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arbor
(encz) | arbor,zerav n: [bot.] lat. Thuja Michal Ambrož |
Arbor
(gcide) | Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [OE. herber, herbere, properly a garden of
herbs, F. herbier, fr. L. herbarium. See Herb, and cf.
Herbarium.]
A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines,
branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower. --Sir
P. Sidney.
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Arbor
(gcide) | Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [Written also arbour.] [L., a tree, a beam.]
1. (Bot.) A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
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2. [Cf. F. arbre.] (Mech.)
(a) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
(b) A mandrel in lathe turning. --Knight.
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arbor
(wn) | arbor
n 1: tree (as opposed to shrub)
2: any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger
rotating parts [syn: spindle, mandrel, mandril,
arbor]
3: a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor
provided a shady resting place in the park" [syn: arbor,
arbour, bower, pergola] |
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ann arbor
(encz) | Ann Arbor,město - Spojené státy americké n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
arboreal
(encz) | arboreal,stromový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
arboreal movement
(encz) | arboreal movement,pohyb v korunách stromů n: Jirka Daněk |
arboreous
(encz) | arboreous,stromovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
arborescent
(encz) | arborescent,rozvětvený adj: Zdeněk Brožarborescent,stromovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
arboretum
(encz) | arboretum,arboretum n: Zdeněk Brož |
arboricide
(encz) | arboricide,arboricid [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
arboriculture
(encz) | arboriculture,pěstování stromů Zdeněk Brož |
arboriculturist
(encz) | arboriculturist,pěstitel stromů Zdeněk Brož |
carborundum
(encz) | carborundum,karbid křemičitý Zdeněk BrožCarborundum,karborundum Jiří Šmoldas |
dearborn
(encz) | Dearborn,Dearborn n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
grape arbor
(encz) | grape arbor, n: |
harbor
(encz) | harbor,přechovávat v: Zdeněk Brožharbor,přístav n: Zdeněk Brož |
harbor fee
(encz) | harbor fee, |
harbor patrol
(encz) | harbor patrol, n: |
harbor porpoise
(encz) | harbor porpoise, n: |
harbor seal
(encz) | harbor seal, n: |
harborage
(encz) | harborage, n: |
hiba arborvitae
(encz) | hiba arborvitae, n: |
nonarboreal
(encz) | nonarboreal, adj: |
pearl harbor
(encz) | Pearl Harbor,Pearl Harbor, přístav na Havajských
ostrovech [zem.] Martin Král |
safe harbor
(encz) | safe harbor,bezpečný přístav n: Petr "pasky" Baudiš |
scarborough
(encz) | Scarborough,Scarborough n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Trinidad a
Tobago Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
arboretum
(czen) | arboretum,arboretumn: Zdeněk Brož |
arboricid
(czen) | arboricid,arboricide[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
barbora
(czen) | Barbora,Barbara Zdeněk Brož |
dearborn
(czen) | Dearborn,Dearbornn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
karborundum
(czen) | karborundum,Carborundum Jiří Šmoldas |
pearl harbor
(czen) | Pearl Harbor, přístav na Havajských ostrovech,Pearl Harbor[zem.] Martin
Král |
rebarbora
(czen) | rebarbora,rhubarbn: Zdeněk Brož |
scarborough
(czen) | Scarborough,Scarboroughn: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Trinidad a
Tobago Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Alauda arborea
(gcide) | Lark \Lark\, n. [OE. larke, laverock, AS. l[=a]werce; akin to D.
leeuwerik, LG. lewerke, OHG. l[=e]rahha, G. lerche, Sw.
l[aum]rka, Dan. lerke, Icel. l[ae]virki.] (Zool.)
Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus
Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudid[ae]). They
mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In
America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned
larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have
holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and, usually, dull,
sandy brown colors.
