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arum
(encz) | arum,druh rostliny Zdeněk Brož |
arum
(gcide) | jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb
(Aris[ae]ma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an
upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and
purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called
Indian turnip.
Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum,
Arisaema atrorubens.
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2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate
spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring
and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum.
Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies,
lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum.
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arum
(gcide) | cuckoopint \cuck"oo*pint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n.
a common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate
spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring,
and is the source of a sagolike starch called arum.
Syn: cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies,
jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum.
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Arum
(gcide) | Arum \A"rum\, n. [L. arum, aros, Gr. ?.]
A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the
Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a
spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example.
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Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village
children. --Lubbock.
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Note: The American "Jack in the pulpit" is now separated from
the genus Arum.
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arum
(wn) | arum
n 1: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint
root
2: 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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dragon arum
(encz) | dragon arum, n: |
genu varum
(encz) | genu varum, n: |
green arrow arum
(encz) | green arrow arum, n: |
harum-scarum
(encz) | harum-scarum,lehkomyslný adj: Zdeněk Brožharum-scarum,ztřeštěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hyperemesis gravidarum
(encz) | hyperemesis gravidarum, n: |
ivy arum
(encz) | ivy arum, n: |
marum
(encz) | marum, n: |
marumi
(encz) | marumi, n: |
marumi kumquat
(encz) | marumi kumquat, n: |
titan arum
(encz) | titan arum, n: |
tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum
(encz) | tunica conjunctiva palpebrarum, n: |
umbrella arum
(encz) | umbrella arum, n: |
water arum
(encz) | water arum, n: |
rostlina: árón plamatý (arum maculatum)
(czen) | rostlina: árón plamatý (Arum maculatum),wake-robinn: [bot.] Čeleď
árónovitých (Araceae), vyznačují se zvláštním květenstvím - palice
sestavená z drobných květů. tata |
Agarum Turneri
(gcide) | Sea colander \Sea" col"an*der\ (Bot.)
A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of
which is punctured with many little holes.
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Alarum
(gcide) | Alarum \A*lar"um\ (?; 277), n. [OE. alarom, the same word as
alarm, n.]
See Alarm. [Now Poetic]
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Note: The variant form alarum is now commonly restricted to
an alarm signal or the mechanism to sound an alarm (as
in an alarm clock.)
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Alpinia officinarum
(gcide) | Galanga \Ga*lan"ga\, Galangal \Ga*lan"gal\, n.[OE. galingale,
OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob.
fr. Ar. khalanj[=a]n. ]
The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian
or Chinese species of Alpinia (Alpinia Galanga and
Alpinia officinarum) and of the K[ae]mpferia Galanga), --
all of the Ginger family.
[1913 Webster]China \Chi"na\, n.
1. A country in Eastern Asia.
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2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for
porcelain. See Porcelain.
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China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant.
See Aster.
China bean. See under Bean, 1.
China clay See Kaolin.
China grass, Same as Ramie.
China ink. See India ink.
China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of
Dianthus (Dianthus Chiensis) having variously colored
single or double flowers; Indian pink.
China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax
(Smilax China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much
esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used
for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and
Alpinia officinarum).
China rose. (Bot.)
(a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of
rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other
species.
(b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis)
of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China
and the east Indies.
China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or
of crockery.
Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach.
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Anthomyia ceparum
(gcide) | Onion \On"ion\, n. [F. ognon, fr. L. unio oneness, unity, a
single large pearl, an onion. See One, Union.]
1. (Bot.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium ({Allium
cepa}), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow
leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of
food. The name is often extended to other species of the
genus.
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2. The flavor of an onion[1].
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Onion fish (Zool.), the grenadier.
Onion fly (Zool.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds upon
the onion; especially, Anthomyia ceparum and {Ortalis
flexa}.
Welsh onion. (Bot.) See Cibol.
Wild onion (Bot.), a name given to several species of the
genus Allium.
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Arisarum
(gcide) | Arisarum \Arisarum\ n.
1. 1 a genus of tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs;
mainly Mediterranean area.
Syn: genus Arisarum.
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Arisarum vulgare
(gcide) | Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr.
