-2. A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do
business, but smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the
attendance of absent members in such. manner, and under such penalties, as
each house may prescribe.
5.-3. Each house may determine the rules of its own proceedings,
punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and, with the consent of two-
thirds, expel a member; but not a second time for the same cause.
6.-4. Each house, during the session, may punish by imprisonment, any
person not a member, for disrespectful or disorderly behaviour in its
presence, or for obstructing any of its proceedings, provided such
imprisonment shall not extend beyond the end of the session.
7.-5. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and cause
the same to be published immediately after its adjournment, and the yeas and
nays of, the members of each house shall be taken, and entered upon the
journals, upon the final passage of every bill, and may, by any two members,
be required upon any other question, and any member of either house shall
have liberty to dissent from, or protest against, any act or resolution
which he may think injurious to the public, or an individual, and have the
reasons of his dissent entered on the journal.
8.-6. Senators and representatives shall in all cases, except
treason, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the
session of the general assembly, and in going to, or returning from the
same, allowing one day for every twenty miles such member may reside from
the place at which the general assembly is convened; and for any speech or
debate, in either house, they shall not be questioned in any other place.
9.-7. The general assembly shall make provision, by law, for filling
vacancies that may occur in either house, by the death, resignation, (or
otherwise,) of any of its members.
10.-8. The doors of each house shall be open, except on such occasions
as, in the opinion of the house, the public safety may imperiously require
secrecy.
11.-9. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn
for more than three days, nor, to any other place than that in which they
may be sitting.
12.-10. Bills may originate in either house of the general assembly,
and all bills passed by one house may be discussed, amended or rejected by
the other; but no bill shall have the force of law until, on three several
days, it be read in each house, and free discussion be allowed thereon,
unless in cases of urgency, four-fifths of the house in which the same shall
be depending, may deem it expedient to dispense with the rule; and every
bill, having passed both houses, shall be signed by the speaker and
president of their respective houses.
13.-11. Each member of the general assembly shall receive from the
public treasury such compensation for his services,as may be fixed by law,
but no increase of compensation shall take effect during the term for which
the representatives were elected when such law passed.
14.-12. The sessions of the general assembly shall be annual, and
commence on the fourth Monday in November in each year, or at such other
time as may be prescribed by law.
15. The senators will be considered with regard, 1. To the qualification
of the electors. 2. The qualification of the members. 3. The number of
members. 4. The time of their election. 5. The length of service.
16.-1st. The senators shall be elected by the qualified voters. Const.
art. 4, s. 5.
17.-2d. No man shall be a senator unless be be a white man, a citizen
of the United States, and shall have been an inhabitant of Florida two years
next preceding his election, and the last year thereof a resident of the
district or county for which he shall be chosen, and shall have attained the
age of twenty-five years. Const. art. 4, s. 5. And to this there are the
following exceptions:
All banking officers of any bank in the state are ineligible until
after twelve-months after they shall go out of such office. Art. 6, 3.
All persons who shall fight, or send, or accept a duel, the probable
issue of which may be death, whether committed in or out of the state. Art.
6, s. 5.
All collectors or holders of public money. Art. 6, s. 6.
All ministers of the Gospel. Art. 6, s. 1 0.
All persons who shall have procured their elections by bribery.
All members of congress, or persons holding or exercising any, office
of profit under the United States, or under a foreign power. Art. 6, s. 18.
18.-3d. The number of senators may be varied by the general assembly,
but it shall never be less, than one-fourth, nor more than one-half of the
whole number of the house of representatives. Art. 9, s. 2.
19.-4th. The time and place of their election is the same as those for
the house of representatives. Art. 4, s. 5.
20.-5th. They are elected for the term of two years. Art. 4, s. 5.
21. The house of representatives will be considered under the same
beads.
22.-1st. Members of the house of representatives shall be chosen by
the qualified voters.
