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podium
(msasasci) | podium
- platform |
podium
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Podium
(gcide) | Podium \Po"di*um\, n.; pl. Podia. [L., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of ?,
?, foot. See Pew.]
1. (Arch.) A low wall, serving as a foundation, a
substructure, or a terrace wall. It is especially employed
by arch[ae]ologists in two senses:
(a) The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an
amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began.
(b) The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes
a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers. See
Illust. of Column.
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2. (Zool.) The foot.
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podium
(wn) | podium
n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium,
pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox] |
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chenopodium bonus-henricus
(msas) | Chenopodium bonus-henricus
- good-king-henry |
chenopodium bonus-henricus
(msasasci) | Chenopodium bonus-henricus
- good-king-henry |
podium
(msasasci) | podium
- platform |
parapodium
(encz) | parapodium, n: |
podium
(encz) | podium,pódium n: Zdeněk Brož |
pseudopodium
(encz) | pseudopodium, n: |
stylopodium
(encz) | stylopodium, n: |
Acropodium
(gcide) | Acropodium \Ac`ro*po"di*um\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros topmost + poy`s,
podo`s, foot.] (Zool.)
The entire upper surface of the foot.
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Aegopodium Podagraria
(gcide) | Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from
having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.]
(Bot.)
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Aegopodium
Podagraria}); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and
herb gerard.
[1913 Webster]Bishop's-weed \Bish"op's-weed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.
(b) Goutweed ([AE]gopodium podagraria).
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AEgopodium podagraria
(gcide) | Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from
having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.]
(Bot.)
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Aegopodium
Podagraria}); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and
herb gerard.
[1913 Webster]Bishop's-weed \Bish"op's-weed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.
(b) Goutweed ([AE]gopodium podagraria).
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Calamintha Clinopodium
(gcide) | Wild \Wild\, a. [Compar. Wilder; superl. Wildest.] [OE.
wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG.
wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild,
bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild
game, deer; of uncertain origin.]
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1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as
the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily
approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild
boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
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Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that
way. --Shak.
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2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared
without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated;
brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not
domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild
strawberry, wild honey.
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The woods and desert caves,
With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown.
--Milton.
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3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. "To
trace the forests wild." --Shak.
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4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious;
rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
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5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation;
turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious;
inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary;
visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by pride." --Prior. "A
wild, speculative project." --Swift.
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What are these
So withered and so wild in their attire ? --Shak.
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With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes
Wild work in heaven. --Milton.
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The wild winds howl. --Addison.
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Search then the ruling passion, there, alone
The wild are constant, and the cunning known.
--Pope.
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6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild
roadstead.
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7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or
?ewilderment; as, a wild look.
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8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
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Note: Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of
other better known or cultivated plants to which they a
bear a real or fancied resemblance; as, wild allspice,
wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below.
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To run wild, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
To sow one's wild oats. See under Oat.
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Wild allspice. (Bot.), spicewood.
Wild balsam apple (Bot.), an American climbing
cucurbitaceous plant (Echinocystis lobata).
Wild basil (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
Wild bean (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios.
Wild bee (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
in a hollow tree or among rocks.
Wild bergamot. (Bot.) See under Bergamot.
Wild boar (Zool.), the European wild hog (Sus scrofa),
from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
Wild brier (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
Brier.
Wild bugloss (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
(Lycopsis arvensis) with small blue flowers.
Wild camomile (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
genus Matricaria, much resembling camomile.
Wild cat. (Zool.)
(a) A European carnivore (Felis catus) somewhat
resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
the like.
(b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
(c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
Wild celery. (Bot.) See Tape grass, under Tape.
Wild cherry. (Bot.)
(a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black
cherry is Prunus serotina, the wood of which is much
used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
compact texture.
(b) The fruit of various species of Prunus.
Wild cinnamon. See the Note under Canella.
Wild comfrey (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
leaves and small blue flowers.
