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Persic
(gcide) | Persic \Per"sic\, a. [L. Persicus. Cf. Persian.]
Of or relating to Persia. -- n. The Persian language.
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Amygdalus Persica
(gcide) | Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F.
p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian
apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.]
1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing
one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone.
In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
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2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which
bears the peach fruit.
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3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light
pinkish yellow of the peach fruit.
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Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible
berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous
climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.
Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris
speciosa}).
Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom.
Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth
(Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family
Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by
boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the
moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.
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Argas Persicus
(gcide) | Argas \Ar"gas\, n.
A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The
famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is {Argas
Persicus}; that of Central America, called talaje by the
natives, is Argas Talaje.
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I Persica
(gcide) | Flower-de-luce \Flow"er-de-luce"\, n. [Corrupted fr.
fleur-de-lis.] (Bot.)
A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and
large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but
probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French
emblem.
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Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the
north temperate zone. Some of the best known are {Iris
Germanica}, I. Florentina, I. Persica, {I.
sambucina}, and the American I. versicolor, {I.
prismatica}, etc.
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Lycopersicon
(gcide) | Lycopersicon \Lycopersicon\, Lycopersicum \Lycopersicum\n.
The genus including tomatoes.
Syn: genus Lycopersicon, genus Lycopersicum.
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Lycopersicum
(gcide) | Lycopersicon \Lycopersicon\, Lycopersicum \Lycopersicum\n.
The genus including tomatoes.
Syn: genus Lycopersicon, genus Lycopersicum.
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Lycopersicum esculentum
(gcide) | Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. Wolves. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin
to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [=u]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv,
Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos,
Skr. v[.r]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in
pieces. [root]286. Cf. Lupine, a., Lyceum.]
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1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of wild and savage
carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely
allied to the common dog. The best-known and most
destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus),
the American gray, or timber, wolf (Canis occidentalis),
and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in
packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.
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2. (Zool.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae
of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee
wolf.
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3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person
or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled
hard to keep the wolf from the door.
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4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
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5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus. [Obs.]
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If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf
into thy side. --Jer. Taylor.
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6. (Mus.)
(a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an
organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.
(b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective
vibration in certain notes of the scale.
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7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight.
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Black wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common
in the Pyrenees.
(b) A black variety of the American gray wolf.
Golden wolf (Zool.), the Thibetan wolf (Canis laniger);
-- called also chanco.
Indian wolf (Zool.), an Asiatic wolf (Canis pallipes)
which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also landgak.
Prairie wolf (Zool.), the coyote.
Sea wolf. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Strand wolf (Zool.) the striped hyena.
Tasmanian wolf (Zool.), the zebra wolf.
Tiger wolf (Zool.), the spotted hyena.
To keep the wolf from the door, to keep away poverty; to
prevent starvation. See Wolf, 3, above. --Tennyson.
Wolf dog. (Zool.)
(a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees,
supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of
the St. Bernard dog.
(b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used
formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves.
(c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo
dog.
Wolf eel (Zool.), a wolf fish.
Wolf fish (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
voracious marine fishes of the genus Anarrhichas,
especially the common species (Anarrhichas lupus) of
Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth
and powerful jaws. Called also catfish, sea cat, {sea
wolf}, stone biter, and swinefish.
Wolf net, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great
numbers of fish.
Wolf's peach (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple
(Lycopersicum esculentum).
Wolf spider (Zool.), any one of numerous species of running
ground spiders belonging to the genus Lycosa, or family
Lycosidae. These spiders run about rapidly in search of
their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in
color. See Illust. in App.
Zebra wolf (Zool.), a savage carnivorous marsupial
(Thylacinus cynocephalus) native of Tasmania; -- called
also Tasmanian wolf.
[1913 Webster]Apple \Ap"ple\ ([a^]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel,
[ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G.
apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [aum]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall,
W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of
unknown origin.]
1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus
malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the
temperate zones.
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Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original
kind, from which all others have sprung.
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2. (bot.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken
into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
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3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or
supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or
love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
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4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
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Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as,
apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple
blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.
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Apple blight, an aphid which injures apple trees. See
Blight, n.
Apple borer (Zool.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda
candida} or Saperda bivittata), the larva of which bores
into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.
Apple brandy, brandy made from apples.
Apple butter, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider.
--Bartlett.
Apple corer, an instrument for removing the cores from
apples.
Apple fly (Zool.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which
burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera
Drosophila and Trypeta.
Apple midge (Zool.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara
mali}), the larva of which bores in apples.
Apple of the eye, the pupil.
Apple of discord, a subject of contention and envy, so
called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed "For
the fairest," which was thrown into an assembly of the
gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for
by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the
latter.
Apple of love, or Love apple, the tomato ({Lycopersicum
esculentum}).
Apple of Peru, a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides)
bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit
inclosing a dry berry.
Apples of Sodom, a fruit described by ancient writers as
externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke
and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often
given to the fruit of Solanum Sodom[ae]um, a prickly
shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.
Apple sauce, stewed apples. [U. S.]
Apple snail or Apple shell (Zool.), a fresh-water,
operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria.
Apple tart, a tart containing apples.
Apple tree, a tree which naturally bears apples. See
Apple, 2.
Apple wine, cider.
Apple worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa
pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See
Codling moth.
Dead Sea Apple.
(a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. "To seek the Dead Sea
apples of politics." --S. B. Griffin.
(b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut.
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Lycopersicum esculentun
(gcide) | Tomato \To*ma"to\, n.; pl. Tomatoes. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of
American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.)
The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family ({Lycopersicum
esculentun}); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is
called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened
form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or
yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
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Tomato gall (Zool.), a large gall consisting of a mass of
irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines.