L. frater brother. See Brother.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. {(b)
Augustines}. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. {(d) White
Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.
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2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
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Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; {poor
soldier}, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to
several other species of the same genus.
Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
benzoin. --Brande & C.
Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.
Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare)
with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
--Milton.
Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate
(Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, {border
ray}, scad, and doctor.
[1913 Webster]friar's-cowl \friar's-cowl\, friar's-cowls \friar's-cowls\n.
(Bot.)
A tuberous perennial (Arisarum vulgare) having a
cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; -- found in the
Mediterranean, Canaries, and Azores.
Syn: friars' cowl, Arisarum vulgare.
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Arum
(gcide) | jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb
(Aris[ae]ma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an
upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and
purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called
Indian turnip.
Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum,
Arisaema atrorubens.
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2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate
spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring
and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum.
Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies,
lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum.
[WordNet 1.5]cuckoopint \cuck"oo*pint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n.
a common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate
spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring,
and is the source of a sagolike starch called arum.
Syn: cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies,
jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum.
[WordNet 1.5]Arum \A"rum\, n. [L. arum, aros, Gr. ?.]
A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the
Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a
spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example.
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Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village
children. --Lubbock.
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Note: The American "Jack in the pulpit" is now separated from
the genus Arum.
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Arum maculatum
(gcide) | Sago \Sa"go\ (s[=a]"g[-o]), n. [Malay. s[=a]gu.]
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much
used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the
sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is
prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan
palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from
several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, {Zamia
integrifolia}, etc.).
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Portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of
the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
Sago palm. (Bot.)
(a) A palm tree which yields sago.
(b) A species of Cycas (Cycas revoluta).
Sago spleen (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen,
produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a
cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies
looking like grains of sago.
[1913 Webster]jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb
(Aris[ae]ma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an
upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and
purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called
Indian turnip.
Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum,
Arisaema atrorubens.
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2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate
spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring
and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum.
Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies,
lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum.
[WordNet 1.5]Lords and Ladies \Lords" and La"dies\n. (Bot.)
The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those with
purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the
ladies. --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]Wake-robin \Wake"-rob`in\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the
cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
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Note: In America the name is given to several species of
Trillium, and sometimes to the Jack-in-the-pulpit.
[1913 Webster]Cuckoopint \Cuck"oo*pint`\ (-p?nt`), n. (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Arum (Arum maculatum); the European
wake-robin.
[1913 Webster]cuckoopint \cuck"oo*pint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n.
a common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate
spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring,
and is the source of a sagolike starch called arum.
Syn: cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies,
jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum.
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Asarum Canadense
(gcide) | Ginger \Gin"ger\, n. [OE. ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF.
gengibre, gingimbre, F. gingembre, L. zingiber, zingiberi,
fr. Gr. ?; of Oriental origin; cf. Ar. & Pers. zenjeb[imac]l,
fr. Skr. [,c][.r][.n]gav["e]ra, prop., hornshaped; ???ga horn
+ v["e]ra body.]
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1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and
West Indies. The species most known is {Zingiber
officinale}.
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2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale,
which is much used in cookery and in medicine.
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Ginger ale
(a) a soft drink flavored with ginger and carbonated.
(a) See ginger beer, below.
Ginger beer or Ginger ale, a mild beer impregnated with
ginger.
Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon
rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy.
Ginger pop. See Ginger ale (above).
Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger.
Wild ginger (Bot.), an American herb (Asarum Canadense)
with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock
which has a strong taste of ginger.
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Asarum Europaeum
(gcide) | Asarabacca \As`a*ra*bac"ca\, n. [L. asarum + bacca a berry. See
Asarone.] (Bot.)
An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europ[ae]um), the leaves
and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is
principally used in cephalic snuffs.
[1913 Webster]Asarone \As"a*rone\, n. [L. asarum hazelwort, wild spikenard,
Gr. 'a`saron] (Chem.)
A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from
the Asarum Europ[ae]um; -- called also camphor of asarum.
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Asarum shuttleworthii
(gcide) | heartleaf \heartleaf\ n. (Bot.)
