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musca
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Musca
(gcide) | Musca \Mus"ca\, prop. n.; pl. Muscae. [L., a fly.]
1. (Zool.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common
house fly, and numerous allied species.
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Note: Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included
under the genus Musca.
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2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated between the
Southern Cross and the Pole.
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Muscae volitantes. [L., flying flies.] (Med.) Specks or
filaments apparently seen moving or gliding about in the
field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of
disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system.
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musca
(wn) | Musca
n 1: a small constellation in the polar region of the southern
hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon
2: type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies [syn: Musca, {genus
Musca}] |
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musca
(encz) | Musca, |
musca volitans
(encz) | musca volitans, n: |
muscadel
(encz) | muscadel, n: |
muscadelle
(encz) | muscadelle, n: |
muscadet
(encz) | Muscadet, |
muscadine
(encz) | muscadine, n: |
muscae volitantes
(encz) | muscae volitantes, n: |
muscardinosis
(encz) | muscardinosis,muskardinóza [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
muscat
(encz) | muscat,muškát n: Zdeněk BrožMuscat,Maskat n: [jmén.] [zem.] hlavní město Ománu Stanislav Horáček |
muscat grape
(encz) | muscat grape, n: |
muscatel
(encz) | muscatel,muškát n: Zdeněk Brož |
Agaricus muscarius
(gcide) | Fly \Fly\, n.; pl. Flies (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS.
fl[=y]ge, fle['o]ge, fr. fle['o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg,
OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root]
84. See Fly, v. i.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings;
as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
(b) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly;
black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
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2. A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.
"The fur-wrought fly." --Gay.
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]
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A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.
Jonson.
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4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for
hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]
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6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,
the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
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7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the
wind blows.
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8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are
marked; the compass card. --Totten.
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9. (Mech.)
(a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a
fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of
machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the
striking part of a clock.
(b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends
on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the
motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the
power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,
is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining
press. See Fly wheel (below).
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10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which
holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is
penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.
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11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a
spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
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12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or
jerk. --Knight.
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13.
(a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from
the press.
(b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power
to a power printing press for doing the same work.
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14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn
over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof
of the tent at no other place.
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15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
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16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,
overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
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17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable
distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a
ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. Also called
fly ball. "a fly deep into right field"
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18. (Cotton Manuf.) Waste cotton.
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Black fly, Cheese fly, Dragon fly, etc. See under
Black, Cheese, etc. -- Fly agaric (Bot.), a mushroom
(Agaricus muscarius), having a narcotic juice which, in
sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- Fly block
(Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the
working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used
in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- Fly board (Printing
Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by
the fly. -- Fly book, a case in the form of a book for
anglers' flies. --Kingsley.Fly cap, a cap with wings,
formerly worn by women. -- Fly drill, a drill having a
reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the
driving power being applied by the hand through a cord
winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it
rotates backward and forward. --Knight.Fly fishing, the
act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial
flies; fishing using a fly[2] as bait. --Walton. -- --
Fly fisherman, one who fishes using natural or artificial
flies[2] as bait, especially one who fishes exclusively in
that manner. -- Fly flap, an implement for killing
flies. -- Fly governor, a governor for regulating the
speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes
revolving in the air. -- Fly honeysuckle (Bot.), a plant
of the honeysuckle genus (Lonicera), having a bushy stem
and the flowers in pairs, as L. ciliata and {L.
Xylosteum}. -- Fly hook, a fishhook supplied with an
artificial fly. -- Fly leaf, an unprinted leaf at the
beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --
Fly maggot, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.
Fly net, a screen to exclude insects.
Fly nut (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger
nut.
Fly orchis (Bot.), a plant (Ophrys muscifera), whose
flowers resemble flies.
Fly paper, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that
feed upon or are entangled by it.
Fly powder, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.
Fly press, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,
operated by hand and having a heavy fly.
Fly rail, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged
leaf of a table.
Fly rod, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.
Fly sheet, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.
