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Pelta
(gcide) | Pelta \Pel"ta\, n.; pl. Pelt[ae]. [L., a shield, fr. Gr.
pe`lth.]
1. (Antiq.) A small shield, especially one of an
approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
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2. (Bot.) A flat apothecium having no rim.
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peltate
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peltate leaf
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Amauropelta
(gcide) | Amauropelta \Amauropelta\ n.
a genus of epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and
Africa and Polynesia.
Syn: genus Amauropelta.
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Bipeltate
(gcide) | Bipeltate \Bi*pel"tate\, a. [Pref. bi- + peltate.]
Having a shell or covering like a double shield.
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Brasenia peltata
(gcide) | Water shield \Wa"ter shield`\ (Bot.)
An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having
floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.
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Cecropia peltata
(gcide) | Trumpetwood \Trump"et*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the
Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for
wind instruments; -- called also snakewood, and {trumpet
tree}.
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Peltae
(gcide) | Pelta \Pel"ta\, n.; pl. Pelt[ae]. [L., a shield, fr. Gr.
pe`lth.]
1. (Antiq.) A small shield, especially one of an
approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
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2. (Bot.) A flat apothecium having no rim.
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Peltate
(gcide) | Peltate \Pel"tate\, Peltated \Pel"ta*ted\, a. [Cf. F. pelt['e].
See Pelta.]
Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support
attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or
margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ. -- Pel"tate*ly,
adv.
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Peltated
(gcide) | Peltate \Pel"tate\, Peltated \Pel"ta*ted\, a. [Cf. F. pelt['e].
See Pelta.]
Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support
attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or
margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ. -- Pel"tate*ly,
adv.
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Peltately
(gcide) | Peltate \Pel"tate\, Peltated \Pel"ta*ted\, a. [Cf. F. pelt['e].
See Pelta.]
Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support
attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or
margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ. -- Pel"tate*ly,
adv.
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Podophyllum peltatum
(gcide) | Podophyllin \Pod`o*phyl"lin\, n. [From Podophyllum.] (Chem.)
A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May
apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of
several substances.
[1913 Webster]Podophyllum \Pod`o*phyl"lum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s,
foot + fy`llon leaf.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having
large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower.
There are two species, the American {Podophyllum
peltatum}, or May apple, the Himalayan {Podophyllum
Emodi}.
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2. (Med.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple
(Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug.
[1913 Webster]mandrake \man"drake\ (m[a^]n"dr[=a]k), n. [AS. mandragora, L.
mandragoras, fr. Gr. mandrago`ras: cf. F. mandragore.]
1. (Bot.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the
Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and
supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts
of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the
Mediterranean region.
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And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak.
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Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
but proof is wanting.
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2. (Bot.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See {May
apple} under May, and Podophyllum. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the
goddess Maia (Gr. Mai^a), daughter of Atlas and mother of
Mercury by Jupiter.]
1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
--Chaucer.
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2. The early part or springtime of life.
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His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.
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3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from
their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
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The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.
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Plumes that mocked the may. --Tennyson.
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4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.
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Italian may (Bot.), a shrubby species of Spiraea
(Spiraea hypericifolia) with many clusters of small
white flowers along the slender branches.
May apple (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant
(Podophyllum peltatum). Also, the plant itself
(popularly called mandrake), which has two lobed leaves,
and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The
root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
May beetle, May bug (Zool.), any one of numerous species
of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged
state in May. They belong to Melolontha, and allied
genera. Called also June beetle.
May Day, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic
parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a
garland, and by dancing about a May pole.
May dew, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which
magical properties were attributed.
May flower (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its
blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary.
May fly (Zool.), any species of Ephemera, and allied
genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many
species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under
Ephemeral.
May game, any May-day sport.
May lady, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.
May lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria
majalis}).
May pole. See Maypole in the Vocabulary.
May queen, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the
sports of May Day.
May thorn, the hawthorn.
[1913 Webster]mayapple \mayapple\, may apple \may apple\n.
1. North American herb (Podophyllum peltatum) with
poisonous root stock and an edible though insipid
egg-shaped yellowish fruit; called also wild mandrake.
Syn: May apple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum.
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2. The fruit of the mayapple[1].
[PJC]Duck's-foot \Duck's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.)
The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).
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Triticum Spelta
(gcide) | Spelt \Spelt\, n. [AS. spelt, fr. L. spelta.] (Bot.)
A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for
food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also {German
wheat}.
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amauropelta
(wn) | Amauropelta
n 1: epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and
Polynesia [syn: Amauropelta, genus Amauropelta] |
cecropia peltata
(wn) | Cecropia peltata
n 1: tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow
stems [syn: trumpetwood, trumpet-wood, trumpet tree,
snake wood, imbauba, Cecropia peltata] |
darmera peltata
(wn) | Darmera peltata
n 1: rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate
leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on
leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada
in California [syn: umbrella plant, Indian rhubarb,
Darmera peltata, Peltiphyllum peltatum] |
genus amauropelta
(wn) | genus Amauropelta
n 1: epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and
Polynesia [syn: Amauropelta, genus Amauropelta] |
genus peltandra
(wn) | genus Peltandra
n 1: small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs [syn:
Peltandra, genus Peltandra] |
pelargonium peltatum
(wn) | Pelargonium peltatum
n 1: a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with
peltate leaves and rosy flowers [syn: ivy geranium, {ivy-
leaved geranium}, hanging geranium, {Pelargonium
peltatum}] |
peltandra
(wn) | Peltandra
n 1: small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs [syn:
Peltandra, genus Peltandra] |
peltandra virginica
(wn) | Peltandra virginica
n 1: perennial herb of the eastern United States having
arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and
green berries [syn: green arrow arum, tuckahoe,
Peltandra virginica] |
peltate
(wn) | peltate
adj 1: (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the
center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a
nasturtium leaf for example) [syn: peltate, {shield-
shaped}] |
peltate leaf
(wn) | peltate leaf
n 1: a shield-shaped leaf; as a nasturtium leaf |
peltiphyllum peltatum
(wn) | Peltiphyllum peltatum
n 1: rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate
leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on
leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada
in California [syn: umbrella plant, Indian rhubarb,
Darmera peltata, Peltiphyllum peltatum] |
podophyllum peltatum
(wn) | Podophyllum peltatum
n 1: North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible
though insipid fruit [syn: mayapple, May apple, {wild
mandrake}, Podophyllum peltatum] |
triticum aestivum spelta
(wn) | Triticum aestivum spelta
n 1: hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed [syn:
spelt, Triticum spelta, Triticum aestivum spelta] |
triticum spelta
(wn) | Triticum spelta
n 1: hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed [syn:
spelt, Triticum spelta, Triticum aestivum spelta] |
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