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Byssin
(gcide) | Byssin \Bys"sin\, n.
See Byssus, n., 1.
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byssin
(gcide) | Byssus \Bys"sus\, n.; pl. E. Byssuses; L. Byssi.[L. byssus
fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by`ssos .]
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1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients.
It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
[Written also byss and byssin.]
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2. (Zool.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed
in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves
of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus,
by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
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3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of
slender threads.
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4. Asbestus.
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abyssinia
(encz) | Abyssinia,Etiopie n: Zdeněk BrožAbyssinia,Habeš n: [zem.] dnes Etiopie Petr Prášek |
abyssinian
(encz) | Abyssinian,Etiopan n: Zdeněk BrožAbyssinian,Habešan n: Zdeněk BrožAbyssinian,habešský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
abyssinians
(encz) | Abyssinians,Etiopané Zdeněk BrožAbyssinians,Habešané n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
byssinosis
(encz) | byssinosis,byssinóza [med.] chronická bronchitida způsobená prachem z
bavlny Martin M. |
byssinóza
(czen) | byssinóza,brown lung[med.] chronická bronchitida způsobená prachem z
bavlny Martin M.byssinóza,byssinosis[med.] chronická bronchitida způsobená prachem z
bavlny Martin M. |
Abyssinia
(gcide) | Abyssinia \Abyssinia\ n.
1. same as Ethiopia.
Syn: Ethiopia, Yaltopya
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Abyssinian
(gcide) | Abyssinian \Ab`ys*sin"i*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.
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Abyssinian gold, an alloy of 90.74 parts of copper and 8.33
parts of zink. --Ure.
[1913 Webster]Abyssinian \Ab`ys*sin"i*an\, n.
1. A native of Abyssinia.
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2. A member of the Abyssinian Church.
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Abyssinian gold
(gcide) | Abyssinian \Ab`ys*sin"i*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.
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Abyssinian gold, an alloy of 90.74 parts of copper and 8.33
parts of zink. --Ure.
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Byssin
(gcide) | Byssin \Bys"sin\, n.
See Byssus, n., 1.
[1913 Webster]Byssus \Bys"sus\, n.; pl. E. Byssuses; L. Byssi.[L. byssus
fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by`ssos .]
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1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients.
It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
[Written also byss and byssin.]
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2. (Zool.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed
in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves
of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus,
by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
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3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of
slender threads.
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4. Asbestus.
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Byssine
(gcide) | Byssine \Bys"sine\, a. [L. byssinus made of byssus, Gr.
by`ssinos See Byssus.]
Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. --Coles.
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Commiphora abyssinica
(gcide) | Myrrh \Myrrh\, n. [OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha,
murra, Gr. ?; cf. Ar. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar
bitter.]
A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of
an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is
valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It
exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the
Commiphora Myrrha (syn. Balsamodendron Myrrha) of the
family Burseraceae, or from the Commiphora abyssinica.
The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the
gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of
Cistus, or rockrose.
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False myrrh. See the Note under Bdellium.
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Guizotia abyssinica
(gcide) | Ramtil \Ram"til\ (r[a^]m"t[i^]l), n. [Bengali ram-til.]
A tropical African asteraceous shrub (Guizotia abyssinica)
cultivated for its seeds (called ramtil seeds or {niger
seeds}) which yield a valuable oil used for food and as an
illuminant.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Til seed \Til seed\ (t[i^]l; t[=e]l).
(a) The seed of sesame.
(b) The seed of an African asteraceous plant ({Guizotia
abyssinica}), yielding a bland fixed oil used in
medicine.
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abyssinia
(wn) | Abyssinia
n 1: Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red
Sea; formerly called Abyssinia [syn: Ethiopia, {Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia}, Yaltopya, Abyssinia] |
abyssinian
(wn) | Abyssinian
n 1: a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having
brownish fur with a reddish undercoat [syn: Abyssinian,
Abyssinian cat] |
abyssinian banana
(wn) | Abyssinian banana
n 1: large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped
leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but
edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
[syn: Abyssinian banana, Ethiopian banana, {Ensete
ventricosum}, Musa ensete] |
abyssinian cat
(wn) | Abyssinian cat
n 1: a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having
brownish fur with a reddish undercoat [syn: Abyssinian,
Abyssinian cat] |
eragrostic abyssinica
(wn) | Eragrostic abyssinica
n 1: an African grass economically important as a cereal grass
(yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for
forage and hay [syn: teff, teff grass, {Eragrostis
tef}, Eragrostic abyssinica] |
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