1. wild ginger (Asarum shuttleworthii) having persistent
heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Western Virginia
to Alabama.
Syn: Asarum shuttleworthii.
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2. (Bot.) An evergreen low-growing perennial ({Asarum
virginicum}) having mottled green and silvery-gray
heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Virginia to
South Carolina.
Syn: Asarum virginicum.
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Asarum virginicum
(gcide) | heartleaf \heartleaf\ n. (Bot.)
1. wild ginger (Asarum shuttleworthii) having persistent
heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Western Virginia
to Alabama.
Syn: Asarum shuttleworthii.
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2. (Bot.) An evergreen low-growing perennial ({Asarum
virginicum}) having mottled green and silvery-gray
heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Virginia to
South Carolina.
Syn: Asarum virginicum.
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Bungarum
(gcide) | Bungarum \Bun"ga*rum\, n. [Bungar, the native name.] (Zool.)
A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to
the cobras, but without a hood.
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Calandra palmarum
(gcide) | Grugru worm \Gru"gru worm"\ (Zool.)
The larva or grub of a large South American beetle ({Calandra
palmarum}), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar
cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy.
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camphor of asarum
(gcide) | Asarone \As"a*rone\, n. [L. asarum hazelwort, wild spikenard,
Gr. 'a`saron] (Chem.)
A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from
the Asarum Europ[ae]um; -- called also camphor of asarum.
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Carum Ajowan
(gcide) | Ajouan \Aj"ou*an\ Ajowan \Aj"ow*an\, n. [Written also ajwain.]
[Prob. native name.] (Bot.)
The fruit of Ammi Copticum, syn. Carum Ajowan, used both
as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is
extracted from it. Called also Javanee seed, {Javanese
seed}, and ajava.
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Carum Bulbocastanum
(gcide) | Earthnut \Earth"nut`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or
on the ground; as to:
(a) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants {Bunium
flexuosum} and Carum Bulbocastanum.
(b) The peanut. See Peanut.
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Carum Carui
(gcide) | Caraway \Car"a*way\ (k[a^]r"[.a]*w[asl]), n. [F. carvi (cf. Sp.
carvi and al-caravea, al-carahueya, Pg. al-caravia) fr. Ar.
karaw[imac][=a], karw[imac][=a] fr. Gr. ka`ron; cf. L.
careum.]
1. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family ({Carum
Carui}). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm,
pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery,
and also in medicine as a carminative.
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2. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
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Caraways, or biscuits, or some other [comfits].
--Cogan.
[1913 Webster]Carvacrol \Car"va*crol\ (k[aum]r"v[.a]*kr[=o]l), n. (Chem.)
A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and
disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway ({Carum
carui}).
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Carum carui
(gcide) | Caraway \Car"a*way\ (k[a^]r"[.a]*w[asl]), n. [F. carvi (cf. Sp.
carvi and al-caravea, al-carahueya, Pg. al-caravia) fr. Ar.
karaw[imac][=a], karw[imac][=a] fr. Gr. ka`ron; cf. L.
careum.]
1. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family ({Carum
Carui}). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm,
pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery,
and also in medicine as a carminative.
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2. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
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Caraways, or biscuits, or some other [comfits].
--Cogan.
[1913 Webster]Carvacrol \Car"va*crol\ (k[aum]r"v[.a]*kr[=o]l), n. (Chem.)
A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and
disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway ({Carum
carui}).
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Carum Gairdneri
(gcide) | Yamp \Yamp\, n. (Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small
fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to
California.
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Carum Petroselinum
(gcide) | Parsley \Pars"ley\ (p[aum]rs"l[y^]), n. [OE. persely, persil, F.
persil, L. petroselinum rock parsley, Gr. petrose`linon;
pe`tros stone + se`linon parsley. Cf. Celery.] (Bot.)
An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having
finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a
garnish.
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As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a
rabbit. --Shak.
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Fool's parsley. See under Fool.
Hedge parsley, Milk parsley, Stone parsley, names given
to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley.
Parsley fern (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling
parsley (Cryptogramme crispa).
Parsley piert (Bot.), a small herb (Alchemilla arvensis)
formerly used as a remedy for calculus.