Wild cumin (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
(Lag[oe]cia cuminoides) native in the countries about
the Mediterranean.
Wild drake (Zool.) the mallard.
Wild elder (Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of
the Ginseng family.
Wild fowl (Zool.) any wild bird, especially any of those
considered as game birds.
Wild goose (Zool.), any one of several species of
undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
See Graylag, and Bean goose, under Bean.
Wild goose chase, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
--Shak.
Wild honey, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
trees, rocks, the like.
Wild hyacinth. (Bot.) See Hyacinth, 1
(b) .
Wild Irishman (Bot.), a thorny bush (Discaria Toumatou)
of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
natives use the spines in tattooing.
Wild land.
(a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
unfit for cultivation.
(b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
Wild licorice. (Bot.) See under Licorice.
Wild mammee (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
tropical American tree (Rheedia lateriflora); -- so
called in the West Indies.
Wild marjoram (Bot.), a labiate plant (Origanum vulgare)
much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
Wild oat. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
avenaceum}).
(b) See Wild oats, under Oat.
Wild pieplant (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
rhubarb.
Wild pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) The rock dove.
(b) The passenger pigeon.
Wild pink (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
catchfly.
Wild plantain (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
(Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its
leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
as coverings for packages of merchandise.
Wild plum. (Bot.)
(a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
(b) The South African prune. See under Prune.
Wild rice. (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice.
Wild rosemary (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
polifolia}. See Marsh rosemary, under Rosemary.
Wild sage. (Bot.) See Sagebrush.
Wild sarsaparilla (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
Wild sensitive plant (Bot.), either one of two annual
leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamaecrista, and {Cassia
nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
when the plant is disturbed.
Wild service.(Bot.) See Sorb.
Wild Spaniard (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand.
The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
plants form an impenetrable thicket.
Wild turkey. (Zool.) See 2d Turkey.
[1913 Webster]Basil \Bas"il\, n. [F. basilic, fr. L. basilicus royal, Gr.
basiliko`s fr. basiley`s king.] (Bot.)
The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family,
but chiefly to the common or sweet basil ({Ocymum
basilicum}), and the bush basil, or lesser basil ({Ocymum
minimum}), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name
is also given to several kinds of mountain mint
(Pycnanthemum).
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Basil thyme, a name given to the fragrant herbs {Calamintha
Acinos} and Calamintha Nepeta.
Wild basil, a plant (Calamintha clinopodium) of the Mint
family.
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Calamintha clinopodium
(gcide) | Wild \Wild\, a. [Compar. Wilder; superl. Wildest.] [OE.
wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG.
wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild,
bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild
game, deer; of uncertain origin.]
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1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as
the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily
approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild
boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
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Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that
way. --Shak.
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2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared
without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated;
brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not
domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild
strawberry, wild honey.
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The woods and desert caves,
With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown.
--Milton.
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3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. "To
trace the forests wild." --Shak.
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4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious;
rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
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5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation;
turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious;
inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary;
visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by pride." --Prior. "A
wild, speculative project." --Swift.
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What are these
So withered and so wild in their attire ? --Shak.
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With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes
Wild work in heaven. --Milton.
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The wild winds howl. --Addison.
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Search then the ruling passion, there, alone
The wild are constant, and the cunning known.
--Pope.
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6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild
roadstead.
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7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or
?ewilderment; as, a wild look.
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8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
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Note: Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of
other better known or cultivated plants to which they a
bear a real or fancied resemblance; as, wild allspice,
wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below.
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To run wild, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
To sow one's wild oats. See under Oat.
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Wild allspice. (Bot.), spicewood.
Wild balsam apple (Bot.), an American climbing
cucurbitaceous plant (Echinocystis lobata).
Wild basil (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
Wild bean (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios.
Wild bee (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
in a hollow tree or among rocks.
Wild bergamot. (Bot.) See under Bergamot.
Wild boar (Zool.), the European wild hog (Sus scrofa),
from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
Wild brier (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
Brier.
