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carpus
(encz) | carpus,zápěstí Zdeněk Brož |
Carpus
(gcide) | Carpus \Car"pus\ (k[aum]r"p[u^]s), n.; pl. Carpi
(k[aum]r"p[imac]). [NL., fr. Gr. karpo`s wrist.] (Anat.)
The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or
antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of
eight short bones disposed in two rows.
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carpus
(wn) | carpus
n 1: a joint between the distal end of the radius and the
proximal row of carpal bones [syn: wrist, carpus,
wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, {articulatio
radiocarpea}] |
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elaeocarpus family
(encz) | elaeocarpus family, n: |
hydnocarpus oil
(encz) | hydnocarpus oil, n: |
metacarpus
(encz) | metacarpus,metakarpus n: Zdeněk Brožmetacarpus,záprstí Zdeněk Brož |
podocarpus family
(encz) | podocarpus family, n: |
streptocarpus
(encz) | streptocarpus, n: |
vena metacarpus
(encz) | vena metacarpus, n: |
plod stromu artocarpus heterophyllus (chlebovník)
(czen) | plod stromu Artocarpus heterophyllus (chlebovník),jackfruitn:
[bot.] Strom roste ve vlhkých tropech všech kontinentů. Plod (jackfuit)
může vážit až 80 kg. tata |
pterocarpus
(czen) | Pterocarpus, dřevina z jihovýchodní Asie,padoukn: [bot.] Petr Prášek |
strom: artocarpus heterophyllus (chlebovník)
(czen) | strom: Artocarpus heterophyllus (chlebovník),jackfruit treen:
[bot.] Strom roste ve vlhkých tropech všech kontinentů. Plod (jackfuit)
může vážit až 80 kg. tata |
Afrocarpus
(gcide) | Afrocarpus \Afrocarpus\ n.
1. 1 dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to S and
SE Africa: yellowwood2; similar to trees or genus
Podocarpus.
Syn: genus Afrocarpus
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Ariocarpus
(gcide) | Ariocarpus \Ariocarpus\ prop. n.
1. 1 a genus of slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and
eastern Mexico; southern Texas.
Syn: genus Ariocarpus.
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Artocarpus incisa
(gcide) | Breadfruit \Bread"fruit`\, n. (Bot.)
1. The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the
islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is
of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in
diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and
is eaten as food, whence the name.
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2. (Bot.) The tree itself, which is one of considerable size,
with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and
the timber is used for many purposes. Called also
breadfruit tree and bread tree.
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Artocarpus integrifolia
(gcide) | Jack \Jack\ (j[a^]k), n. [Pg. jaca, Malayalam, tsjaka.] (Bot.)
A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the
East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it
differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great
size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its
soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are
roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain,
and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also
used for dyeing a brilliant yellow. [Written also jak.]
[1913 Webster]Jackwood \Jack"wood`\, n.
Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in
cabinetwork.
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Artocarpus odoratissima
(gcide) | marang tree \marang tree\ n. (Bot.)
A Philippine tree (Artocarpus odoratissima) similar to the
breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit. Called also marang.
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Astragalus caryocarpus
(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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Carpus
(gcide) | Carpus \Car"pus\ (k[aum]r"p[u^]s), n.; pl. Carpi
(k[aum]r"p[imac]). [NL., fr. Gr. karpo`s wrist.] (Anat.)
The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or
antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of
eight short bones disposed in two rows.
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Cercocarpus betuloides
(gcide) | Hardtack \Hard"tack`\ or Hard-tack
\Hard"-tack`\(h[aum]rd"t[a^]k`), n.
1. A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of
unleavened hard biscuit or sea bread. Called also {pilot
biscuit}, pilot bread, ship biscuit and ship bread
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2. Any of several mahogany trees, esp. the {Cercocarpus
betuloides}. --MW10
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Dacrycarpus
(gcide) | Dacrycarpus \Dacrycarpus\ n.
a genus of evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New
Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines.
Syn: genus Dacrycarpus.
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Dimocarpus longan
(gcide) | longanberry \longanberry\ n.
