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Purpure
(gcide) | Purpure \Pur"pure\, n. [L. purpura purple. See Purple.] (Her.)
Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines
declining from the right top to the left base of the
escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).
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Calliandra purpurea
(gcide) | Soldierwood \Sol"dier*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West
Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.
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Carpodacus purpurea
(gcide) | Carpodacus \Carpodacus\ n.
a genus of birds including the house finch ({Carpodacus
mexicanus}) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea).
Syn: genus Carpodacus.
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Claviceps purpurea
(gcide) | Sclerotium \Scle*ro"ti*um\, n.; pl. Sclerotia. [NL., fr. Gr.
sklhro`s hard.]
1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the
Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot.
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2. (Zool.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
[1913 Webster]Ergot \Er"got\, n. [F. ergot, argot, lit., a spur.]
1. A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which
the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is
caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.
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2. The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of
rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a
dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening
childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.
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3. (Far.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a
chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
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4. (Anat.) See 2d Calcar, 3
(b) .
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Cytisus purpureus
(gcide) | Laburnum \La*bur"num\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the
Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and
seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.
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Note: Scotch laburnum (Cytisus alpinus) is similar, but has
smooth leaves; purple laburnum is Cytisus purpureus.
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Digitalis purpurea
(gcide) | Foxglove \Fox"glove`\, n. [AS. foxes-gl[=o]fa,
foxes-cl[=o]fa,foxes-clife.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English
foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or
biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine,
both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.
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Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run
To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. --W.
Browne.
[1913 Webster]digitalin \dig"i*ta`lin\, n. [Cf. F. digitaline.]
(a) (Medicine, Pharmacy) Any one of several extracts of
foxglove (Digitalis), as the "French extract," the
"German extract," etc., which differ among themselves
in composition and properties. Both Digitalis lanata
and Digitalis purpurea have been used to prepare
such extracts.
(b) (Chem.) the distinctive chemical substance, a steroid
glycoside, which is the essential ingredient of the
extracts of foxglove. It is a white, crystalline
substance (C36H56O14), and is a 3-substituted
diglucoside of a steroid. It is a powerful cardiac
stimulant and is used as a cardiotonic for treatment
of certain heart conditions, such as congestive heart
failure. Chemically it is
(3[beta],5[beta],16[beta])-3-[6-Deoxy-4-O-[beta]-D-glucopyranosyl-3-O-methyl-[beta]-D-galactopyranosyl)oxy]-14,16-dihyroxy-card-20
(22)-enolide. The related compounds digitoxin and
digoxin are also extracted from the foxglove. The
class of steroid glycosides having cardiotonic
properties are refered to as the cardiac glycosides.
--MI11
Syn: digitalinum verum, Diginorgin, Schmiedeberg's digitalin,
digitalis, digitalis glycoside. [1913 Webster +PJC]Digitalis \Dig`i*ta"lis\, n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named
(according to Linn[ae]us) from its finger-shaped corolla.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family
Schrophulariaceae, including the foxglove.
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2. (Med.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove ({Digitalis
purpurea}), formerly used in heart disease, disturbance of
the circulation, etc. Its use has been largely replaced by
that of the pure active ingredient, digitalin. See
digitalin.
[1913 Webster]digitoxin \dig`i*tox"in\ (d[i^]j`[i^]*t[o^]k"s[i^]n), n. (Chem.)
A steroid glycoside, one of the cardiotonic chemical
substances which is extracted from the foxglove. It is a
white, crystalline substance (C41H64O13), and is a
3-substituted triglucoside of a steroid, related structurally
to digitalin and digoxin. It is used as a cardiotonic for
treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive
heart failure. Chemically it is
(3[beta],5[beta])-3-[(O-2,6-Dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1[rarr]4)-O-2,6-dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1[rarr]4)-2,
6-dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-14-hydroxy-card-20(22)-enolide.
