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catatonia
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Batonia apetala
(gcide) | Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, Mahogany tree \Ma*hog"a*ny tree`\, n.
[From the South American name.]
1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia ({Swietenia
Mahogoni}), found in tropical America.
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Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like
mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany
(Khaya Senegalensis), Australian mahogany
(Eucalyptus marginatus), Bastard mahogany ({Batonia
apetala} of the West Indies), Indian mahogany ({Cedrela
Toona} of Bengal, and trees of the genera Soymida and
Chukrassia), Madeira mahogany (Persea Indica),
Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch ({Betula
lenta}), also the several species of Cercocarpus of
California and the Rocky Mountains.
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2. The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish
brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and
susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the
manufacture of furniture.
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3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.]
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To be under the mahogany, to be so drunk as to have fallen
under the table. [Eng.]
To put one's legs under some one's mahogany, to dine with
him. [Slang]
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catatonia
(gcide) | catatonia \cat`a*ton"ia\ n. [Gr. katatonos, stretching down,
depressed, fr. kata` down + to`nos stretching, straining,
tone (sound). --Stedman.] (Psychiatry)
an abnormal behavioral syndrome characterized by stupor,
negativism, and muscular rigidity, sometimes alternating with
purposeless excitement, and seen most frequently in
schizophrenia; called also catatonic schizophrenia.
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Catonian
(gcide) | Catonian \Ca*to"ni*an\, a. [L. Catonionus.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato
the Censor; severe; inflexible.
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Ceratonia siliqua
(gcide) | Locust tree \Lo"cust tree`\n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
A large North American tree of the genus Robinia ({Robinia
Pseudacacia}), producing large slender racemes of white,
fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an
ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia.
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Note: The name is also applied to other trees of different
genera, especially to those of the genus Hymen[ae]a,
of which Hymen[ae]a Courbaril is a lofty, spreading
tree of South America; also to the carob tree
(Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the
Mediterranean region.
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Honey locust tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Gleditschia
) Gleditschia triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and
strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp
found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply
honey locust.
Water locust tree (Bot.), a small swamp tree ({Gleditschia
monosperma}), of the Southern United States.
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catatonia
(wn) | catatonia
n 1: extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in
catatonic schizophrenia
2: a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain
in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia
may give way to short periods of extreme excitement [syn:
catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia,
catatonia] |
ceratonia
(wn) | Ceratonia
n 1: carobs [syn: Ceratonia, genus Ceratonia] |
ceratonia siliqua
(wn) | Ceratonia siliqua
n 1: evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical
carob [syn: carob, carob tree, carob bean tree,
algarroba, Ceratonia siliqua] |
clatonia lanceolata
(wn) | Clatonia lanceolata
n 1: small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at
the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink
or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm [syn:
spring beauty, Clatonia lanceolata] |
genus ceratonia
(wn) | genus Ceratonia
n 1: carobs [syn: Ceratonia, genus Ceratonia] |
osmunda clatonia
(wn) | Osmunda clatonia
n 1: North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a
few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile
fronds [syn: interrupted fern, Osmunda clatonia] |
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