A tree (Dimocarpus longan) of Southeastern Asia to
Australia grown primarily for its sweet translucent-fleshed
edible fruit (the longan) resembling litchi nuts; -- it is
sometimes placed in genera Euphoria or Nephelium.
Syn: longan, lungen, Dimocarpus longan, Euphoria litchi,
Nephelium longana.
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2. Asian fruit similar to litchi.
Syn: dragon's eye.
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Diptcrocarpus laevis
(gcide) | Gurjun \Gur"jun\, n.
A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the {Diptcrocarpus
l[ae]vis}, an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and
as a substitute for linseed oil in the coarser kinds of
paint.
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Dipterocarpus
(gcide) | Dipterocarpus \Dip`te*ro*car"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? with two
wings + ? fruit.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of
which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The
fruit has two long wings.
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Encarpus
(gcide) | Encarpus \En*car"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? containing fruit; ? in
+ ? fruit; cf. L. encarpa, pl., Gr. ?.] (Arch.)
An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of
fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]
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Halocarpus
(gcide) | Halocarpus \Halocarpus\ n.
A genus of dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar
in habit to Dacrydium.
Syn: genus Halocarpus.
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Inocarpus edulis
(gcide) | Inocarpin \In`o*car"pin\, n. [Gr. 'i`s, 'ino`s, muscle + karpo`s
fruit.] (Chem.)
A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless
juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis).
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Lonchocarpus
(gcide) | Lonchocarpus \Lonchocarpus\ prop. n.
A genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having
pinnate leaves and red or white flowers.
Syn: genus Lonchocarpus.
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Metacarpus
(gcide) | Metacarpus \Met`a*car"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? beyond,
between + ? the wrist.] (Anat.)
That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the
carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See
Illust. of Artiodactyla.
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Pilocarpus pennatifolius
(gcide) | Jaborandi \Jab`o*ran"di\, n. (Bot.)
The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub
(Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine
as an diaphoretic and sialogogue.
[1913 Webster]Pilocarpine \Pi`lo*car"pine\, n. [From NL. {Pilocarpus
pennatifolius} jaborandi; L. pilus hair + Gr. karpo`s fruit:
cf. F. pilocarpine.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi ({Pilocarpus
pennatifolius}) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance
which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.
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Podocarpus coriaceus
(gcide) | Yacca \Yac"ca\ (y[a^]k"k[.a]), n. (Bot.)
A West Indian name for two large timber trees ({Podocarpus
coriaceus}, and Podocarpus Purdicanus) of the Yew family.
The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker
streaks.
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Podocarpus latifolia
(gcide) | Yellowwood \Yel"low*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees;
also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so
called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous
tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the
Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the
mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus,
trees related to the yew; the East Indian {Podocarpus
latifolia}; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).
All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.
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Podocarpus Purdicanus
(gcide) | Yacca \Yac"ca\ (y[a^]k"k[.a]), n. (Bot.)
A West Indian name for two large timber trees ({Podocarpus
coriaceus}, and Podocarpus Purdicanus) of the Yew family.
The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker
streaks.
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Podocarpus totara
(gcide) | Totara \To"ta*ra\, n. [Maori.]
A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara), next to the kauri
the most valuable timber tree of New Zealand. Its hard
reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in
wharves, bridges, etc. Also mahogany pine.
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Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
(gcide) | manila bean \manila bean\ n.
A tuberous-rooted twining annual vine ({Psophocarpus
tetragonolobus}) bearing clusters of purplish flowers and
pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics.
Syn: winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine,
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus.
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Pterocarpus angolensis
(gcide) | kiaat \kiaat\ n.
a deciduous South African tree (Pterocarpus angolensis)
having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant
orange-yellow flowers; it yields a red juice and heavy strong
durable wood.
Syn: bloodwood tree, Pterocarpus angolensis.
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Pterocarpus dalbergioides
(gcide) | Redwood \Red"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.)
(a) A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of
California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See
Sequoia.
(b) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from {Pterocarpus
santalinus}, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other
trees.
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Note: The redwood of Andaman is Pterocarpus dalbergioides;
that of some parts of tropical America, several species
of Erythoxylum; that of Brazil, the species of
Humirium.