Wild bugloss (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
(Lycopsis arvensis) with small blue flowers.
Wild camomile (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
genus Matricaria, much resembling camomile.
Wild cat. (Zool.)
(a) A European carnivore (Felis catus) somewhat
resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
the like.
(b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
(c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
Wild celery. (Bot.) See Tape grass, under Tape.
Wild cherry. (Bot.)
(a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black
cherry is Prunus serotina, the wood of which is much
used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
compact texture.
(b) The fruit of various species of Prunus.
Wild cinnamon. See the Note under Canella.
Wild comfrey (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
leaves and small blue flowers.
Wild cumin (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
(Lag[oe]cia cuminoides) native in the countries about
the Mediterranean.
Wild drake (Zool.) the mallard.
Wild elder (Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of
the Ginseng family.
Wild fowl (Zool.) any wild bird, especially any of those
considered as game birds.
Wild goose (Zool.), any one of several species of
undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
See Graylag, and Bean goose, under Bean.
Wild goose chase, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
--Shak.
Wild honey, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
trees, rocks, the like.
Wild hyacinth. (Bot.) See Hyacinth, 1
(b) .
Wild Irishman (Bot.), a thorny bush (Discaria Toumatou)
of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
natives use the spines in tattooing.
Wild land.
(a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
unfit for cultivation.
(b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
Wild licorice. (Bot.) See under Licorice.
Wild mammee (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
tropical American tree (Rheedia lateriflora); -- so
called in the West Indies.
Wild marjoram (Bot.), a labiate plant (Origanum vulgare)
much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
Wild oat. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
avenaceum}).
(b) See Wild oats, under Oat.
Wild pieplant (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
rhubarb.
Wild pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) The rock dove.
(b) The passenger pigeon.
Wild pink (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
catchfly.
Wild plantain (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
(Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its
leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
as coverings for packages of merchandise.
Wild plum. (Bot.)
(a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
(b) The South African prune. See under Prune.
Wild rice. (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice.
Wild rosemary (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
polifolia}. See Marsh rosemary, under Rosemary.
Wild sage. (Bot.) See Sagebrush.
Wild sarsaparilla (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
Wild sensitive plant (Bot.), either one of two annual
leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamaecrista, and {Cassia
nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
when the plant is disturbed.
Wild service.(Bot.) See Sorb.
Wild Spaniard (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand.
The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
plants form an impenetrable thicket.
Wild turkey. (Zool.) See 2d Turkey.
[1913 Webster]Basil \Bas"il\, n. [F. basilic, fr. L. basilicus royal, Gr.
basiliko`s fr. basiley`s king.] (Bot.)
The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family,
but chiefly to the common or sweet basil ({Ocymum
basilicum}), and the bush basil, or lesser basil ({Ocymum
minimum}), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name
is also given to several kinds of mountain mint
(Pycnanthemum).
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Basil thyme, a name given to the fragrant herbs {Calamintha
Acinos} and Calamintha Nepeta.
Wild basil, a plant (Calamintha clinopodium) of the Mint
family.
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Chenopodium
(gcide) | Chenopodium \Chenopodium\ n.
a genus of plants comprising the goosefoots and including the
pigweed.
Syn: genus Chenopodium.
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Chenopodium album
(gcide) | Frost-blite \Frost`-blite"\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. --Gray.
(b) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album). --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]Lamb's-quarters \Lamb's-quar"ters\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to several common weedy European plants of the
Goosefoot family, introduced into N. America, and sometimes
used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and {Atriplex
patulsa}.
Note: It is sometimes collected from the wild and eaten as a
vegetable
Syn: lamb's quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium
album.
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Chenopodium ambrosioides
(gcide) | Mexican \Mex"i*can\, prop. a.
Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. -- n. A native or
inhabitant of Mexico.
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Mexican poppy prop. n. (Bot.), a tropical American herb of
the Poppy family (Argemone Mexicana) with much the look
of a thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms.
