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Gaea
(gcide) | Gaea \Gaea\ (j[=e]"[.a]), prop. n. [Gr. Gai^a, Gh^] (Mythol.)
The goddess of the earth, considered as a personification of
the earth. According to Hesiod she was the first-born of
Chaos, and mother of Uranus, Pontus, Cronus and the Titans in
ancient mythology. [Also spelled Gaia.]
Syn: Gaia, Ge.
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gaea
(wn) | Gaea
n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus
and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaea, Gaia,
Ge] |
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pangaea
(encz) | Pangaea,Pangea n: [zem.] [geol.] hypotetický prakontinent, když byly
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Arachis hypogaea
(gcide) | Groundnut \Ground"nut`\ (ground"n[u^]t`), n. (Bot.)
(a) The fruit of the Arachis hypog[ae]a (native country
uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut.
(b) A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing
clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root
tuberous and pleasant to the taste.
(c) The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia). [U. S.] --Gray.
(d) A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum),
having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet,
aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, {earth
chestnut}, hawknut, and pignut.
[1913 Webster]Hypogaeic \Hyp`o*g[ae]"ic\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. gai^a, gh^,
earth.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut
(Arachis hypog[ae]a).
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Hypog[ae]ic acid (Chem.), an acid in the oil of the
earthnut, in which it exists as a glyceride, and from
which it is extracted as a white, crystalline substance.
[1913 Webster]Peanut \Pea"nut\ (p[=e]"n[u^]t), n. (Bot.)
The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant ({Arachis
hypog[ae]a}); also, the plant itself, which is widely
cultivated for its fruit.
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Note: The fruit is a hard pod, usually containing two or
three seeds, sometimes but one, which ripen beneath the
soil. Called also earthnut, groundnut, and
goober.
[1913 Webster]Pindal \Pin"dal\, Pindar \Pin"dar\, n. [D. piendel.] (Bot.)
The peanut (Arachis hypog[ae]a); -- so called in the West
Indies.
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Epigaea
(gcide) | Epigaea \Ep`i*g[ae]"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + ? earth.]
(Bot.)
An American genus of plants, containing but a single species
(E. repens), the trailing arbutus.
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Epigaea repens
(gcide) | Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to
arbor tree.]
The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the
Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the
strawberry; the arbute tree.
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Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of
the Heath family (Epig[ae]a repens), having white or
usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance,
growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in
the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called
also ground laurel. --Gray.
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hypogaean
(gcide) | Hypogean \Hyp`o*ge"an\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. ? earth.] (Bot.)
Hypogeous. [Written also hypog[ae]an.]
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Neogaean
(gcide) | Neogaean \Ne`o*gae"an\ (n[=e]`[-o]*j[=e]"an), a. [Neo- + Gr.
gai^a earth.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.
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palaeogaean
(gcide) | Paleogaean \Pa`le*o*g[ae]"an\, a. [Paleo- + Gr. gai^a the
earth.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere. [Written also
pal[ae]og[ae]an.]
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Paleogaean
(gcide) | Paleogaean \Pa`le*o*g[ae]"an\, a. [Paleo- + Gr. gai^a the
earth.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere. [Written also
pal[ae]og[ae]an.]
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arachis hypogaea
(wn) | Arachis hypogaea
n 1: widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and
warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over
to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground [syn:
peanut, peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea] |
epigaea
(wn) | Epigaea
n 1: small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus [syn:
Epigaea, genus Epigaea] |
epigaea repens
(wn) | Epigaea repens
n 1: low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with
leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white
flowers [syn: trailing arbutus, mayflower, {Epigaea
repens}] |
gaea
(wn) | Gaea
n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus
and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaea, Gaia,
Ge] |
genus epigaea
(wn) | genus Epigaea
n 1: small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus [syn:
Epigaea, genus Epigaea] |
pangaea
(wn) | Pangaea
n 1: (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all
the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when
it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland [syn: Pangaea,
Pangea] |
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