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Pterocarpus Draco
(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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Pterocarpus erinaceus
(gcide) | Kino \Ki"no\, n.
The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in
tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
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Note: The chief supply is from an East Indian leguminous
tree, the Pterocarpus Marsupium. Other sources are
the African Pterocarpus erinaceus, the tropical
American sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera), and several
Australian Eucalypti. See Botany bay kino, under
Botany bay, Gum butea, under Gum, and
Eucalyptus.
[1913 Webster]Rosewood \Rose"wood\, n.
A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and
variegated with black, obtained from several tropical
leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machaerium.
The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the
Dalbergia nigra.
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African rosewood, the wood of the leguminous tree
Pterocarpus erinaceus.
Jamaica rosewood, the wood of two West Indian trees
(Amyris balsamifera, and Linocieria ligustrina).
New South Wales rosewood, the wood of {Trichilia
glandulosa}, a tree related to the margosa.
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Pterocarpus Indicus
(gcide) | Amboyna wood \Am*boy"na wood\
A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It
is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna,
Borneo, etc.
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Pterocarpus Marsupium
(gcide) | Kino \Ki"no\, n.
The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in
tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
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Note: The chief supply is from an East Indian leguminous
tree, the Pterocarpus Marsupium. Other sources are
the African Pterocarpus erinaceus, the tropical
American sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera), and several
Australian Eucalypti. See Botany bay kino, under
Botany bay, Gum butea, under Gum, and
Eucalyptus.
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Pterocarpus santalinus
(gcide) | Sandalwood \San"dal*wood\, n. [F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar.
[,c]andal, or Gr. sa`ntalon; both ultimately fr. Skr.
candana. Cf. Sanders.] (Bot.)
(a) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian
and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several
other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian {Santalum
Freycinetianum} and Santalum pyrularium, the Australian
Santalum latifolium, etc. The name is extended to
several other kinds of fragrant wood.
(b) Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields
sandalwood.
(c) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for
dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus).
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False sandalwood, the fragrant wood of several trees not of
the genus Santalum, as Ximenia Americana, {Myoporum
tenuifolium} of Tahiti.
Red sandalwood, a heavy, dark red dyewood, being the
heartwood of two leguminous trees of India ({Pterocarpus
santalinus}, and Adenanthera pavonina); -- called also
red sanderswood, sanders or saunders, and
rubywood.
[1913 Webster] SandarachRedwood \Red"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.)
(a) A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of
California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See
Sequoia.
(b) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from {Pterocarpus
santalinus}, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other
trees.
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Note: The redwood of Andaman is Pterocarpus dalbergioides;
that of some parts of tropical America, several species
of Erythoxylum; that of Brazil, the species of
Humirium.
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Semecarpus Anacardium
(gcide) | Marking \Mark"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks
made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as,
the marking of a bird's plumage.
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Marking ink, indelible ink, because used in marking linen.
Marking nut (Bot.), the nut of the Semecarpus Anacardium,
an East Indian tree. The shell of the nut yields a
blackish resinous juice used for marking cotton cloth, and
an oil prepared from it is used for rheumatism.
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Stenocarpus salignus
(gcide) | Beefwood \Beef"wood`\, n.
An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for
cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New
South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.
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Symphoricarpus occidentalis
(gcide) | Wolfberry \Wolf"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears
soft white berries.
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Symphoricarpus racemosus
(gcide) | Snowberry \Snow"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the
Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and
the Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America.
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Creeping snowberry. (Bot.) See under Creeping.
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Symphoricarpus vulgaris
(gcide) | Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu,
name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
Cf. Hindu.]
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1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
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2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
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3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]
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Indian bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree (Persea Indica).
Indian bean (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.
Indian berry. (Bot.) Same as Cocculus indicus.
Indian bread. (Bot.) Same as Cassava.
Indian club, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
gymnastic exercise.
Indian cordage, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
husk.
Indian cress (Bot.), nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2.
Indian cucumber (Bot.), a plant of the genus Medeola
(Medeola Virginica), a common in woods in the United
States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.
Indian currant (Bot.), a plant of the genus
Symphoricarpus (Symphoricarpus vulgaris), bearing
small red berries.