Fly snapper (Zool.), an American bird ({Phainopepla
nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male
is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.
Fly wheel (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to
equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by
its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to
accumulate or give out energy for a variable or
intermitting resistance. See Fly, n., 9.
On the fly (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a
batted ball caught before touching the ground..
[1913 Webster]Flybane \Fly"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous
mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric.
[1913 Webster]Fly amanita \Fly amanita\, Fly fungus \Fly fungus\ . (Bot.)
A poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria, syn. {Agaricus
muscarius}), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap
covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva
at the base, generally an upper ring on the stalk, and white
spores. Called also fly agaric, deadly amanita.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Muscarin \Mus*ca"rin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the
toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a
typical ptomaine, and a violent poison.
[1913 Webster]Amanita \Am`a*ni"ta\, n. [NL. See Amanitine.] (Bot.)
A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricace[ae],
characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white
spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are
frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn.
Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and
Agaricus phalloides is the death cup (or death cap).
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Amanita muscaria
(gcide) | Fly amanita \Fly amanita\, Fly fungus \Fly fungus\ . (Bot.)
A poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria, syn. {Agaricus
muscarius}), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap
covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva
at the base, generally an upper ring on the stalk, and white
spores. Called also fly agaric, deadly amanita.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Amanita \Am`a*ni"ta\, n. [NL. See Amanitine.] (Bot.)
A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricace[ae],
characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white
spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are
frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn.
Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and
Agaricus phalloides is the death cup (or death cap).
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Emuscation
(gcide) | Emuscation \Em`us*ca"tion\, n. [L. emuscare to clear from moss;
e out + muscus moss.]
A freeing from moss. [Obs.]
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Liriope muscari
(gcide) | lilyturf \lilyturf\ n.
Asiatic perennial tufted herb (Liriope muscari) with
grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve
grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover.
Syn: lily turf, Liriope muscari.
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Musca domestica
(gcide) | housefly \house"fly`\ n.
1. common fly (Musca domestica) that frequents human
habitations and spreads many diseases.
Syn: Musca domestica.
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Musca vomitoria
(gcide) | Bluebottle \Blue"bot`tle\, blue-bottle \blue-bottle\, n.
1. (Bot.) an annual Eurasian plant (Centaurea cyanus) which
grows in grain fields; -- called also bachelor's button.
It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.
Varieties cultivated in North America have showy heads of
blue or purple or pink or white flowers
Syn: cornflower, bachelor's button.
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2. (Zool.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly ({Musca
vomitoria}). Its body is steel blue.
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Muscadel
(gcide) | Muscadel \Mus"ca*del`\, muscadelle \mus"ca*delle\, n. [It.
moscadello, moscatello, LL. muscatellum or muscadellum (sc.
vinum), fr. muscatellus nutmeglike, dim. of muscatus smelling
like musk, muscatum and muscata (sc. nux) nutmeg: cf. F.
muscadelle, fr. Italian. See Musk and cf. Moschatel,
Muscardin, Muscat, Nutmeg.]
See Muscatel, n.
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Quaffed off the muscadel. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Muscatel \Mus"ca*tel`\, n.
1. A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine,
made in Italy, Spain, and France.
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2. pl. Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins."
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etc.]
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muscadel
(gcide) | Muscadel \Mus"ca*del`\, muscadelle \mus"ca*delle\, n. [It.
moscadello, moscatello, LL. muscatellum or muscadellum (sc.
vinum), fr. muscatellus nutmeglike, dim. of muscatus smelling
like musk, muscatum and muscata (sc. nux) nutmeg: cf. F.
muscadelle, fr. Italian. See Musk and cf. Moschatel,
Muscardin, Muscat, Nutmeg.]
See Muscatel, n.
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Quaffed off the muscadel. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Muscatel \Mus"ca*tel`\, n.
1. A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine,
made in Italy, Spain, and France.
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2. pl. Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins."
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etc.]