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Dendroica palmarum
(gcide) | Redpoll \Red"poll`\ (-p?l`), n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of
the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of
Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or
rosy. The male of the most common species ({Acanthis
linarius}) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also
redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet.
(b) The common European linnet.
(c) The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).
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Dragon arum
(gcide) | dragon \drag"on\ (dr[a^]g"[u^]n), n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr.
Gr. dra`kwn, prob. fr. de`rkesqai, dra`kein, to look (akin to
Skr. dar[,c] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes.
Cf. Drake a dragon, Dragoon.]
1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a
monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head
and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and
ferocious.
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The dragons which appear in early paintings and
sculptures are invariably representations of a
winged crocodile. --Fairholt.
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Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great
monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some
kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents
of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied
metaphorically to Satan.
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Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the
waters. -- Ps. lxxiv.
13.
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Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample
under feet. -- Ps. xci.
13.
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He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,
which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a
thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2.
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2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson.
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3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere
figured as a dragon; Draco.
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4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move
through the air as a winged serpent.
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5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached
to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of
a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt.
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6. (Zool.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of
several species, found in the East Indies and Southern
Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are
prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of
wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps
from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.
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7. (Zool.) A variety of carrier pigeon.
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8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a
charge in a coat of arms.
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Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in
the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic
of, a dragon.
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Dragon arum (Bot.), the name of several species of
Aris[ae]ma, a genus of plants having a spathe and
spadix. See Dragon root(below).
Dragon fish (Zool.), the dragonet.
Dragon fly (Zool.), any insect of the family
Libellulid[ae]. They have finely formed, large and
strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous
eyes, and a long body; -- called also mosquito hawks.
Their larv[ae] are aquatic and insectivorous.
Dragon root (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[ae]ma
Dracontium}); green dragon.
Dragon's blood, a resinous substance obtained from the
fruit of several species of Calamus, esp. from {Calamus
Rotang} and Calamus Draco, growing in the East Indies. A
substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation
from Drac[ae]na Draco; also from Pterocarpus Draco, a
tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is
red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for
coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar
Gr[ae]corum}.
Dragon's head.
(a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus
Dracocephalum. They are perennial herbs closely
allied to the common catnip.
(b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated,
chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol ?. The deviation
from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one
node to the other seems, according to the fancy of
some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose
belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the
intersections representing the head and tail; -- from
which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc.
Brit.
Dragon shell (Zool.), a species of limpet.
Dragon's skin, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat
resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners
and quarrymen. --Stormonth.
Dragon's tail (Astron.), the descending node of a planet,
indicated by the symbol ?. See Dragon's head (above).
Dragon's wort (Bot.), a plant of the genus Artemisia
(Artemisia dracunculus).
Dragon tree (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree
(Drac[ae]na Draco), yielding one of the resins called
dragon's blood. See Drac[ae]na.
Dragon water, a medicinal remedy very popular in the
earlier half of the 17th century. "Dragon water may do
good upon him." --Randolph (1640).
Flying dragon, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide.
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Garum
(gcide) | Garum \Ga"rum\ (g[=a]"r[u^]m), n. [L., fr. Gr. ga`ros.]
A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients.
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Harum-scarum
(gcide) | Harum-scarum \Har"um-scar"um\ (h[^a]r"[u^]m*sk[^a]r"[u^]m), a.
[Cf. hare,v. t., and scare, v. t.]
Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless. [Colloq.]
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They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome's own son, a
harum-scarum lad. --Thackeray.
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Hedysarum
(gcide) | Hedysarum \Hedysarum\ n.
A genus of herbs of Northern temperate regions.
Syn: genus Hedysarum.
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Labarum
(gcide) | Labarum \Lab"a*rum\, n.; pl. Labara. [L.]
The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his
conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing
a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a
golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters
([Chi][RHO]) (which appear like the English letters X and P),
of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was
given to various modifications of this standard.
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Larum
(gcide) | Larum \Lar"um\, n.
See Alarum, and Alarm.
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Lodoicea Sechellarum
(gcide) | Sea cocoa \Sea" co"coa\ (Bot.)
A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the
Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It
was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was
known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut.
