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Petala
(gcide) | Petalum \Pet"a*lum\, n.; pl. Petala. [NL.]
A petal.
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Batonia apetala
(gcide) | Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, Mahogany tree \Ma*hog"a*ny tree`\, n.
[From the South American name.]
1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia ({Swietenia
Mahogoni}), found in tropical America.
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Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like
mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany
(Khaya Senegalensis), Australian mahogany
(Eucalyptus marginatus), Bastard mahogany ({Batonia
apetala} of the West Indies), Indian mahogany ({Cedrela
Toona} of Bengal, and trees of the genera Soymida and
Chukrassia), Madeira mahogany (Persea Indica),
Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch ({Betula
lenta}), also the several species of Cercocarpus of
California and the Rocky Mountains.
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2. The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish
brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and
susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the
manufacture of furniture.
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3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.]
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To be under the mahogany, to be so drunk as to have fallen
under the table. [Eng.]
To put one's legs under some one's mahogany, to dine with
him. [Slang]
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Interpetalary
(gcide) | Interpetalary \In`ter*pet"al*a*ry\, a. [Pref. inter- + petal.]
(Bot.)
Between the petals of a flower.
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caesalpinia decapetala
(wn) | Caesalpinia decapetala
n 1: spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect
racemes of red-marked yellow flowers [syn: Mysore thorn,
Caesalpinia decapetala, Caesalpinia sepiaria] |
dryas octopetala
(wn) | Dryas octopetala
n 1: creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely
distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North
America [syn: mountain avens, Dryas octopetala] |
fraxinus dipetala
(wn) | Fraxinus dipetala
n 1: shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers [syn:
flowering ash, Fraxinus dipetala] |
gentiana holopetala
(wn) | Gentiana holopetala
n 1: small blue-flowered fringed gentian of Sierra Nevada
mountains [syn: tufted gentian, {Gentianopsis
holopetala}, Gentiana holopetala] |
gentianopsis holopetala
(wn) | Gentianopsis holopetala
n 1: small blue-flowered fringed gentian of Sierra Nevada
mountains [syn: tufted gentian, {Gentianopsis
holopetala}, Gentiana holopetala] |
magnolia tripetala
(wn) | Magnolia tripetala
n 1: small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy
white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas
at the ends of branches [syn: umbrella tree, {umbrella
magnolia}, elkwood, elk-wood, Magnolia tripetala] |
pomaderris apetala
(wn) | Pomaderris apetala
n 1: Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-
grained wood and bearing edible nuts [syn: hazel, {hazel
tree}, Pomaderris apetala] |
sterculia apetala
(wn) | Sterculia apetala
n 1: large deciduous tree native to Panama and from which the
country takes its name; having densely leafy crown and
naked trunk [syn: Panama tree, Sterculia apetala] |
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