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muscadelle
(gcide) | Muscadel \Mus"ca*del`\, muscadelle \mus"ca*delle\, n. [It.
moscadello, moscatello, LL. muscatellum or muscadellum (sc.
vinum), fr. muscatellus nutmeglike, dim. of muscatus smelling
like musk, muscatum and muscata (sc. nux) nutmeg: cf. F.
muscadelle, fr. Italian. See Musk and cf. Moschatel,
Muscardin, Muscat, Nutmeg.]
See Muscatel, n.
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Quaffed off the muscadel. --Shak.
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Muscadet
(gcide) | Muscadet \Muscadet\ n.
1. A white grape grown esp. in the Loire Valley in France.
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2. A dry white wine from the Loire Valley in France.
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Muscadine
(gcide) | Grapevine \Grape"vine`\, n. (Bot.)
A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small
green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called
grapes.
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Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is {Vitis
vinifera}, and is a native of Central Asia. Another
variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly
called Zante currants. The northern Fox grape of
the United States is the V. Labrusca, from which, by
cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The
southern Fox grape, or Muscadine, is the {V.
vulpina}. The Frost grape is V. cordifolia, which
has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early
frosts.
[1913 Webster]Muscadine \Mus"ca*dine\, n. [See Muscadel.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several very different kinds of
grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong,
or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent
stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.
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2. (Bot.) A fragrant and delicious pear.
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3. (Zool.) See Muscardin.
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Northern muscadine (Bot.), a derivative of the northern fox
grape, and scarcely an improvement upon it.
Royal muscadine (Bot.), a European grape of great value.
Its berries are large, round, and of a pale amber color.
Called also golden chasselas.
[1913 Webster]Muscardin \Mus"car*din\, n. [F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented
lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See
Muscadel.] (Zool.)
The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
[Written also muscadine.]
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muscadine
(gcide) | Grapevine \Grape"vine`\, n. (Bot.)
A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small
green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called
grapes.
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Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is {Vitis
vinifera}, and is a native of Central Asia. Another
variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly
called Zante currants. The northern Fox grape of
the United States is the V. Labrusca, from which, by
cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The
southern Fox grape, or Muscadine, is the {V.
vulpina}. The Frost grape is V. cordifolia, which
has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early
frosts.
[1913 Webster]Muscadine \Mus"ca*dine\, n. [See Muscadel.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several very different kinds of
grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong,
or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent
stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.
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2. (Bot.) A fragrant and delicious pear.
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3. (Zool.) See Muscardin.
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Northern muscadine (Bot.), a derivative of the northern fox
grape, and scarcely an improvement upon it.
Royal muscadine (Bot.), a European grape of great value.
Its berries are large, round, and of a pale amber color.
Called also golden chasselas.
[1913 Webster]Muscardin \Mus"car*din\, n. [F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented
lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See
Muscadel.] (Zool.)
The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
[Written also muscadine.]
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Muscae
(gcide) | Musca \Mus"ca\, prop. n.; pl. Muscae. [L., a fly.]
1. (Zool.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common
house fly, and numerous allied species.
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Note: Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included
under the genus Musca.
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2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated between the
Southern Cross and the Pole.
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Muscae volitantes. [L., flying flies.] (Med.) Specks or
filaments apparently seen moving or gliding about in the
field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of
disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system.
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Muscae volitantes
(gcide) | Musca \Mus"ca\, prop. n.; pl. Muscae. [L., a fly.]
1. (Zool.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common
house fly, and numerous allied species.
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Note: Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included
under the genus Musca.
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2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated between the
Southern Cross and the Pole.
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Muscae volitantes. [L., flying flies.] (Med.) Specks or
filaments apparently seen moving or gliding about in the
field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of
disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system.
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Muscales
(gcide) | Muscales \Mus*ca"les\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. muscus moss.] (Bot.)
An old name for mosses in the widest sense, including the
true mosses and also hepaticae and sphagna.
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Muscallonge
(gcide) | Muscallonge \Mus"cal*longe\, n. (Zool.)
See Muskellunge.