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Lycium barbarum
(gcide) | Lycine \Lyc"ine\, n. (Chem.)
A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because
found in the boxthorn (Lycium barbarum). See Betaine.
[1913 Webster]Matrimony \Mat"ri*mo*ny\, n. [OE. matrimoine, through Old
French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See Mother.]
1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the
nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
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If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not
be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now
confess it. --Book of Com.
Prayer (Eng.
Ed.)
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2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
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Matrimony vine (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine ({Lycium
barbarum}) of the Potato family. --Gray.
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Syn: Marriage; wedlock. See Marriage.
[1913 Webster]Box \Box\ (b[o^]ks), n. [As. box, L. buxus, fr. Gr. ?. See Box
a case.] (Bot.)
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world.
The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one
of which, the dwarf box (Buxus suffruticosa), is much used
for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being
very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by
turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc.
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Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of
North America.
Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus).
Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum).
Box tree, the tree variety of the common box.
[1913 Webster]Boxthorn \Box"thorn`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Lycium, esp. Lycium barbarum.
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Mandragora officinarum
(gcide) | mandrake \man"drake\ (m[a^]n"dr[=a]k), n. [AS. mandragora, L.
mandragoras, fr. Gr. mandrago`ras: cf. F. mandragore.]
1. (Bot.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the
Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and
supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts
of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the
Mediterranean region.
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And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak.
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Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
but proof is wanting.
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2. (Bot.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See {May
apple} under May, and Podophyllum. [U.S.]
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Margarodes formicarum
(gcide) | ground \ground\ (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin
to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom,
Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust,
gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.]
1. The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or
some indefinite portion of it.
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There was not a man to till the ground. --Gen. ii.
5.
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The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23.
Hence: A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the
earth.
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2. Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region;
territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or
resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place
of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.
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From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts
Egypt from Syrian ground. --Milton.
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3. Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens,
lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the
grounds of the estate are well kept.
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Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.
--Dryden. 4.
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4. The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The
foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise,
reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of
existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as,
the ground of my hope.
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5. (Paint. & Decorative Art)
(a) That surface upon which the figures of a composition
are set, and which relieves them by its plainness,
being either of one tint or of tints but slightly
contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a
white ground. See Background, Foreground, and
Middle-ground.
(b) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are
raised in relief.
(c) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the
embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground.
See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
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6. (Etching) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a
metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except
where an opening is made by the needle.
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7. (Arch.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the
plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; --
usually in the plural.
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Note: Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering
floated flush with them.
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8. (Mus.)
(a) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few
bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to
a varying melody.
(b) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
--Moore (Encyc.).
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On that ground I'll build a holy descant.
--Shak.
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9. (Elec.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby
the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.
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10. pl. Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs;
lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
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11. The pit of a theater. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Ground angling, angling with a weighted line without a
float.
Ground annual (Scots Law), an estate created in land by a
vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves
an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge
upon the land.
Ground ash. (Bot.) See Groutweed.
Ground bailiff (Mining), a superintendent of mines.
--Simmonds.
Ground bait, bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc.,
thrown into the water to collect the fish, --Wallon.
Ground bass or Ground base (Mus.), fundamental base; a
fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody.
Ground beetle (Zool.), one of numerous species of
carnivorous beetles of the family Carabid[ae], living
mostly in burrows or under stones, etc.
Ground chamber, a room on the ground floor.
Ground cherry. (Bot.)
(a) A genus (Physalis) of herbaceous plants having an
inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry
tomato (Physalis Alkekengi). See Alkekengl.
(b) A European shrub (Prunus Cham[ae]cerasus), with
small, very acid fruit.
Ground cuckoo. (Zool.) See Chaparral cock.
Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton.
Ground dove (Zool.), one of several small American pigeons
of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the
Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on
the ground.
Ground fish (Zool.), any fish which constantly lives on the
botton of the sea, as the sole, turbot, halibut.
Ground floor, the floor of a house most nearly on a level
with the ground; -- called also in America, but not in
England, the first floor.
Ground form (Gram.), the stem or basis of a word, to which
the other parts are added in declension or conjugation. It
is sometimes, but not always, the same as the root.
