slovodefinícia
Arnica montana
(gcide)
leopard's bane \leop"ard's bane`\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rdz b[=a]n`) n.
(Bot.)
A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana
(Arnica acaulis syn. Doronicum acaule), {Senecio
Doronicum}, and Paris quadrifolia.

Syn: leopardbane, leopard's-bane.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Arnica montana
(gcide)
Mountain \Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]n), a.
1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
[1913 Webster]

2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
[1913 Webster]

The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
[1913 Webster]

Mountain antelope (Zool.), the goral.

Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
Americana} (or Sorbus Americana), producing beautiful
bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its
flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European
species is the Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.

Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
transportation, used in measuring the heights of
mountains.

Mountain beaver (Zool.), the sewellel.

Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.

Mountain cat (Zool.), the catamount. See Catamount.

Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.

Mountain cock (Zool.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie.

Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
cork in its texture.

Mountain crystal. See under Crystal.

Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
Simaruba (Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies,
which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes
used in medicine.

Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often
illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]

Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
in tanning.

Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus.

Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
Fumitory.

Mountain goat. (Zool.) See Mazama.

Mountain green. (Min.)
(a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
(b) See Green earth, under Green, a.

Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
It is found in the Northern United States.

Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and
calico bush. See Kalmia.

Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
leather in its texture.

Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium
(Trifolium Alpinum).

Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology.

Mountain linnet (Zool.), the twite.

Mountain magpie. (Zool.)
(a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
(b) The European gray shrike.

Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany.

Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
occurring as an efflorescence.

Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
lime.

Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint.

Mountain ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel; -- called also
mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel.

Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of
Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched
palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
leaves.

Mountain quail (Zool.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.

Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in
position and direction.

Mountain rice. (Bot.)
(a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
(b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis).

Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
alpina}).

Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.

Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.

Mountain sparrow (Zool.), the European tree sparrow.

Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach.

Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
montana}) of Europe; called also leopard's bane.

Mountain witch (Zool.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the
genus Geotrygon.
[1913 Webster]
Arnica montana
(gcide)
Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the
tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this
plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of
Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the
Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the
Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.]
1. (Bot.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the
Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and
as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and
cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an
acrid taste.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and
to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana
rustica}, and also Lobelia inflata), mountain tobacco
(Arnica montana), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana
Persica}).
[1913 Webster]

2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing,
etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various
ways.
[1913 Webster]

Tobacco box (Zool.), the common American skate.

Tobacco camphor. (Chem.) See Nicotianine.

Tobacco man, a tobacconist. [R.]

Tobacco pipe.
(a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or
other material.
(b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian.

Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a species of clay used in making
tobacco pipes; -- called also cimolite.

Tobacco-pipe fish. (Zool.) See Pipemouth.

Tobacco stopper, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco
in a pipe as it is smoked.

Tobacco worm (Zool.), the larva of a large hawk moth
(Sphinx Carolina syn. Phlegethontius Carolina). It is
dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered
above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds
upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often
very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk
moth}.
[1913 Webster]
Arnica montana
(gcide)
Arnicin \Ar"ni*cin\, n. [See Arnica.] (Chem.)
An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter
resin.
[1913 Webster]
Arnica montana
(gcide)
Arnica \Ar"ni*ca\, n. [Prob. a corruption of ptarmica.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants; also, the most important species ({Arnica
montana}), native of the mountains of Europe, used in
medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The tincture of arnica is applied externally as a
remedy for bruises, sprains, etc.
[1913 Webster]
arnica montana
(wn)
Arnica montana
n 1: herb of pasture and open woodland throughout most of Europe
and western Asia having orange-yellow daisylike flower
heads that when dried are used as a stimulant and to treat
bruises and swellings
podobné slovodefinícia
Arnica montana
(gcide)
leopard's bane \leop"ard's bane`\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rdz b[=a]n`) n.
(Bot.)
A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana
(Arnica acaulis syn. Doronicum acaule), {Senecio
Doronicum}, and Paris quadrifolia.

Syn: leopardbane, leopard's-bane.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Mountain \Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]n), a.
1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
[1913 Webster]

2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
[1913 Webster]

The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
[1913 Webster]

Mountain antelope (Zool.), the goral.

Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
Americana} (or Sorbus Americana), producing beautiful
bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its
flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European
species is the Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.

Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
transportation, used in measuring the heights of
mountains.

Mountain beaver (Zool.), the sewellel.

Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.

Mountain cat (Zool.), the catamount. See Catamount.

Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.

Mountain cock (Zool.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie.

Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
cork in its texture.

Mountain crystal. See under Crystal.

Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
Simaruba (Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies,
which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes
used in medicine.

Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often
illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]

Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
in tanning.

Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus.

Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
Fumitory.

Mountain goat. (Zool.) See Mazama.

Mountain green. (Min.)
(a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
(b) See Green earth, under Green, a.

Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
It is found in the Northern United States.

Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and
calico bush. See Kalmia.

Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
leather in its texture.

Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium
(Trifolium Alpinum).

Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology.

Mountain linnet (Zool.), the twite.

Mountain magpie. (Zool.)
(a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
(b) The European gray shrike.

Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany.

Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
occurring as an efflorescence.

Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
lime.

Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint.

Mountain ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel; -- called also
mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel.

Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of
Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched
palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
leaves.

Mountain quail (Zool.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.

Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in
position and direction.

Mountain rice. (Bot.)
(a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
(b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis).

Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
alpina}).

Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.

Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.

Mountain sparrow (Zool.), the European tree sparrow.

Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach.

Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
montana}) of Europe; called also leopard's bane.

Mountain witch (Zool.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the
genus Geotrygon.
[1913 Webster]Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the
tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this
plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of
Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the
Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the
Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.]
1. (Bot.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the
Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and
as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and
cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an
acrid taste.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and
to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana
rustica}, and also Lobelia inflata), mountain tobacco
(Arnica montana), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana
Persica}).
[1913 Webster]

2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing,
etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various
ways.
[1913 Webster]

Tobacco box (Zool.), the common American skate.

Tobacco camphor. (Chem.) See Nicotianine.

Tobacco man, a tobacconist. [R.]

Tobacco pipe.
(a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or
other material.
(b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian.

Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a species of clay used in making
tobacco pipes; -- called also cimolite.

Tobacco-pipe fish. (Zool.) See Pipemouth.

Tobacco stopper, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco
in a pipe as it is smoked.

Tobacco worm (Zool.), the larva of a large hawk moth
(Sphinx Carolina syn. Phlegethontius Carolina). It is
dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered
above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds
upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often
very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk
moth}.
[1913 Webster]Arnicin \Ar"ni*cin\, n. [See Arnica.] (Chem.)
An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter
resin.
[1913 Webster]Arnica \Ar"ni*ca\, n. [Prob. a corruption of ptarmica.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants; also, the most important species ({Arnica
montana}), native of the mountains of Europe, used in
medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The tincture of arnica is applied externally as a
remedy for bruises, sprains, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Nenašli ste slovo čo ste hľadali ? Doplňte ho do slovníka.

na vytvorenie tejto webstránky bol pužitý dictd server s dátami z sk-spell.sk.cx a z iných voľne dostupných dictd databáz. Ak máte klienta na dictd protokol (napríklad kdict), použite zdroj slovnik.iz.sk a port 2628.

online slovník, sk-spell - slovníkové dáta, IZ Bratislava, Malé Karpaty - turistika, Michal Páleník, správy, údaje o okresoch V4