They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with red, and
produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly
(Lasioptera vitis).
Tomato sphinx (Zool.), the adult or imago of the {tomato
worm}. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called
also tomato hawk moth. See Illust. of Hawk moth.
Tomato worm (Zool.), the larva of a large hawk moth
(Manduca quinquemaculata, Protoparce quinquemaculata,
Sphinx quinquemaculata, or Macrosila quinquemaculata)
which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato
plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also
tomato hornworm and potato worm, and in the Southern
U. S. tobacco fly.
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Nicotiana Persica
(gcide) | Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the
tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this
plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of
Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the
Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the
Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.]
1. (Bot.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the
Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and
as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and
cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an
acrid taste.
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Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and
to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana
rustica}, and also Lobelia inflata), mountain tobacco
(Arnica montana), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana
Persica}).
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2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing,
etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various
ways.
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Tobacco box (Zool.), the common American skate.
Tobacco camphor. (Chem.) See Nicotianine.
Tobacco man, a tobacconist. [R.]
Tobacco pipe.
(a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or
other material.
(b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian.
Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a species of clay used in making
tobacco pipes; -- called also cimolite.
Tobacco-pipe fish. (Zool.) See Pipemouth.
Tobacco stopper, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco
in a pipe as it is smoked.
Tobacco worm (Zool.), the larva of a large hawk moth
(Sphinx Carolina syn. Phlegethontius Carolina). It is
dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered
above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds
upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often
very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk
moth}.
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Persicaria
(gcide) | Persicaria \Per`si*ca"ri*a\, n. [NL., from LL. persicarius a
peach tree. See Peach.] (Bot.)
See Lady's thumb.
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Persico
(gcide) | Persico \Per"si*co\, n.
same as Persicot.
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Persicot
(gcide) | Persicot \Per"si*cot\, n. [F. See Peach.]
A cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc.,
with refined spirit.
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Polygonum Persicaria
(gcide) | Lady's thumb \La"dy's thumb"\ (l[=a]"d[i^]z th[u^]m") n. (Bot.)
An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate
leaf with a dark spot in the middle.
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Prunus Persica
(gcide) | Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F.
p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian
apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.]
1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing
one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone.
In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
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2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which
bears the peach fruit.
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3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light
pinkish yellow of the peach fruit.
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Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible
berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous
climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.
Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris
speciosa}).
Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom.
Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth
(Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family
Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by
boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the
moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.
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Syringa Persica
(gcide) | Lilac \Li"lac\ (l[imac]"lak), n. [Also lilach.] [Sp. lilac,
lila, Ar. l[imac]lak, fr. Per. l[imac]laj, l[imac]lanj,
l[imac]lang, n[imac]laj, n[imac]l, the indigo plant, or from
the kindred l[imac]lak bluish, the flowers being named from
the color. Cf. Anil.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six
species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris,
the common lilac, and Syringa Persica, the Persian
lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and
beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British
colonies various other shrubs have this name.
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2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the
purplish lilac.
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California lilac (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of
purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).
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Triaenops Persicus
(gcide) | Trident \Tri"dent\ (tr[imac]"dent), n. [L. tridens, -entis; tri-
(see Tri-) + dens tooth: cf. F. trident. See Tooth.]
1. (Class Myth.) A kind of scepter or spear with three
prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.
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2. (Rom. Antiq.) A three-pronged spear or goad, used for
urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of
gladiators.
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3. A three-pronged fish spear.
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4. (Geom.) A curve of third order, having three infinite
branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in
the opposite direction.
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Trident bat (Zool.), an Asiatic rhinolophid bat ({Triaenops
Persicus}), having the nose membrane in the shape of a
trident.
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campanula persicifolia
(wn) | Campanula persicifolia
n 1: perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue
flowers [syn: peach bells, peach bell, willow bell,
Campanula persicifolia] |
genus lycopersicon
(wn) | genus Lycopersicon
n 1: tomatoes [syn: Lycopersicon, genus Lycopersicon,
Lycopersicum, genus Lycopersicum] |
genus lycopersicum
(wn) | genus Lycopersicum
n 1: tomatoes [syn: Lycopersicon, genus Lycopersicon,
Lycopersicum, genus Lycopersicum] |
iris persica
(wn) | Iris persica
n 1: bulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale
lilac-colored flowers [syn: Persian iris, Iris persica] |
lycopersicon
(wn) | Lycopersicon
n 1: tomatoes [syn: Lycopersicon, genus Lycopersicon,
Lycopersicum, genus Lycopersicum] |
lycopersicon esculentum
(wn) | Lycopersicon esculentum
n 1: native to South America; widely cultivated in many
varieties [syn: tomato, love apple, tomato plant,
Lycopersicon esculentum] |
lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme
(wn) | Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme
n 1: plant bearing small red to yellow fruit [syn: {cherry
tomato}, Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme] |
lycopersicum
(wn) | Lycopersicum
n 1: tomatoes [syn: Lycopersicon, genus Lycopersicon,
Lycopersicum, genus Lycopersicum] |
prunus persica
(wn) | Prunus persica
n 1: cultivated in temperate regions [syn: peach, {peach
tree}, Prunus persica] |
prunus persica nectarina
(wn) | Prunus persica nectarina
n 1: variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth
skin and (usually) yellow flesh [syn: nectarine,
nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina] |
salvadora persica
(wn) | Salvadora persica
n 1: glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus
Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world
are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush;
shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt
[syn: toothbrush tree, mustard tree, {Salvadora
persica}] |
syringa persica
(wn) | Syringa persica
n 1: small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate
leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers [syn:
Persian lilac, Syringa persica] |
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