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Aroid
(gcide) | Aroid \A"roid\, Aroideous \A*roid"e*ous\, a. [Arum + -oid.]
(Bot.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants
(Araceae).
Syn: araceous
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Aroid
(gcide) | Aroid \Ar"oid\, n. [Arum + -oid.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the Arum family (Arace[ae]); -- have small
flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe.
Syn: arum
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aroid
(wn) | aroid
adj 1: relating to a plant of the family Araceae [syn: aroid,
araceous]
n 1: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed
on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: arum,
aroid] |
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polaroid
(encz) | Polaroid, |
Acaroid
(gcide) | Acaroid \Ac"a*roid\, a. [NL., acarus a mite + -oid.] (Zool.)
Shaped like or resembling a mite.
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Aroid
(gcide) | Aroid \A"roid\, Aroideous \A*roid"e*ous\, a. [Arum + -oid.]
(Bot.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants
(Araceae).
Syn: araceous
[1913 Webster]Aroid \Ar"oid\, n. [Arum + -oid.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the Arum family (Arace[ae]); -- have small
flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe.
Syn: arum
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Aroideous
(gcide) | Aroid \A"roid\, Aroideous \A*roid"e*ous\, a. [Arum + -oid.]
(Bot.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants
(Araceae).
Syn: araceous
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Erianthus saccharoides
(gcide) | Plume \Plume\, n. [F., fr. L. pluma. Cf. Fly, v.]
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1. A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long,
conspicuous, or handsome feather.
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Wings . . . of many a colored plume. --Milton.
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2. (Zool.) An ornamental tuft of feathers.
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3. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a
waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling
feathers.
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His high plume, that nodded o'er his head. --Dryden.
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4. A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides
himself; a prize or reward. "Ambitious to win from me some
plume." --Milton.
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5. (Bot.) A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence
resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large
ornamental grasses.
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Plume bird (Zool.), any bird that yields ornamental plumes,
especially the species of Epimarchus from New Guinea, and
some of the herons and egrets, as the white heron of
Florida (Ardea candidissima).
Plume grass. (Bot)
(a) A kind of grass (Erianthus saccharoides) with the
spikelets arranged in great silky plumes, growing in
swamps in the Southern United States.
(b) The still finer Erianthus Ravenn[ae] from the
Mediterranean region. The name is sometimes extended
to the whole genus.
Plume moth (Zool.), any one of numerous small, slender
moths, belonging to the family Pterophorid[ae]. Most of
them have the wings deeply divided into two or more
plumelike lobes. Some species are injurious to the
grapevine.
Plume nutmeg (Bot.), an aromatic Australian tree
(Atherosperma moschata), whose numerous carpels are
tipped with long plumose persistent styles.
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Formicaroid
(gcide) | Formicaroid \For`mi*ca"roid\, a. [NL. Formicarius, the typical
genus + -oid.] (Zool.)
Like or pertaining to the family Formicarid[ae] or ant
thrushes.
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Gum Acaroidea
(gcide) | Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,
fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It.
gomma.]
1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens
when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;
gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with
less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water;
as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
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2. (Bot.) See Gum tree, below.
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3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any
roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow
log. [Southern U. S.]
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4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]
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Black gum, Blue gum, British gum, etc. See under
Black, Blue, etc.
Gum Acaroidea, the resinous gum of the Australian grass
tree (Xanlhorrh[oe]a).
Gum animal (Zool.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called
because it feeds on gums. See Galago.
Gum animi or anim['e]. See Anim['e].
Gum arabic, a gum yielded mostly by several species of
Acacia (chiefly A. vera and A. Arabica) growing in
Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also gum acacia.
East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange
family which bears the elephant apple.
Gum butea, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea
frondosa} and B. superba, and used locally in tanning
and in precipitating indigo.
Gum cistus, a plant of the genus Cistus ({Cistus
ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.
Gum dragon. See Tragacanth.
Gum elastic, Elastic gum. See Caoutchouc.
Gum elemi. See Elemi.
Gum juniper. See Sandarac.
Gum kino. See under Kino.
Gum lac. See Lac.
Gum Ladanum, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental
species of Cistus or rock rose.
Gum passages, sap receptacles extending through the
parenchyma of certain plants (Amygdalace[ae],
Cactace[ae], etc.), and affording passage for gum.
Gum pot, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and
mixing other ingredients.
Gum resin, the milky juice of a plant solidified by
exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures
of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin
containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.
Gum sandarac. See Sandarac.
Gum Senegal, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees
(Acacia Verek and A. Adansoni[aum]) growing in the
Senegal country, West Africa.
Gum tragacanth. See Tragacanth.
Gum water, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.
Gum wood, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the
Eucalyptus piperita, of New South Wales.
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Homaroid
(gcide) | Homarus \Hom"a*rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "omarh`s well adjusted.]
(Zool.)
A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.
-- Hom"a*roid, a.
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Laroid
(gcide) | Laroid \La"roid\, a. [Larus + -oid.] (Zool.)
Like or belonging to the Gull family (Larid[ae]).
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Saccharoid
(gcide) | Saccharoid \Sac"cha*roid\, Saccharoidal \Sac`cha*roid"al\, a.
[L. saccharon sugar + -oid: cf. F. saccharo["i]de.]
Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or
composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.
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Saccharoidal
(gcide) | Saccharoid \Sac"cha*roid\, Saccharoidal \Sac`cha*roid"al\, a.
[L. saccharon sugar + -oid: cf. F. saccharo["i]de.]
Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or
composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.
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Samaroid
(gcide) | Samaroid \Sam"a*roid\ (?; 277), a. [Samara + -oid.] (Bot.)
Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.
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Scaroid
(gcide) | Scaroid \Sca"roid\, a. [Scarus + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Scaridae, a family of marine fishes
including the parrot fishes.
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Sparoid
(gcide) | Sparoid \Spa"roid\ (?; 277), a. [L. sparus the gilthead + -oid:
cf. F. sparo["i]de.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Sparidae, a family of
spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead,
and sea bream. -- n. One of the Sparidae.
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acaroid resin
(wn) | acaroid resin
n 1: an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in
varnishes and in manufacturing paper [syn: acaroid resin,
accaroid resin, accroides, accroides resin,
accroides gum, gum accroides] |
accaroid resin
(wn) | accaroid resin
n 1: an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in
varnishes and in manufacturing paper [syn: acaroid resin,
accaroid resin, accroides, accroides resin,
accroides gum, gum accroides] |
polaroid
(wn) | Polaroid
n 1: (trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of
light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare |
polaroid camera
(wn) | Polaroid camera
n 1: a camera that develops and produces a positive print within
seconds [syn: Polaroid camera, Polaroid Land camera] |
polaroid land camera
(wn) | Polaroid Land camera
n 1: a camera that develops and produces a positive print within
seconds [syn: Polaroid camera, Polaroid Land camera] |
protea cynaroides
(wn) | Protea cynaroides
n 1: South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped
resembling artichokes [syn: honeypot, king protea,
Protea cynaroides] |
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