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Muscardin
(gcide) | Muscardin \Mus"car*din\, n. [F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented
lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See
Muscadel.] (Zool.)
The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
[Written also muscadine.]
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Muscardine
(gcide) | Muscardine \Mus`car*dine"\, n. [F.]
A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which
sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the
development of a fungus (provisionally called {Botrytis
bassiana}). Also, the fungus itself.
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Muscari racemosum
(gcide) | Grape \Grape\, n. [OF. grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes,
F. grappe, akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo
hook, G. krapfen, akin to E. cramp. The sense seems to have
come from the idea of clutching. Cf. Agraffe, Cramp,
Grapnel, Grapple.]
1. (Bot.) A well-known edible berry growing in pendent
clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are
smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in
great quantities for table use and for making wine and
raisins.
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2. (Bot.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.
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3. (Man.) A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.
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4. (Mil.) Grapeshot.
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Grape borer. (Zool.) See Vine borer.
Grape curculio (Zool.), a minute black weevil ({Craponius
in[ae]qualis}) which in the larval state eats the interior
of grapes.
Grape flower, or
Grape hyacinth (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Muscari
racemosum}) with small blue globular flowers in a dense
raceme.
Grape fungus (Bot.), a fungus (Oidium Tuckeri) on
grapevines; vine mildew.
Grape hopper (Zool.), a small yellow and red hemipterous
insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the
grapevine.
Grape moth (Zool.), a small moth (Eudemis botrana), which
in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and often
binds them together with silk.
Grape of a cannon, the cascabel or knob at the breech.
Grape sugar. See Glucose.
Grape worm (Zool.), the larva of the grape moth.
Sour grapes, things which persons affect to despise because
they can not possess them; -- in allusion to [AE]sop's
fable of the fox and the grapes.
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Muscariform
(gcide) | Muscariform \Mus*car"i*form\, a. [L. muscarium fly brush +
-form.]
Having the form of a brush.
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Muscarin
(gcide) | Muscarin \Mus*ca"rin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the
toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a
typical ptomaine, and a violent poison.
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Muscat
(gcide) | Muscat \Mus"cat\, n. [F. See Muscadel.] (Bot.)
A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes,
differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat
musky flavor. The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape
of a pale amber color. [Written also muskat.]
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Muscatel
(gcide) | Muscatel \Mus"ca*tel`\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from, a muscat
grapes or similar grapes; as, muscatel grapes; muscatel wine,
etc.
[1913 Webster]Muscatel \Mus"ca*tel`\, n.
1. A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine,
made in Italy, Spain, and France.
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2. pl. Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins."
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etc.]
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Northern muscadine
(gcide) | Muscadine \Mus"ca*dine\, n. [See Muscadel.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several very different kinds of
grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong,
or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent
stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.
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2. (Bot.) A fragrant and delicious pear.
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3. (Zool.) See Muscardin.
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Northern muscadine (Bot.), a derivative of the northern fox
grape, and scarcely an improvement upon it.
Royal muscadine (Bot.), a European grape of great value.
Its berries are large, round, and of a pale amber color.
Called also golden chasselas.
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Royal muscadine
(gcide) | Muscadine \Mus"ca*dine\, n. [See Muscadel.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several very different kinds of
grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong,
or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent
stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.
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2. (Bot.) A fragrant and delicious pear.
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3. (Zool.) See Muscardin.
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Northern muscadine (Bot.), a derivative of the northern fox
grape, and scarcely an improvement upon it.
Royal muscadine (Bot.), a European grape of great value.
Its berries are large, round, and of a pale amber color.
Called also golden chasselas.
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white muscadine
(gcide) | Sweetwater \Sweet"wa`ter\, n. (Bot.)
A variety of white grape, having a sweet watery juice; --
also called white sweetwater, and white muscadine.