Mexican tea prop. n. (Bot.), an aromatic kind of pigweed
from tropical America (Chenopodium ambrosioides).
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Chenopodium anthelminticum
(gcide) | Worm \Worm\ (w[^u]rm), n. [OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D.
worm, OS. & G. wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth.
wa['u]rms, L. vermis, Gr. ? a wood worm. Cf. Vermicelli,
Vermilion, Vermin.]
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1. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a
serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like. [Archaic]
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There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his
hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang
on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a
murderer. --Tyndale
(Acts xxviii.
3, 4).
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'T is slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile. --Shak.
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When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm,
His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks.
--Longfellow.
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2. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely
without feet, or with very short ones, including a great
variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.
Specifically: (Zool.)
(a) Any helminth; an entozoon.
(b) Any annelid.
(c) An insect larva.
(d) pl. Same as Vermes.
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3. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts
one's mind with remorse.
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The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!
--Shak.
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4. A being debased and despised.
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I am a worm, and no man. --Ps. xxii. 6.
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5. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm; as:
(a) The thread of a screw.
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The threads of screws, when bigger than can be
made in screw plates, are called worms. --Moxon.
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(b) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double
corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
(c) (Anat.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some
animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.
(d) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound
to economize space. See Illust. of Still.
(e) (Mach.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which
drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into
its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing,
below.
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Worm abscess (Med.), an abscess produced by the irritation
resulting from the lodgment of a worm in some part of the
body.
Worm fence. See under Fence.
Worm gear. (Mach.)
(a) A worm wheel.
(b) Worm gearing.
Worm gearing, gearing consisting of a worm and worm wheel
working together.
Worm grass. (Bot.)
(a) See Pinkroot, 2
(a) .
(b) The white stonecrop (Sedum album) reputed to have
qualities as a vermifuge. --Dr. Prior.
Worm oil (Med.), an anthelmintic consisting of oil obtained
from the seeds of Chenopodium anthelminticum.
Worm powder (Med.), an anthelmintic powder.
Worm snake. (Zool.) See Thunder snake
(b), under Thunder.
Worm tea (Med.), an anthelmintic tea or tisane.
Worm tincture (Med.), a tincture prepared from dried
earthworms, oil of tartar, spirit of wine, etc. [Obs.]
Worm wheel, a cogwheel having teeth formed to fit into the
spiral spaces of a screw called a worm, so that the wheel
may be turned by, or may turn, the worm; -- called also
worm gear, and sometimes tangent wheel. See Illust. of
Worm gearing, above.
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[1913 Webster]Wormseed \Worm"seed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and
Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property
of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.
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Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant ({Erysinum
cheiranthoides}) having small lanceolate leaves.
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Chenopodium bonus-henricus
(gcide) | good-king-henry \good-king-henry\ n.
A European plant (Chenopodium bonus-henricus) naturalized
in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb.
Syn: good king henry, allgood, fat hen, wild spinach,
Chenopodium bonus-henricus.
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Chenopodium Botrys
(gcide) | Jerusalem \Je*ru"sa*lem\ (j[-e]*r[udd]"s[.a]*l[e^]m), n. [Gr.
'Ieroysalh`m, fr. Heb. Y[e^]r[=u]sh[=a]laim.]
The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the
glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus
Christ.
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Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e.,
sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.)
(a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower
(Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used
as food.
(b) One of the tubers themselves.
Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of two
species of Solanum (Solanum Pseudo-capsicum and
Solanum capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house
plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of
cherries.
Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot ({Chenopodium
Botrys}), common about houses and along roadsides.
Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family
(Phlomis tuberosa).
Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree
(Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm
countries, and used for hedges.
The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.
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Chenopodium Quinoa
(gcide) | Quinoa \Qui*no"a\, n.
The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used
in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food
thus made.
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Chenopodium rubrum
(gcide) | Sowbane \Sow"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal
to swine.