The related compounds digitalin and digoxin are also
extracted from the foxglove (Digitalis lanata and
Digitalis purpurea). The class of steroid glycosides having
cardiotonic properties are refered to as the cardiac
glycoside group. --MI11
[PJC]digoxin \di*gox"in\, n. (Chem.)
a steroid glycoside, one of the cardiotonic chemical
substances which is extracted from the foxglove. It is a
white, crystalline substance (C41H64O14), and is a
3-substituted triglucoside of a steroid, related structurally
to digitalin and digitoxin. It is used as a cardiotonic for
treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive
heart failure. Chemically it is
(3[beta],5[beta],12[beta])-3-[(O-2,6-Dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1->4)-O-2,6-dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1->4)-2
, 6-dideoxy-[beta]-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-12,14-dihydroxy-card-20(22)-enolide.
The related compounds digitalin and digoxin are also
extracted from the foxglove (Digitalis lanata and
Digitalis purpurea). The class of steroid glycosides having
cardiotonic properties are refered to as the cardiac
glycosides. --MI11
[PJC]fingerroot \fingerroot\ n.
tall leafy European biennial or perennial ({Digitalis
purpurea}) having spectacular clusters of large tubular
pink-purple flowers; -- its leaves yield the drug digitalis
and are poisonous to livestock.
Syn: common foxglove, fairy bell, fingerflower, {Digitalis
purpurea}.
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Euonymus atropurpureus
(gcide) | Burning \Burn"ing\, a.
1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
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2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement;
powerful; as, burning zeal.
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Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden.
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Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus
atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry.
[1913 Webster]Euonymin \Eu*on"y*min\, n. (Med.)
A principle or mixture of principles derived from {Euonymus
atropurpureus}, or spindle tree.
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Eupatorium purpureum
(gcide) | Joe-Pye weed \Joe`-Pye" weed`\ (Bot.)
A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium ({Eupatorium
purpureum}), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.
[1913 Webster]Trumpetweed \Trump"et*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum),
often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers
in small corymbed heads.
(b) The sea trumpet.
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Evonymus atropurpureus
(gcide) | Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n.
Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.:
(a) A certain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple
capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled
seeds; -- called also burning bush.
(b) Cascara buckthorn.
(c) Basswood.
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Ipomoea purpurea
(gcide) | Morning-glory \Morn"ing-glo`ry\, n. (Bot.)
A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome,
funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or
variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal.
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Magnolia purpurea
(gcide) | Magnolia \Mag*no"li*a\, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol,
professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th
century.] (Bot.)
A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and
large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.
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Note: Magnolia grandiflora has coriaceous shining leaves
and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North
Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most
magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay
(Magnolia glauca)is a small tree found sparingly as
far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are
Magnolia Umbrella, Magnolia macrophylla, {Magnolia
Fraseri}, Magnolia acuminata, and Magnolia cordata.
Magnolia conspicua and Magnolia purpurea are
cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. {Magnolia
Campbellii}, of India, has rose-colored or crimson
flowers.
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Magnolia warbler (Zool.), a beautiful North American wood
warbler (Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under parts
are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with
black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash.
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Progne purpurea
(gcide) | Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin.
Cf. Martlet.] (Zool.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also marten.]
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Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne
subis} or Progne purpurea), and the European {house
martin}, or window martin (Hirundo urbica or
Chelidon urbica), are the best known species.
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Bank martin.
(a) The bank swallow. See under Bank.
(b) The fairy martin. See under Fairy.
Bee martin.
(a) The purple martin.
(b) The kingbird.
Sand martin, the bank swallow.
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Purpureal
(gcide) | Purpureal \Pur*pu"re*al\, a.
Of a purple color; purple.
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Purpureo-
(gcide) | Purpureo- \Pur*pu"re*o-\
A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color.
Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant
purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia,
similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic.
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purpureo-cobaltic compounds
(gcide) | Cobaltic \Co*balt"ic\ (?; 74), a. [Cf. F. cobaltique.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said
especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher
valence; as, cobaltic oxide.