Ground furze (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous
shrub (Ononis arvensis) of Europe and Central Asia,; --
called also rest-harrow.
Ground game, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from
winged game.
Ground hele (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica
officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe
and America, formerly thought to have curative properties.
Ground of the heavens (Astron.), the surface of any part of
the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded
as projected.
Ground hemlock (Bot.), the yew (Taxus baccata var.
Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from
that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.
Ground hog. (Zool.)
(a) The woodchuck or American marmot (Arctomys monax).
See Woodchuck.
(b) The aardvark.
Ground hold (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Ground ice, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water
before it forms on the surface.
Ground ivy. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See Gill.
Ground joist, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a.
sleeper.
Ground lark (Zool.), the European pipit. See Pipit.
Ground laurel (Bot.). See Trailing arbutus, under
Arbutus.
Ground line (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection
of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection.
Ground liverwort (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad
flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and
radiated receptacles (Marchantia polymorpha).
Ground mail, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a
churchyard.
Ground mass (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a
rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are
embedded.
Ground parrakeet (Zool.), one of several Australian
parrakeets, of the genera Callipsittacus and
Geopsittacus, which live mainly upon the ground.
Ground pearl (Zool.), an insect of the family Coccid[ae]
(Margarodes formicarum), found in ants' nests in the
Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung
like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives.
Ground pig (Zool.), a large, burrowing, African rodent
(Aulacodus Swinderianus) about two feet long, allied to
the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no
spines; -- called also ground rat.
Ground pigeon (Zool.), one of numerous species of pigeons
which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed
pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan
Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See Goura,
and Ground dove (above).
Ground pine. (Bot.)
(a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus Ajuga ({A.
Cham[ae]pitys}), formerly included in the genus
Teucrium or germander, and named from its resinous
smell. --Sir J. Hill.
(b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus
Lycopodium (L. clavatum); -- called also {club
moss}.
(c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in
height, of the same genus (L. dendroideum) found in
moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United
States. --Gray.
Ground plan (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any
building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an
elevation or perpendicular section.
Ground plane, the horizontal plane of projection in
perspective drawing.
Ground plate.
(a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a
building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the
ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or
groundsel.
(b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a
mudsill.
(c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to
conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to
the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities.
--Knight.
Ground plot, the ground upon which any structure is
erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground
plan.
Ground plum (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus
caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas,
and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.
Ground rat. (Zool.) See Ground pig (above).
Ground rent, rent paid for the privilege of building on
another man's land.
Ground robin. (Zool.) See Chewink.
Ground room, a room on the ground floor; a lower room.
--Tatler.
Ground sea, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean,
which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause,
breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called
also rollers, and in Jamaica, the North sea.
Ground sill. See Ground plate (a) (above).
Ground snake (Zool.), a small burrowing American snake
(Celuta am[oe]na). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt
tail.
Ground squirrel. (Zool.)
(a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the
genera Tamias and Spermophilus, having cheek
pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern
striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western
species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or
striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied
Western species. See Chipmunk, and Gopher.
(b) Any species of the African genus Xerus, allied to
Tamias.
Ground story. Same as Ground floor (above).
Ground substance (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or
matrix, of tissues.
Ground swell.
(a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland.
(b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean,
caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a
remote distance after the gale has ceased.
Ground table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Ground tackle (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a
vessel at anchor. --Totten.
Ground thrush (Zool.), one of numerous species of
bright-colored Oriental birds of the family Pittid[ae].
See Pitta.
Ground tier.
(a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold.
--Totten.
(b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a
vessel's hold.
(c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater.
Ground timbers (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the
keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers.
--Knight.
Ground tit. (Zool.) See Ground wren (below).
Ground wheel, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine,
etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism.
Ground wren (Zool.), a small California bird ({Cham[ae]a
fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits
the arid plains. Called also ground tit, and wren tit.
To bite the ground, To break ground. See under Bite,
Break.
To come to the ground, To fall to the ground, to come to
nothing; to fail; to miscarry.
To gain ground.
(a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an
army in battle gains ground.