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Chenopodium Vulvaria
(gcide) | Notchweed \Notch"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot ({Chenopodium
Vulvaria}).
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Epipodium
(gcide) | Epipodium \Ep`i*po"di*um\, n.; pl. Epipodia. [NL., fr. Gr.
'epi` upon + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.
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Leontopodium
(gcide) | Leontopodium \Leontopodium\ n.
A genus of plants including the edelweiss ({Leontopodium
alpinum}).
Syn: genus Leontopodium.
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Leontopodium alpinum
(gcide) | Leontopodium \Leontopodium\ n.
A genus of plants including the edelweiss ({Leontopodium
alpinum}).
Syn: genus Leontopodium.
[WordNet 1.5]Edelweiss \E"del*weiss\, n. [G., fr. edel noble + weiss white.]
(Bot.)
A little, perennial, white, woolly plant ({Leontopodium
alpinum}), growing at high elevations in the Alps. It is the
national flower of Austria.
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Lycopodium
(gcide) | Lycopodium \Ly`co*po"di*um\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? wolf + ?, ?, a
foot.] (Bot.)
A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order
Lycopodiace[ae]; club moss.
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Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the
spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order
Lycopodiace[ae]. It is highly inflammable, and is
sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the
artificial representation of lightning.
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Lycopodium clavatum
(gcide) | Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
(Zool.)
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
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Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
larger number are harmless to man.
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Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake, King snake,
Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See under
Blind, Garter, etc.
Fetich snake (Zool.), a large African snake ({Python
Sebae}) used by the natives as a fetich.
Ringed snake (Zool.), a common European columbrine snake
(Tropidonotus natrix).
Snake eater. (Zool.)
(a) The markhoor.
(b) The secretary bird.
Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
Snake fly (Zool.), any one of several species of
neuropterous insects of the genus Rhaphidia; -- so
called because of their large head and elongated neck and
prothorax.
Snake gourd (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes
anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
that of the serpent cucumber.
Snake killer. (Zool.)
(a) The secretary bird.
(b) The chaparral cock.
Snake moss (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium
clavatum}). See Lycopodium.
Snake nut (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
(Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which
resembles a snake coiled up.
Tree snake (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
especially those of the genus Dendrophis and allied
genera.
[1913 Webster]Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v['e]g['e]table growing,
capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,
from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,
invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,
vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be
lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.
wake, v. See Vigil, Wake, v.]
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1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or
produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable
growths, juices, etc.
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Blooming ambrosial fruit
Of vegetable gold. --Milton.
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2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable
kingdom.
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Vegetable alkali (Chem.), an alkaloid.
Vegetable brimstone. (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur, below.
Vegetable butter (Bot.), a name of several kinds of
concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian
butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma
butyracea}, a tree of the order Guttiferae, also
African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of
cocoa (Theobroma).
Vegetable flannel, a textile material, manufactured in
Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained
from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris.
Vegetable ivory. See Ivory nut, under Ivory.
Vegetable jelly. See Pectin.
Vegetable kingdom. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.
Vegetable leather.
(a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia
punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.
(b) See Vegetable leather, under Leather.
Vegetable marrow (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly
eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender
quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable
in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but
is now thought to have been derived from a form of the
American pumpkin.
Vegetable oyster (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under
Oyster.
Vegetable parchment, papyrine.
Vegetable sheep (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia
eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large
fleecy cushions on the mountains.
Vegetable silk, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained
from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree
(Chorisia speciosa). It is used for various purposes, as
for stuffing cushions, and the like, but is incapable of
being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the
fibers.
Vegetable sponge. See 1st Loof.
Vegetable sulphur, the fine and highly inflammable spores
of the club moss (Lycopodium clavatum); witch meal.
Vegetable tallow, a substance resembling tallow, obtained
from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow,
obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian
vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney
tallow.