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amanita muscaria
(wn) | Amanita muscaria
n 1: poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a
scarlet cap with white warts and white gills [syn: {fly
agaric}, Amanita muscaria] |
amianthum muscaetoxicum
(wn) | Amianthum muscaetoxicum
n 1: all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used
as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily
Melanthiaceae [syn: fly poison, {Amianthum
muscaetoxicum}, Amianthum muscitoxicum] |
baroness emmusca orczy
(wn) | Baroness Emmusca Orczy
n 1: British writer (born in Hungary) (1865-1947) [syn: Orczy,
Baroness Emmusca Orczy] |
genus musca
(wn) | genus Musca
n 1: type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies [syn: Musca,
genus Musca] |
genus muscardinus
(wn) | genus Muscardinus
n 1: a genus of Gliridae [syn: Muscardinus, {genus
Muscardinus}] |
genus muscari
(wn) | genus Muscari
n 1: sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae [syn: Muscari,
genus Muscari] |
liriope muscari
(wn) | Liriope muscari
n 1: Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen
foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown
as ground cover [syn: lilyturf, lily turf, {Liriope
muscari}] |
musca
(wn) | Musca
n 1: a small constellation in the polar region of the southern
hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon
2: type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies [syn: Musca, {genus
Musca}] |
musca domestica
(wn) | Musca domestica
n 1: common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads
many diseases [syn: housefly, house fly, {Musca
domestica}] |
musca volitans
(wn) | musca volitans
n 1: spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in
the vitreous humor and lens; "floaters seem to drift
through the field of vision" [syn: musca volitans,
muscae volitantes, floater, spots] |
muscadel
(wn) | muscadel
n 1: wine from muscat grapes [syn: muscat, muscatel,
muscadel, muscadelle] |
muscadelle
(wn) | muscadelle
n 1: wine from muscat grapes [syn: muscat, muscatel,
muscadel, muscadelle] |
muscadet
(wn) | Muscadet
n 1: white grape grown especially in the valley the Loire in
France
2: dry white wine from the Loire valley in France |
muscadine
(wn) | muscadine
n 1: native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many
cultivated varieties [syn: muscadine, {Vitis
rotundifolia}]
2: dull-purple grape of southern United States [syn:
muscadine, bullace grape] |
muscae volitantes
(wn) | muscae volitantes
n 1: spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in
the vitreous humor and lens; "floaters seem to drift
through the field of vision" [syn: musca volitans,
muscae volitantes, floater, spots] |
muscardinus
(wn) | Muscardinus
n 1: a genus of Gliridae [syn: Muscardinus, {genus
Muscardinus}] |
muscardinus avellanarius
(wn) | Muscardinus avellanarius
n 1: a variety of dormouse [syn: hazel mouse, {Muscardinus
avellanarius}] |
muscari
(wn) | Muscari
n 1: sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae [syn: Muscari,
genus Muscari] |
muscari comosum
(wn) | Muscari comosum
n 1: large beautiful Mediterranean species having sterile
bluish-violet flowers with fringed corollas forming a tuft
above the fertile flowers [syn: tassel hyacinth, {Muscari
comosum}] |
muscari neglectum
(wn) | Muscari neglectum
n 1: prolific species having particularly beautiful dark blue
flowers [syn: common grape hyacinth, Muscari neglectum] |
muscat
(wn) | muscat
n 1: any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet
white grapes [syn: muscat, muskat]
2: a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of
Oman [syn: Muscat, Masqat, capital of Oman]
3: wine from muscat grapes [syn: muscat, muscatel,
muscadel, muscadelle]
4: sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine [syn:
muscat, muscatel, muscat grape] |
muscat and oman
(wn) | Muscat and Oman
n 1: a strategically located monarchy on the southern and
eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is
dominated by oil [syn: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, {Muscat
and Oman}] |
muscat grape
(wn) | muscat grape
n 1: sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine [syn:
muscat, muscatel, muscat grape] |
muscatel
(wn) | muscatel
n 1: wine from muscat grapes [syn: muscat, muscatel,
muscadel, muscadelle]
2: sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine [syn:
muscat, muscatel, muscat grape] |
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