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Luteo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of
complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts.
Roseo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of
complex red compounds of cobalt and ammonia. Modifications
of these are the purpureo-cobaltic compounds.
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Sarracenia purpurea
(gcide) | Sarracenia \Sar`ra*ce"ni*a\, prop. n. [NL. So named after a Dr.
Sarrazin of Quebec.] (Bot.)
A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the
American pitcher plant.
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Note: They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and
solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style.
Sarracenia purpurea, the sidesaddle flower, is common
at the North; Sarracenia flava, Sarracenia rubra,
Sarracenia Drummondii, Sarracenia variolaris, and
Sarracenia psittacina are Southern species. All are
insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their
curious leaves. See Illust. of Sidesaddle flower,
under Sidesaddle.
[1913 Webster] SarrasinHuntsman \Hunts"man\, n.; pl. Huntsmen.
1. One who hunts, or who practices hunting.
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2. The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to
look after the hounds. --L'Estrange.
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Huntsman's cup (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common
American pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).
[1913 Webster]Water pitcher \Wa"ter pitch"er\
1. A pitcher for water.
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2. (Bot.) One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped
leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is
the type.
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Scabiosa atropurpurea
(gcide) | Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
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2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
and the like.
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Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
flattened heads.
Mourning dove (Zool.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura)
found throughout the United States; -- so named from its
plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust.
under Dove.
Mourning warbler (Zool.), an American ground warbler
(Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck,
and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.
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Spondias purpurea
(gcide) | jocote \jocote\ n.
A common tropical American shrub or small tree ({Spondias
purpurea}) with purplish fruit.
Syn: mombin, mombin tree, Spondias purpurea.
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Triplasis purpurea
(gcide) | Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]
1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
grains, which are not coherent when wet.
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That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
very small pebbles. --Woodward.
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2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
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3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
time; the term or extent of one's life.
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The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
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4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
by the ebb of the tide. "The Libyan sands." --Milton. "The
sands o' Dee." --C. Kingsley.
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5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
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Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma).
Sand bag.
(a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
(b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
assassins.
Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
at the toilet.
Sand bath.
(a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
(b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
reducing furnace.
Sand birds (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species
of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers,
tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds.
Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
process.
Sand box.
(a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
paper with sand.
(b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
slipping.
Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura
crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.
Sand bug (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa
talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often
used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.
Sand canal (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
function.
Sand cock (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below.
Sand crab. (Zool.)
(a) The lady crab.
(b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
lameness.
Sand cricket (Zool.), any one of several species of large
terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and
allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western
United States.
Sand cusk (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under
Ophidioid.
Sand dab (Zool.), a small American flounder ({Limanda
ferruginea}); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also
applied locally to other allied species.
Sand darter (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio
valley (Ammocrypta pellucida).
Sand dollar (Zool.), any one of several species of small
flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.
Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
sand.
Sand eel. (Zool.)
(a) A lant, or launce.
(b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.
Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
Sand flea. (Zool.)
(a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
(b) The chigoe.
(c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.
Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
--James Bruce.
Sand fluke. (Zool.)
(a) The sandnecker.
(b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes
microcephalus}); -- called also kitt, marysole,
smear dab, town dab.
Sand fly (Zool.), any one of several species of small
dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on
sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United
States. They are very troublesome on account of their
biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and
midge.
Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.
Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea)
with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
growing on the Atlantic coast.
Sand grouse (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World
birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
grouse}, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species
(Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse ({Pterocles
arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({Pterocles
fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({Pterocles
alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under
Pterocletes.
Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zool.), the American brown crane ({Grus
Mexicana}).
Sand hopper (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zool.), a sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zool.)
(a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({Aegialophilus
ruficapillus}); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zool.), a lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
agilis}).
Sand martin (Zool.), the bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zool.), the coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({Ammoperdix
Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species
(Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called
also seesee partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zool.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered
to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand
prey}.
Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zool.), the pocket gopher.
Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zool.), the turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae,
of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It
has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with
fine sand; -- called also sand collar.
Sand screw (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis
arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of
Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zool.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also gray shark, and {dogfish
shark}. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated
sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.
Sand skipper (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zool.), a silverside.
Sand snake. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India
and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zool.), the sandpiper.
Sand star (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy
sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under Bank.
Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a
layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and
designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of
hitting balls effectively from such a position.
Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand.
The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders
which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food
for her young.
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carpodacus purpureus
(wn) | Carpodacus purpureus
n 1: North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast
and rump [syn: purple finch, Carpodacus purpureus] |
claviceps purpurea
(wn) | Claviceps purpurea
n 1: a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact
black masses of branching filaments that replace many
grains of the plant; source of medicinally important
alkaloids and of lysergic acid [syn: ergot, {Claviceps
purpurea}] |
desmodium purpureum
(wn) | Desmodium purpureum
n 1: West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United
States as forage and to improve soil [syn: beggarweed,
Desmodium tortuosum, Desmodium purpureum] |
digitalis purpurea
(wn) | Digitalis purpurea
n 1: tall leafy European biennial or perennial having
spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers;
leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
[syn: common foxglove, fairy bell, fingerflower,
finger-flower, fingerroot, finger-root, {Digitalis
purpurea}] |
euonymus atropurpureus
(wn) | Euonymus atropurpureus
n 1: deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet
seeds [syn: wahoo, burning bush, {Euonymus
atropurpureus}] |
eupatorium purpureum
(wn) | Eupatorium purpureum
n 1: North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal
clusters of flowers spotted with purple [syn: {Joe-Pye
weed}, purple boneset, trumpet weed, marsh milkweed,
Eupatorium purpureum] |
fagus purpurea
(wn) | Fagus purpurea
n 1: variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-
colored leaves [syn: copper beech, purple beech, {Fagus
sylvatica atropunicea}, Fagus purpurea, {Fagus sylvatica
purpurea}] |
fagus sylvatica purpurea
(wn) | Fagus sylvatica purpurea
n 1: variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-
colored leaves [syn: copper beech, purple beech, {Fagus
sylvatica atropunicea}, Fagus purpurea, {Fagus sylvatica
purpurea}] |
ipomoea purpurea
(wn) | Ipomoea purpurea
n 1: pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue,
purple, pink or white flowers [syn: common morning glory,
Ipomoea purpurea] |
lablab purpureus
(wn) | Lablab purpureus
n 1: perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having
trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like
flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as
an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian
subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos [syn:
hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, {Egyptian
bean}, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab] |
pellaea atropurpurea
(wn) | Pellaea atropurpurea
n 1: very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually
growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes
[syn: purple rock brake, Pellaea atropurpurea] |
prenanthes purpurea
(wn) | Prenanthes purpurea
n 1: herb of central and southern Europe having purple florets
[syn: rattlesnake root, Prenanthes purpurea] |
salix purpurea
(wn) | Salix purpurea
n 1: Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich
in tannin [syn: purple willow, red willow, red osier,
basket willow, purple osier, Salix purpurea] |
sarracenia purpurea
(wn) | Sarracenia purpurea
n 1: perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent
broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern
North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland
[syn: common pitcher plant, huntsman's cup, {huntsman's
cups}, Sarracenia purpurea] |
scabiosa atropurpurea
(wn) | Scabiosa atropurpurea
n 1: Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson
flower heads; naturalized in United States [syn: {sweet
scabious}, pincushion flower, mournful widow, {Scabiosa
atropurpurea}] |
spondias purpurea
(wn) | Spondias purpurea
n 1: common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish
fruit [syn: mombin, mombin tree, jocote, {Spondias
purpurea}] |
tephrosia purpurea
(wn) | Tephrosia purpurea
n 1: East Indian shrub [syn: bastard indigo, {Tephrosia
purpurea}] |
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