Vegetable wax, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of
certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Vegetable kingdom (Nat. Hist.), that primary division of
living things which includes all plants. The classes of
the vegetable kingdom have been grouped differently by
various botanists. The following is one of the best of the
many arrangements of the principal subdivisions.
[1913 Webster] I. Phaenogamia (called also
Phanerogamia). Plants having distinct flowers and true
seeds. [ 1. Dicotyledons (called also Exogens). --
Seeds with two or more cotyledons. Stems with the pith,
woody fiber, and bark concentrically arranged. Divided
into two subclasses: Angiosperms, having the woody fiber
interspersed with dotted or annular ducts, and the seeds
contained in a true ovary; Gymnosperms, having few or no
ducts in the woody fiber, and the seeds naked. 2.
Monocotyledons (called also Endogens). -- Seeds with
single cotyledon. Stems with slender bundles of woody
fiber not concentrically arranged, and with no true bark.]
[1913 Webster] II. Cryptogamia. Plants without true
flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds,
or by simple cell division. [ 1. Acrogens. -- Plants
usually with distinct stems and leaves, existing in two
alternate conditions, one of which is nonsexual and
sporophoric, the other sexual and oophoric. Divided into
Vascular Acrogens, or Pteridophyta, having the
sporophoric plant conspicuous and consisting partly of
vascular tissue, as in Ferns, Lycopods, and Equiseta, and
Cellular Acrogens, or Bryophyta, having the sexual
plant most conspicuous, but destitute of vascular tissue,
as in Mosses and Scale Mosses. 2. Thallogens. -- Plants
without distinct stem and leaves, consisting of a simple
or branched mass of cellular tissue, or reduced to a
single cell. Reproduction effected variously. Divided into
Algae, which contain chlorophyll or its equivalent, and
which live upon air and water, and Fungi, which contain
no chlorophyll, and live on organic matter. (Lichens are
now believed to be fungi parasitic on included algae.]
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Note: Many botanists divide the Phaenogamia primarily into
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms, and the latter into
Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons. Others consider
Pteridophyta and Bryophyta to be separate classes.
Thallogens are variously divided by different writers,
and the places for diatoms, slime molds, and stoneworts
are altogether uncertain.
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Vocabulary.
[1913 Webster]club moss \club" moss`\, clubmoss \clubmoss\n. (Bot.)
a primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in
club-shaped strobiles, much used in winter decoration. The
best known species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other
Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a
highly inflammable powder.
Syn: club moss, lycopod.
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Lycopodium powder
(gcide) | Lycopodium \Ly`co*po"di*um\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? wolf + ?, ?, a
foot.] (Bot.)
A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order
Lycopodiace[ae]; club moss.
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Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the
spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order
Lycopodiace[ae]. It is highly inflammable, and is
sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the
artificial representation of lightning.
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Mesopodium
(gcide) | Mesopodium \Mes`o*po"di*um\, n. [NL. See Mesopodiale.] (Zool.)
The middle portion of the foot in the Gastropoda and
Pteropoda.
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Metapodium
(gcide) | Metapodium \Met`a*po"di*um\, n.; pl. Metapodia. [NL.] (Zool.)
Same as Metapode.
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Monopodium
(gcide) | Monopodium \Mon`o*po"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Monopodia, E. -ums.
[L. See Monopody.] (Bot.)
A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed to
sympodium.
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Neuropodium
(gcide) | Neuropodium \Neu`ro*po"di*um\, n. [NL., from Gr. ney^ron a nerve
+ ?, dim. of ?, ?, the foot.] (Zool.)
The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
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Notopodium
(gcide) | Notopodium \No`to*po"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Notopodia, E.
Notopodiums. [NL., fr. Gr. nw^ton the back + poy`s, podo`s,
the foot.] (Zool.)
The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.
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Notopodiums
(gcide) | Notopodium \No`to*po"di*um\, n.; pl. L. Notopodia, E.
Notopodiums. [NL., fr. Gr. nw^ton the back + poy`s, podo`s,
the foot.] (Zool.)
The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.