Indian dye, the puccoon.
Indian fig. (Bot.)
(a) The banyan. See Banyan.
(b) The prickly pear.
Indian file, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
following one after another, the usual way among Indians
of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.
Indian fire, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.
Indian grass (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
States; wood grass. --Gray.
Indian hemp. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Apocynum ({Apocynum
cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough,
fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in
medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in
properties.
(b) The variety of common hemp (Cannabis Indica), from
which hasheesh is obtained.
Indian mallow (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
Avicenn[ae]}). See Abutilon.
Indian meal, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]
Indian millet (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
is called also Guinea corn. See Durra.
Indian ox (Zool.), the zebu.
Indian paint. See Bloodroot.
Indian paper. See India paper, under India.
Indian physic (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
Gillenia (Gillenia trifoliata, and {Gillenia
stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of
which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called
also American ipecac, and bowman's root. --Gray.
Indian pink. (Bot.)
(a) The Cypress vine (Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit); -- so called
in the West Indies.
(b) See China pink, under China.
Indian pipe (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.
Indian plantain (Bot.), a name given to several species of
the genus Cacalia, tall herbs with composite white
flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
--Gray.
Indian poke (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
hellebore} (Veratrum viride).
Indian pudding, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.
Indian purple.
(a) A dull purple color.
(b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
black.
Indian red.
(a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
Persian Gulf. Called also Persian red.
(b) See Almagra.
Indian rice (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See Rice.
Indian shot (Bot.), a plant of the genus Canna ({Canna
Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
See Canna.
Indian summer, in the United States, a period of warm and
pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
Summer.
Indian tobacco (Bot.), a species of Lobelia. See
Lobelia.
Indian turnip (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
Aris[ae]ma. Aris[ae]ma triphyllum has a wrinkled
farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a
very acrid juice. See Jack in the Pulpit, and
Wake-robin.
Indian wheat, maize or Indian corn.
Indian yellow.
(a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
less pure than cadmium.
(b) See Euxanthin.
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Symplocarpus foetidus
(gcide) | Skunk \Skunk\, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian)
seganku.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores
of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two
glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid,
which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.
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Note: The common species of the Eastern United States
(Mephitis mephitica) is black with more or less white
on the body and tail. The spotted skunk ({Spilogale
putorius}), native of the Southwestern United States
and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is
variously marked with black and white.
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Skunk bird, Skunk blackbird (Zool.), the bobolink; -- so
called because the male, in the breeding season, is black
and white, like a skunk.
Skunk cabbage (Bot.), an American aroid herb ({Symplocarpus
f[oe]tidus}) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest
spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves.
It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called {swamp
cabbage}.
Skunk porpoise. (Zool.) See under Porpoise.
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acrocarpus
(wn) | Acrocarpus
n 1: small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia [syn:
Acrocarpus, genus Acrocarpus] |
acrocarpus fraxinifolius
(wn) | Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
n 1: East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used
especially for tea boxes [syn: shingle tree, {Acrocarpus
fraxinifolius}] |
afrocarpus
(wn) | Afrocarpus
n 1: dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern
and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or
genus Podocarpus [syn: Afrocarpus, genus Afrocarpus] |
afrocarpus falcata
(wn) | Afrocarpus falcata
n 1: medium-sized tree of South Africa [syn: {common
yellowwood}, bastard yellowwood, Afrocarpus falcata] |
ariocarpus
(wn) | Ariocarpus
n 1: slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico;
southern Texas [syn: Ariocarpus, genus Ariocarpus] |