(b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the
army gains ground on the enemy.
(c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or
influential.
To get ground, or To gather ground, to gain ground. [R.]
"Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast." --Milton.
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There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground
of them, but by bidding higher. --South.
To give ground, to recede; to yield advantage.
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These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak.
To lose ground, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the
position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit
or reputation; to decline.
To stand one's ground, to stand firm; to resist attack or
encroachment. --Atterbury.
To take the ground to touch bottom or become stranded; --
said of a ship.
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Parumbilical
(gcide) | Parumbilical \Par`um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Pref. para- + umbilical.]
(Anat.)
Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more
small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the
epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen.
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Pimpinella Sisarum
(gcide) | Skirret \Skir"ret\, n. [A corrupted form equivalent to
sugarwort.] (Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant (Sium Sisarum syn. {Pimpinella
Sisarum}). It is a native of Asia, but has been long
cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots,
which are very sweet.
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Plasmodium falciparum
(gcide) | blackwater \black"wa*ter\ n.
any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark
urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells; --
used especially of
blackwater fever, a severe form of malaria caused by the
blood parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
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Saccharum
(gcide) | Saccharum \Sac"cha*rum\, n. [NL. See Saccharine.] (Bot.)
A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane.
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Saccharum bengalense
(gcide) | munj \munj\, munja \munja\n.
A tough Asiatic grass (Saccharum bengalense syn. {Saccharum
munja}) whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
Syn: munj, Saccharum bengalense, Saccharum munja.
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Saccharum munja
(gcide) | munj \munj\, munja \munja\n.
A tough Asiatic grass (Saccharum bengalense syn. {Saccharum
munja}) whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
Syn: munj, Saccharum bengalense, Saccharum munja.
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Saccharum officinarium
(gcide) | Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp.
az['u]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [,c]arkar[=a]
sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. Saccharine, Sucrose.]
1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,
of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by
crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as
the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It
is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food
and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the
Note below.
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Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as
the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the
raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it
includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the
glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper,
dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true
sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates.
See Carbohydrate. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are
ketone alcohols of the formula C6H12O6, and they turn
the plane of polarization to the right or the left.
They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by
the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are
themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and
carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet
produced artificially belongs to this class. The
sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose
anhydrides of the formula C12H22O11. They are usually
not fermentable as such (cf. Sucrose), and they act
on polarized light.
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2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or
appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous
white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.
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3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render
acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
[Colloq.]
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Acorn sugar. See Quercite.
Cane sugar, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an
isomeric sugar. See Sucrose.
Diabetes sugar, or Diabetic sugar (Med. Chem.), a variety
of sugar (grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in the urine
in diabetes mellitus; -- the presence of such a sugar in
the urine is used to diagnose the illness.
Fruit sugar. See under Fruit, and Fructose.
Grape sugar, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose
or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe
grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See
Dextrose, and Glucose.
Invert sugar. See under Invert.
Malt sugar, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found
in malt. See Maltose.
Manna sugar, a substance found in manna, resembling, but
distinct from, the sugars. See Mannite.
Milk sugar, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh
milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See Lactose.
Muscle sugar, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric
with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found
in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called
also heart sugar. See Inosite.
Pine sugar. See Pinite.
Starch sugar (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by
the action of heat and acids on starch from corn,
potatoes, etc.; -- called also potato sugar, {corn
sugar}, and, inaccurately, invert sugar. See Dextrose,
and Glucose.
Sugar barek, one who refines sugar.
Sugar beet (Bot.), a variety of beet (Beta vulgaris) with
very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe,
for the sugar obtained from them.
Sugar berry (Bot.), the hackberry.
Sugar bird (Zool.), any one of several species of small
South American singing birds of the genera Coereba,
Dacnis, and allied genera belonging to the family
Coerebidae. They are allied to the honey eaters.
Sugar bush. See Sugar orchard.
Sugar camp, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple
sugar is made.
Sugar candian, sugar candy. [Obs.]
Sugar candy, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized;
candy made from sugar.
Sugar cane (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum
officinarium}), with thick short-jointed stems. It has
been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.
Sugar loaf.