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Note: The European skylark, or lark of the poets ({Alauda
arvensis}), is of a brown mottled color, and is noted
for its clear and sweet song, uttered as it rises and
descends almost perpendicularly in the air. It is
considered a table delicacy, and immense numbers are
killed for the markets. Other well-known European
species are the crested, or tufted, lark ({Alauda
cristata}), and the wood lark (Alauda arborea). The
pipits, or titlarks, of the genus Anthus (family
Motacillid[ae]) are often called larks. See Pipit.
The American meadow larks, of the genus Sturnella,
are allied to the starlings. See Meadow Lark. The
Australian bush lark is Mirafra Horsfieldii. See
Shore lark.
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Lark bunting (Zool.), a fringilline bird ({Calamospiza
melanocorys}) found on the plains of the Western United
States.
Lark sparrow (Zool.), a sparrow (Chondestes grammacus),
found in the Mississippi Valley and the Western United
States.
[1913 Webster]Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
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1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
-- frequently used in the plural.
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Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
substance which composes the body of a tree and its
branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To
worship their own work in wood and stone for gods."
--Milton.
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3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
called silver grain.
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Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
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4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa)
of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
of Anemone.
Wood ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa) which lives
in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
Wood baboon (Zool.), the drill.
Wood betony. (Bot.)
(a) Same as Betony.
(b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
purplish flowers.
Wood borer. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
(b) The larva of any one of various species of
lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
and of the goat moths.
(c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
(d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
(e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
terebrans}).
Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
--Knight.
Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
principal constituent of woody fiber.
Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
[Poetic] --Coleridge.
Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
Wood cricket (Zool.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius
sylvestris}).
Wood culver (Zool.), the wood pigeon.
Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
engraving.
Wood dove (Zool.), the stockdove.
Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
Wood duck (Zool.)
(a) A very beautiful American duck (Aix sponsa). The
male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
duck}, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
(b) The hooded merganser.
(c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata).
Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
Wood engraver.
(a) An engraver on wood.
(b) (Zool.) Any of several species of small beetles whose
larvae bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate
furrows in the wood often more or less resembling
coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
xylographus}.
Wood engraving.
(a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
(b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
such an engraving.
Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
Wood fiber.
(a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
(b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
mass.
Wood fretter (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles whose larvae bore in the wood, or beneath the
bark, of trees.
Wood frog (Zool.), a common North American frog ({Rana
sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
with a black stripe on each side of the head.
Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
Wood grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The capercailzie.
(b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood guest (Zool.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
Wood hen. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
allied species.
(b) The American woodcock.
Wood hoopoe (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
Wood ibis (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
loculator}) is common in Florida.
Wood lark (Zool.), a small European lark ({Alauda
arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
trees.
Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
Laureola}).
Wood leopard (Zool.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
aesculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva
bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit
trees.
Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
Wood louse (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and {Pill
bug}, under Pill.
(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidae,
which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also
book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
Wood mite (Zool.), any one of numerous small mites of the
family Oribatidae. They are found chiefly in woods, on
tree trunks and stones.
Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
(a) Formerly, the forest court.
(b) The court of attachment.
Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked
with daisies trim." --Milton.
(b) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
larvae are bright-colored, and some of the species, as
Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the
leaves of the grapevine.
(c) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored South American humming birds belonging to the
genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
green and blue.
Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
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We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
x. 34.
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Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
Gurjun.
Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
some resemblance to wood.
Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
below.
Wood pewee (Zool.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
(Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
is smaller.
Wood pie (Zool.), any black and white woodpecker,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
Wood pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
family Columbidae.
(b) The ringdove.
Wood puceron (Zool.), a plant louse.
Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
Wood quail (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({Rollulus
roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long
crest of red hairlike feathers.
Wood rabbit (Zool.), the cottontail.
Wood rat (Zool.), any one of several species of American
wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea)
growing in moist woods.
Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
Wood sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser.
Wood shock (Zool.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
Wood shrike (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
but feed upon both insects and berries.
Wood snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The American woodcock.
(b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola).
Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
Wood sore. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
Shamrock.
Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
Wood star (Zool.), any one of several species of small
South American humming birds belonging to the genus
Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
purple, and other colors.
Wood sucker (Zool.), the yaffle.
Wood swallow (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
allied genera of the family Artamidae. They are common
in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
beneath.
Wood tapper (Zool.), any woodpecker.
Wood tar. See under Tar.
Wood thrush, (Zool.)
(a) An American thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
(b) The missel thrush.
Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
Wood titmouse (Zool.), the goldcgest.
Wood tortoise (Zool.), the sculptured tortoise. See under
Sculptured.
Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
Wood warbler. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
(b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
called also green wren, wood wren, and {yellow
wren}.
Wood worm (Zool.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
borer.
Wood wren. (Zool.)
(a) The wood warbler.
(b) The willow warbler.
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Arbor
(gcide) | Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [OE. herber, herbere, properly a garden of
herbs, F. herbier, fr. L. herbarium. See Herb, and cf.
Herbarium.]
A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines,
branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower. --Sir
P. Sidney.
[1913 Webster]Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [Written also arbour.] [L., a tree, a beam.]
1. (Bot.) A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
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2. [Cf. F. arbre.] (Mech.)
(a) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
(b) A mandrel in lathe turning. --Knight.
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Arbor Day
(gcide) | arboraceous \arboraceous\ adj.
1. 1 abounding in trees. an arboraceous landscape
Syn: arboreous, woodsy, woody.
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Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs.
[U.S.]
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Arbor Dianae
(gcide) | Arbor Dianae \Ar"bor Di*a"n[ae]\ [L., the tree of Diana, or
silver.] (Chem.)
A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.
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Arbor vine
(gcide) | Arbor vine \Ar"bor vine`\
A species of bindweed.
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Arbor vitae
(gcide) | Thuja \Thu"ja\ (th[=u]"j[.a]), n. [NL., from Gr. qyi`a an
African tree with sweet-smelling wood.] (Bot.)
A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for
the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having
scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. [Written
also thuya.] See Thyine wood.
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Note: Thuja occidentalis is the Arbor vitae of the
Eastern and Northern United States. Thuja gigantea of
North-western America is a very large tree, there
called red cedar, and canoe cedar, and furnishes a
useful timber.
[1913 Webster]Arbor vitae \Ar"bor vi"t[ae]\ [L., tree of life.]
1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus
Thuja. The American species is the Thuja occidentalis.
It is commonly used as an ornamental shrub around homes.
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2. (Anat.) The treelike disposition of the gray and white
nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical
section.
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arboraceous
(gcide) | arboraceous \arboraceous\ adj.
1. 1 abounding in trees. an arboraceous landscape
Syn: arboreous, woodsy, woody.
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Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs.
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Arborary
(gcide) | Arborary \Ar"bo*ra*ry\, a. [L. arborarius, fr. arbor tree.]
Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.
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Arborator
(gcide) | Arborator \Ar"bo*ra`tor\, n. [L., fr. arbor tree.]
One who plants or who prunes trees. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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Arboreal
(gcide) | Arboreal \Ar*bo"re*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of
trees. --Cowley.
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2. Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or
trees; as, arboreal animals.
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Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal. --Darwin.
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Arbored
(gcide) | Arbored \Ar"bored\, a.
Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees. "An arboreal
walk." --Pollok.
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Arboreous
(gcide) | Arboreous \Ar*bo"re*ous\, a. [L. arboreous, fr. arbor tree.]
1. Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper
tree, in distinction from a shrub. --Loudon.
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2. Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss.
--Quincy.
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Arborescence
(gcide) | Arborescence \Ar`bo*res"cence\, n.
The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in
minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that
form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.
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Arborescent
(gcide) | Arborescent \Ar`bo*res"cent\, a. [L. arborescens, p. pr. of
arborescere to become a tree, fr. arbor tree.]
Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having
crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a
tree. "Arborescent hollyhocks." --Evelyn.
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arboresque
(gcide) | arboresque \arboresque\ adj.
1. resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
Syn: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform,
dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped.
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Arboret
(gcide) | Arboret \Ar"bo*ret\, n. [OF. arboret, dim. of arbre tree, L.
arbor]
A small tree or shrub. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Among thick-woven arborets, and flowers
Imbordered on each bank. --Milton.
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Arboreta
(gcide) | Arboretum \Ar`bo*re"tum\, n.; pl. Arboreta. [L., a place grown
with trees.]
A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is
cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
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Arboretum
(gcide) | Arboretum \Ar`bo*re"tum\, n.; pl. Arboreta. [L., a place grown
with trees.]
A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is
cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
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Arborical
(gcide) | Arborical \Ar*bor"ic*al\, a.
Relating to trees. [Obs.]
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Arboricole
(gcide) | Arboricole \Ar*bor"i*cole\, a. [L. arbor + colere to inhabit.]
(Zool.)
Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.
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Arboricultural
(gcide) | Arboricultural \Ar`bor*i*cul"tur*al\, a.
Pertaining to arboriculture. --Loudon.
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Arboriculture
(gcide) | Arboriculture \Ar`bor*i*cul"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. arbor tree +
cultura. See Culture.]
The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or
for ornamental purposes.
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Arboriculturist
(gcide) | Arboriculturist \Ar`bor*i*cul"tur*ist\, n.
One who cultivates trees.
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Arboriform
(gcide) | Arboriform \Ar*bor"i*form\, a.
Treelike in shape.
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Arborist
(gcide) | Arborist \Ar"bor*ist\, n. [F. arboriste, fr. L. arbor tree.]
One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the
knowledge of trees. --Howell.
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Arborization
(gcide) | Arborization \Ar`bor*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. arborisation, fr. L.
arbor tree.]
The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals
or fossils; a dendrite.
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Arborized
(gcide) | Arborized \Ar"bor*ized\, a.
Having a treelike appearance. "An arborized or moss agate."
--Wright.
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Arborous
(gcide) | Arborous \Ar"bor*ous\, a.
Formed by trees. [Obs.]
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From under shady, arborous roof. --Milton.
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Borrichia arborescens
(gcide) | Samphire \Sam"phire\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F. l'herbe de Saint
Pierre. See Saint, and Petrel.] (Bot.)
(a) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant
(Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on
cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.
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Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!
--Shak.
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(b) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); --
called in England marsh samphire.
(c) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West
Indies.
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Golden samphire. See under Golden.
[1913 Webster]Oxeye \Ox"eye`\, n. [Ox + eye.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) The oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
(b) The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).
(c) A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large
yellow flowers.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse ({Parus
major}) and the blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus).
[Prov. Eng.]
(b) The dunlin.
(c) A fish; the bogue, or box.
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Creeping oxeye (Bot.) a West Indian composite plant
(Wedelia carnosa).
Seaside oxeye (Bot.), a West Indian composite shrub
(Borrichia arborescens).
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Carborundum
(gcide) | Carborundum \Car`bo*run"dum\ (k[aum]r`b[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), [a
trade name, from Carbon + corundum.]
A beautiful crystalline compound, silicon carbide (SiC),
consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; -- also
called carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and
sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article
is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and
is used as an abrasive.
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carborundum cloth
(gcide) | carborundum cloth \carborundum cloth\ or carborundum paper
\carborundum paper\ .
Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum; -- a foprm
of sandpaper.
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carborundum paper
(gcide) | carborundum cloth \carborundum cloth\ or carborundum paper
\carborundum paper\ .
Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum; -- a foprm
of sandpaper.
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Cargillia arborea
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
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Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
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Cragana arborescens
(gcide) | Siberian \Si*be"ri*an\, a. [From Siberia, Russ. Sibire.]
Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern
Asia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter. -- n. A
native or inhabitant of Siberia.
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Siberian crab (Bot.), the Siberian crab apple. See {Crab
apple}, under Crab.