ariocarpus fissuratus
(wn) | Ariocarpus fissuratus
n 1: usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with
warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or
green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern
Mexico and southwestern United States [syn: living rock,
Ariocarpus fissuratus] |
artocarpus
(wn) | Artocarpus
n 1: evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics:
breadfruit; jackfruit [syn: Artocarpus, {genus
Artocarpus}] |
artocarpus altilis
(wn) | Artocarpus altilis
n 1: native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a
texture like bread [syn: breadfruit, breadfruit tree,
Artocarpus communis, Artocarpus altilis] |
artocarpus communis
(wn) | Artocarpus communis
n 1: native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a
texture like bread [syn: breadfruit, breadfruit tree,
Artocarpus communis, Artocarpus altilis] |
artocarpus heterophyllus
(wn) | Artocarpus heterophyllus
n 1: East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit
and seeds [syn: jackfruit, jackfruit tree, {Artocarpus
heterophyllus}] |
artocarpus odoratissima
(wn) | Artocarpus odoratissima
n 1: Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing
edible fruit [syn: marang, marang tree, {Artocarpus
odoratissima}] |
calochortus macrocarpus
(wn) | Calochortus macrocarpus
n 1: mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome
lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems;
arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains
from southern British Columbia to northern California [syn:
sagebrush mariposa tulip, Calochortus macrocarpus] |
conocarpus
(wn) | Conocarpus
n 1: monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree
[syn: Conocarpus, genus Conocarpus] |
conocarpus erectus
(wn) | Conocarpus erectus
n 1: evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and
yielding heavy hard compact wood [syn: button tree,
button mangrove, Conocarpus erectus] |
dacrycarpus
(wn) | Dacrycarpus
n 1: evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to
Malaysia and Philippines [syn: Dacrycarpus, {genus
Dacrycarpus}] |
dacrycarpus dacrydioides
(wn) | Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
n 1: New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked
wood [syn: kahikatea, New Zealand Dacryberry, {New
Zealand white pine}, Dacrycarpus dacrydioides,
Podocarpus dacrydioides] |
dimocarpus
(wn) | Dimocarpus
n 1: longan [syn: Dimocarpus, genus Dimocarpus] |
dimocarpus longan
(wn) | Dimocarpus longan
n 1: tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for
its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes
placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium [syn: longan,
lungen, longanberry, Dimocarpus longan, {Euphorbia
litchi}, Nephelium longana] |
elaeocarpus
(wn) | Elaeocarpus
n 1: type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae [syn:
Elaeocarpus, genus Elaeocarpus] |
elaeocarpus family
(wn) | elaeocarpus family
n 1: genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm
regions some yielding useful timber; in some
classifications included in the family Santalaceae [syn:
Elaeocarpaceae, family Elaeocarpaceae, {elaeocarpus
family}] |
elaeocarpus grandis
(wn) | Elaeocarpus grandis
n 1: Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green
leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy
blue fruit [syn: quandong, quandong tree, {Brisbane
quandong}, silver quandong tree, blue fig, {Elaeocarpus
grandis}] |
genus acrocarpus
(wn) | genus Acrocarpus
n 1: small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia [syn:
Acrocarpus, genus Acrocarpus] |
genus afrocarpus
(wn) | genus Afrocarpus
n 1: dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern
and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or
genus Podocarpus [syn: Afrocarpus, genus Afrocarpus] |
genus ariocarpus
(wn) | genus Ariocarpus
n 1: slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico;
southern Texas [syn: Ariocarpus, genus Ariocarpus] |
genus artocarpus
(wn) | genus Artocarpus
n 1: evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics:
breadfruit; jackfruit [syn: Artocarpus, {genus
Artocarpus}] |
genus conocarpus
(wn) | genus Conocarpus
n 1: monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree
[syn: Conocarpus, genus Conocarpus] |
genus dacrycarpus
(wn) | genus Dacrycarpus
n 1: evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to
Malaysia and Philippines [syn: Dacrycarpus, {genus
Dacrycarpus}] |
genus dimocarpus
(wn) | genus Dimocarpus
n 1: longan [syn: Dimocarpus, genus Dimocarpus] |
genus elaeocarpus
(wn) | genus Elaeocarpus
n 1: type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae [syn:
Elaeocarpus, genus Elaeocarpus] |
genus halocarpus
(wn) | genus Halocarpus
n 1: dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit
to Dacrydium [syn: Halocarpus, genus Halocarpus] |
genus hydnocarpus
(wn) | genus Hydnocarpus
n 1: medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees [syn:
Hydnocarpus, genus Hydnocarpus, Taraktagenos, {genus
Taraktagenos}, Taraktogenos, genus Taraktogenos] |
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