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Parapodium
(gcide) | Parapodium \Par`a*po"di*um\, n.; pl. Parapodia. [NL., fr. Gr.
para` beside + ?, dim. of ? foot.] (Zool.)
One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also
foot tubercle.
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Note: They may serve for locomotion, respiration, and
sensation, and often contain spines or set[ae]. When
well developed, a dorsal part, or notopodium, and a
ventral part, or neuropodium, are distinguished.
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Polypodium
(gcide) | Polypodium \Pol"y*po`di*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of ?. See
Polyp, and cf. 2d Polypode.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The
fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called
sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or
leaf. There are numerous species.
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Polypodium Phyllitidis
(gcide) | Hart's-tongue \Hart's"-tongue`\ (h[aum]rts"t[u^]ng`), n. (Bot.)
(a) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare
in America.
(b) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of
Linn[ae]us. It is also found in Florida.
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Polypodium scouleri
(gcide) | leatherleaf \leatherleaf\ n.
1. A stiff leathery-leaved fern (Polypodium scouleri) of
Western North America having ovate fronds parted to the
midrib.
Syn: leathery polypody, coast polypody, {Polypodium
scouleri}.
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2. A northern temperate bog shrub (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical
flowers.
Syn: Chamaedaphne calyculata.
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Propodium
(gcide) | Propodium \Pro*po"di*um\, n.; pl. Propodia. [NL. See
Propodiale.] (Zool.)
(a) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.
(b) The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax
of a hymenopterous insect. [Written also propodeum.]
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Pseudopodium
(gcide) | Pseudopodium \Pseu`do*po"di*um\, n.; pl. Pseudopodia. [NL.]
Same as Pseudopod.
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Pterygopodium
(gcide) | Pterygopodium \Pter`y*go*po"di*um\, n.; pl. Pterygopodia.
[NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a fin + ?, dim. of ?, ?, a foot.] (Anat.)
A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male
elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or
clasper.
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Stylopodium
(gcide) | Stylopodium \Sty`lo*po"di*um\, n.; pl. Stylopodia. [NL. See
Style, and Podium.] (Bot.)
An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous
plants.
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Sympodium
(gcide) | Sympodium \Sym*po"di*um\, n.; pl. Sympodia. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n
with + ?, dim. of ?, ?, foot.] (Bot.)
An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which
one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of
the other, as in the grapevine.
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chenopodium
(wn) | Chenopodium
n 1: goosefoot; pigweed [syn: Chenopodium, {genus
Chenopodium}] |
chenopodium album
(wn) | Chenopodium album
n 1: common weedy European plant introduced into North America;
often used as a potherb [syn: lamb's-quarters, pigweed,
wild spinach, Chenopodium album] |
chenopodium ambrosioides
(wn) | Chenopodium ambrosioides
n 1: rank-smelling tropical American pigweed [syn: {American
wormseed}, Mexican tea, Spanish tea, wormseed,
Chenopodium ambrosioides] |
chenopodium bonus-henricus
(wn) | Chenopodium bonus-henricus
n 1: European plant naturalized in North America; often
collected from the wild as a potherb [syn: {good-king-
henry}, allgood, fat hen, wild spinach, {Chenopodium
bonus-henricus}] |
chenopodium botrys
(wn) | Chenopodium botrys
n 1: Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-
green flowers; naturalized North America [syn: {Jerusalem
oak}, feather geranium, Mexican tea, {Chenopodium
botrys}, Atriplex mexicana] |
chenopodium capitatum
(wn) | Chenopodium capitatum
n 1: European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed
by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America
[syn: strawberry blite, strawberry pigweed, {Indian
paint}, Chenopodium capitatum] |
chenopodium glaucum
(wn) | Chenopodium glaucum
n 1: annual European plant with spikes of greenish flowers and
leaves that are white and hairy on the underside; common as
a weed in North America [syn: oak-leaved goosefoot,
oakleaf goosefoot, Chenopodium glaucum] |
chenopodium hybridum
(wn) | Chenopodium hybridum
n 1: herb considered fatal to swine [syn: sowbane, {red
goosefoot}, Chenopodium hybridum] |
chenopodium murale
(wn) | Chenopodium murale
n 1: European annual with coarsely dentate leaves; widespread in
United States and southern Canada [syn: {nettle-leaved
goosefoot}, nettleleaf goosefoot, Chenopodium murale] |
chenopodium rubrum
(wn) | Chenopodium rubrum
n 1: common Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States [syn:
red goosefoot, French spinach, Chenopodium rubrum] |
chenopodium vulvaria
(wn) | Chenopodium vulvaria
n 1: European goosefoot with strong-scented foliage; adventive
in eastern North America [syn: stinking goosefoot,
Chenopodium vulvaria] |
clinopodium
(wn) | Clinopodium
n 1: wild basil [syn: Clinopodium, genus Clinopodium] |
clinopodium grandiflorum
(wn) | Clinopodium grandiflorum
n 1: aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and
southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran [syn: {large-
flowered calamint}, Calamintha grandiflora, {Clinopodium
grandiflorum}, Satureja grandiflora] |
clinopodium vulgare
(wn) | Clinopodium vulgare
n 1: aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish
flowers; widely distributed in United States, Europe and
Asia [syn: wild basil, cushion calamint, {Clinopodium
vulgare}, Satureja vulgaris] |
conopodium
(wn) | Conopodium
n 1: a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Umbelliferae
[syn: Conopodium, genus Conopodium] |
conopodium denudatum
(wn) | Conopodium denudatum
n 1: a common European plant having edible tubers with the
flavor of roasted chestnuts [syn: earthnut, {Conopodium
denudatum}] |
genus chenopodium
(wn) | genus Chenopodium
n 1: goosefoot; pigweed [syn: Chenopodium, {genus
Chenopodium}] |
genus clinopodium
(wn) | genus Clinopodium
n 1: wild basil [syn: Clinopodium, genus Clinopodium] |
genus conopodium
(wn) | genus Conopodium
n 1: a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Umbelliferae
[syn: Conopodium, genus Conopodium] |
genus leontopodium
(wn) | genus Leontopodium
n 1: edelweiss [syn: Leontopodium, genus Leontopodium] |
genus lycopodium
(wn) | genus Lycopodium
n 1: type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping
evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations [syn:
Lycopodium, genus Lycopodium] |
genus melampodium
(wn) | genus Melampodium
n 1: herbs and subshrubs of warm North America [syn:
Melampodium, genus Melampodium] |
genus polypodium
(wn) | genus Polypodium
n 1: a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and
having rounded naked sori [syn: Polypodium, {genus
Polypodium}] |
leontopodium
(wn) | Leontopodium
n 1: edelweiss [syn: Leontopodium, genus Leontopodium] |
leontopodium alpinum
(wn) | Leontopodium alpinum
n 1: alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves
covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in
stars of glistening whitish bracts [syn: edelweiss,
Leontopodium alpinum] |
leucogenes leontopodium
(wn) | Leucogenes leontopodium
n 1: perennial herb closely resembling European edelweiss; New
Zealand [syn: north island edelweiss, {Leucogenes
leontopodium}] |
lycopodium
(wn) | Lycopodium
n 1: type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping
evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations [syn:
Lycopodium, genus Lycopodium] |
lycopodium alopecuroides
(wn) | Lycopodium alopecuroides
n 1: ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely
distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions
of eastern and southeastern United States [syn: {foxtail
grass}, Lycopodium alopecuroides] |
lycopodium alpinum
(wn) | Lycopodium alpinum
n 1: a variety of club moss [syn: alpine clubmoss, {Lycopodium
alpinum}] |
lycopodium clavitum
(wn) | Lycopodium clavitum
n 1: a variety of club moss [syn: running pine, {Lycopodium
clavitum}] |
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