Siberian dog (Zool.), one of a large breed of dogs having
erect ears and the hair of the body and tail very long. It
is distinguished for endurance of fatigue when used for
the purpose of draught.
Siberian pea tree (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Cragana
arborescens}) with yellow flowers. It is a native of
Siberia.
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Dearborn
(gcide) | Dearborn \Dear"born\, n.
A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.
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Dendrohyrax arboreus
(gcide) | Boomdas \Boom"das\, n. [D. boom tree + das badger.] (Zool.)
A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus)
resembling the daman.
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Ear-bored
(gcide) | Ear-bored \Ear"-bored`\, a.
Having the ear perforated.
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Enharbor
(gcide) | Enharbor \En*har"bor\, v. t.
To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit. --W.
Browne.
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Erica arborea
(gcide) | briarroot \briarroot\ n.
the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea. [Also
spelled brierroot.]
[WordNet 1.5]briarwood \briarwood\ n.
wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea;
used to make tobacco pipes.
Syn: brierwood.
[WordNet 1.5]Brier \Bri"er\, n.
1. the white heath Erica arborea. --RHUD.
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2. a smoking pipe made of the root of the brier[1].
Note: Brierroot seems to have been used formerly as a term
meaning root of the Smilax laurifolia and is now
defined as root of the Erica arborea. Not clear when
this changed. -- PJC.
[PJC]brierwood \bri"er*wood`\ n.
1. wood from the hard woody root of the briar {Erica
arborea}; it is used to make tobacco pipes. See also 2nd
brier and brier root.
Syn: briarwood.
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Euphorbia arborea
(gcide) | Zebra \Ze"bra\, n. [Pg. zebra; cf. Sp. cebra; probably from a
native African name.] (Zool.)
Any member of three species of African wild horses remarkable
for having the body white or yellowish white, and
conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.
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Note: The true or mountain zebra (Equus zebra syn. {Asinus
zebra}) is nearly white, and the bands which cover the
body and legs are glossy black. Its tail has a tuft of
black hair at the tip. It inhabits the mountains of
Central and Southern Africa, and is noted for its
wariness and wildness, as well as for its swiftness.
The second species (Equus Burchellii syn. {Asinus
Burchellii} or Equus quagga), known as {Burchell's
zebra}, plains zebra, and dauw, is the most
abundant, inhabiting the grassy plains of tropical and
southern Africa, and differing from the preceding in
not having dark bands on the legs, while those on the
body are more irregular. It has a long tail, covered
with long white flowing hair. Grevy's zebra ({Equus
grevyi}) is distinct from the others in being placed in
the subgenus Dolichohippus, whereas the plains and
mountain zebras are placed in the subgenus Hippotigris.
More on zebras can be found at:
http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/zebra.html
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Zebra caterpillar, the larva of an American noctuid moth
(Mamestra picta). It is light yellow, with a broad black
stripe on the back and one on each side; the lateral
stripes are crossed with withe lines. It feeds on
cabbages, beets, clover, and other cultivated plants.
Zebra opossum, the zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
Zebra parrakeet, an Australian grass parrakeet, often kept
as a cage bird. Its upper parts are mostly pale greenish
yellow, transversely barred with brownish black crescents;
the under parts, rump, and upper tail coverts, are bright
green; two central tail feathers and the cheek patches are
blue. Called also canary parrot, scallop parrot,
shell parrot, and undulated parrot.
Zebra poison (Bot.), a poisonous tree (Euphorbia arborea)
of the Spurge family, found in South Africa. Its milky
juice is so poisonous that zebras have been killed by
drinking water in which its branches had been placed, and
it is also used as an arrow poison. --J. Smith (Dict.
Econ. Plants).
Zebra shark. Same as Tiger shark, under Tiger.
Zebra spider, a hunting spider.
Zebra swallowtail, a very large North American
swallow-tailed butterfly (Iphiclides ajax), in which the
wings are yellow, barred with black; -- called also
ajax.
Zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
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