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tenia
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Tenia
(gcide) | Tenia \Te"ni*a\, n. [NL.]
See Taenia.
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tenia
(wn) | tenia
n 1: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
[syn: taenia, tenia, fillet] |
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osoba unikajúca bez zaplatenia
(msas) | osoba unikajúca bez zaplatenia
- fly-by-night |
osoba unikajuca bez zaplatenia
(msasasci) | osoba unikajuca bez zaplatenia
- fly-by-night |
tenia
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Chloroxylon Swietenia
(gcide) | Satinwood \Sat"in*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree
(Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is
used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a
species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in
Florida and the West Indies.
[1913 Webster]Yellowwood \Yel"low*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees;
also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so
called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous
tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the
Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the
mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus,
trees related to the yew; the East Indian {Podocarpus
latifolia}; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).
All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.
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[1913 Webster]Zantewood \Zan"te*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and
zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under
Fustic.
(b) Satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).
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Dorstenia Contrayerva
(gcide) | Contrayerva \Con`tra*yer"va\, n. [Sp. contrayerba, literally, a
counter herb, hence, an antidote for poison, fr. l. contra +
herba herb.] (Bot.)
A species of Dorstenia (Dorstenia Contrayerva), a South
American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used
in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.
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Sweitenia Mahogoni
(gcide) | Swietenia \Swie*te"ni*a\, n. [NL. Named after Gerard Van
Sweiten, physician to Maria Theresa of Austria.] (Bot.)
A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species
(Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.
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Swietenia
(gcide) | Swietenia \Swie*te"ni*a\, n. [NL. Named after Gerard Van
Sweiten, physician to Maria Theresa of Austria.] (Bot.)
A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species
(Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.
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Swietenia Mahogoni
(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]
[1913 Webster]Madeira wood \Madeira wood\ (Bot.)
(a) The mahogany tree (Swietenia Mahogoni).
(b) A West Indian leguminous tree (Lysiloma Latisiliqua)
the wood of which is used for boat trimming.
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Teniacide
(gcide) | Taeniacide \Tae"ni*a*cide`\, n. Also Teniacide \Te"ni*a*cide`\ .
[Taenia + -cide.] (Med.)
A remedy to destroy tapeworms.
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Teniafuge
(gcide) | Taeniafuge \Tae"ni*a*fuge`\, n. Also Teniafuge \Te"ni*a*fuge`\
[Taenia + L. fugare to drive away.] (Med.)
A remedy to expel tapeworms.
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Teniasis
(gcide) | Taeniasis \Tae*ni"a*sis\, n. Also Teniasis \Te*ni"a*sis\ [NL.
See Taenia.] (Med.)
Ill health due to taenia, or tapeworms.
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chloroxylon swietenia
(wn) | Chloroxylon swietenia
n 1: East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish
wood; [syn: satinwood, satinwood tree, {Chloroxylon
swietenia}] |
tenia
(wn) | tenia
n 1: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
[syn: taenia, tenia, fillet] |
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