(a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form
of a truncated cone.
(b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf.
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Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar
loaf? --J. Webster.
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Sugar maple (Bot.), the rock maple (Acer saccharinum).
See Maple.
Sugar mill, a machine for pressing out the juice of the
sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers,
between which the cane is passed.
Sugar mite. (Zool.)
(a) A small mite (Tyroglyphus sacchari), often found in
great numbers in unrefined sugar.
(b) The lepisma.
Sugar of lead. See Sugar, 2, above.
Sugar of milk. See under Milk.
Sugar orchard, a collection of maple trees selected and
preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; --
called also, sometimes, sugar bush. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Sugar pine (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus
Lambertiana}) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft
and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the
stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a
substitute for sugar.
Sugar squirrel (Zool.), an Australian flying phalanger
(Belideus sciureus), having a long bushy tail and a
large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See
Illust. under Phlanger.
Sugar tongs, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for
taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl.
Sugar tree. (Bot.) See Sugar maple, above.
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Sarum use
(gcide) | Sarum use \Sa"rum use`\ (Ch. of Eng.)
A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop
of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs.
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Sium Sisarum
(gcide) | Skirret \Skir"ret\, n. [A corrupted form equivalent to
sugarwort.] (Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant (Sium Sisarum syn. {Pimpinella
Sisarum}). It is a native of Asia, but has been long
cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots,
which are very sweet.
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Sterna Antillarum
(gcide) | Tern \Tern\ (t[~e]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[ae]rne; akin to Sw.
t[aum]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds,
allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various
allied genera.
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Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form,
in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and
their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is
usually forked. Most of the species are white with the
back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head.
The common European tern (Sterna hirundo) is found
also in Asia and America. Among other American species
are the arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), the roseate
tern (Sterna Dougalli), the least tern ({Sterna
Antillarum}), the royal tern (Sterna maxima), and the
sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa).
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Hooded tern. See Fairy bird, under Fairy.
Marsh tern, any tern of the genus Hydrochelidon. They
frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects.
River tern, any tern belonging to Seena or allied genera
which frequent rivers.
Sea tern, any tern of the genus Thalasseus. Terns of this
genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent
seas and the mouths of large rivers.
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Tartarum
(gcide) | Tartarum \Tar"ta*rum\, n. (Chem.)
See 1st Tartar.
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Teucrium Marum
(gcide) | Thyme \Thyme\ (t[imac]m), n. [OE. tyme, L. thymum, Gr. qy`mon,
qy`mos; cf. qy`ein, to sacrifice, qy`os a sacrifice,
offering, incense: cf. F. thym; -- perhaps so named because
of its sweet smell. Cf. Fume, n.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus. The garden thyme
(Thymus vulgaris) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to
give a relish to seasoning and soups.
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Ankle deep in moss and flowery thyme. --Cowper.
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Cat thyme, a labiate plant (Teucrium Marum) of the
Mediterranean religion. Cats are said to be fond of
rolling on it. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Wild thyme, Thymus Serpyllum, common on banks and
hillsides in Europe.
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I know a bank where the wild thyme blows. --Shak.
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Water arum
(gcide) | Water arum \Wa"ter a"rum\ (Bot.)
An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It
is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.
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acer saccharum
(wn) | Acer saccharum
n 1: maple of eastern and central North America having three-
lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much
used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form;
sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many
subspecies [syn: sugar maple, rock maple, {Acer
saccharum}] |
alarum
(wn) | alarum
n 1: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
[syn: alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum] |
allium cepa viviparum
(wn) | Allium cepa viviparum
n 1: type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for
early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
[syn: tree onion, Egyptian onion, top onion, {Allium
cepa viviparum}] |
alpinia officinarum
(wn) | Alpinia officinarum
n 1: Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers
and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as
flavoring [syn: lesser galangal, Alpinia officinarum,
Alpinia officinalis] |
arisarum
(wn) | Arisarum
n 1: tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly
Mediterranean area [syn: Arisarum, genus Arisarum] |
arisarum vulgare
(wn) | Arisarum vulgare
n 1: tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-
black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores [syn:
friar's-cowl, Arisarum vulgare] |
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