23.-2d. No person shall be a representative unless he be a white man,
a citizen of the United States, and shall have been an inhabitant of the
state two years next preceding his election, and the last year thereof a
resident of the county for which he shall be chosen, and have attained the
age of twenty-one years. Art. 4, s. 4. And the same persons are
disqualified, who are disqualified as senators.
24.-3d. The number of members shall never exceed sixty. Art. 4, s. 18.
25.-4th. The. time of holding the election is the first Monday of
October annually.
26.-5th. Members of the house of representatives are elected for one
year from the day of the commencement of the general election, and no
longer. Art. 4, s. 2.
27.-2. Of the executive. The supreme executive power is vested in a
chief magistrate, who is styled the governor of Florida. Art. 3.
28. No person shall be eligible to the office of governor, unless he
shall have attained the age of thirty years, shall have been a citizen of
the United States ten years, or an inhabitant of Florida at the time of the
adoption of the constitution, (being a citizen of the United States,) and
shall have resided in Florida at least five years preceding the day of
election.
29. The governor shall be elected for four years, by the qualified
electors, at the time and place where they shall vote for representatives;
and shall remain in office until a successor shall be chosen and qualified,
and shall not be eligible to reelection until the expiration of four years
thereafter.
30. His general powers are as follows: 1. He is commander-in-chief of
the army, navy, and militia of the state. 2. He shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed. 3. He may require information from the
officers of the executive department. 4. He may convene the general
assembly by proclamation upon particular occasions. 5. He shall, from time
to time, give information to the general assembly. 6. He may grant pardons,
after conviction, in all cases except treason and impeachment, and in these
cases, with the consent of the senate; and he may respite the sentence in
these cases until the end of the next session of the senate. 7. He, may
approve or veto bills.
31. In case of vacancy in the office of governor, the president of the
senate shall act in his place, and in case of his default, the speaker of
the house of representatives shall fill the office of governor. Art. 3, s.
21.
32.-3. Of the judicial department. 1. The judicial power of this
state, both as to matters of law and equity, shall be vested in a supreme
court, courts of chancery, circuit courts, and justices of the peace:
Provided, the, general assembly may also vest such criminal jurisdiction as
may be deemed necessary in corporation courts; but such jurisdiction shall
not extend to capital offences. Art. 5, s. 1.
33.-2. Justices of the supreme court, chancellors, and judges of the
circuit courts, shall be elected by, the concurrent vote of a majority of
both houses of the general assembly. Art. 5, s. 11.
34.-3. The judges of the circuit courts shall, at the first session.
of the general assembly to be holden under the constitution, be elected for
the term of five years and shall hold their office, for that term, unless
sooner removed, under the provisions in the constitution; and at the
expiration of five years, the justices of the supreme courts, and the judges
of the circuit courts, shall be elected for the term of, and during their
good behaviour.
35. Of the supreme court. 1. The powers of the supreme court are vested
in, and its duties performed by, the judges of the several circuit courts,
and they, or a majority of them, shall hold such session of the supreme
court, and at such time and place as may be directed by law. Art. 5, s. 3.
But no justice of the supreme court shall sit as judge, or take any part in
the appellate court, on the trial or hearing of any case which shall have
been decided by him in the court below. Art. 5, s. 18.
36.-2. The supreme court, except in cases otherwise directed in this
constitution, shall have appellate jurisdiction only. Provided, that the
said court shall always have power to issue writs of injunction, mandamus,
quo warranto, habeas corpus, and such other remedial and original writs, as
may be necessary to give it a general superintendance and control of all
other courts. Art. 5, s. 2.
37.-3. The supreme court shall exercise appellate jurisdiction in all
cases brought by appeal or writ of error from the several circuit courts,
when the matter in controversy exceeds in amount or value fifty dollars.
38. Of the circuit courts. 1. The state is to be divided into circuits,
and the circuit courts, held within such circuits, shall have original
jurisdiction in all matters, civil and criminal, within the state, not
otherwise excepted in this constitution. Art. 5, s. 6.
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