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chiton
(encz) | chiton,chroustnatka n: [zoo.] měkkýš Jirka Daněk |
Chiton
(gcide) | Chiton \Chi"ton\, n. [Gr. ? a chiton (in sense 1).]
1. An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly
representing the modern shirt.
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2. (Zool.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell
composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See
Polyplacophora.
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chiton
(wn) | chiton
n 1: a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
2: primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk
having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates [syn:
chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle,
polyplacophore] |
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Brachychiton acerifolium
(gcide) | Flame \Flame\ (fl[=a]m), n. [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF.
flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr.
flagrare to burn. See Flagrant, and cf. Flamneau,
Flamingo.]
1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat;
darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
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2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm;
glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. "In a
flame of zeal severe." --Milton.
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Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow.
--Pope.
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Smit with the love of sister arts we came,
And met congenial, mingling flame with flame.
--Pope.
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3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. --Coleridge.
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4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. --Thackeray.
Syn: Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze.
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Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.
Flame color, brilliant orange or yellow. --B. Jonson.
Flame engine, an early name for the gas engine.
Flame manometer, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to
obtain graphic representation of the action of the human
vocal organs. See Manometer.
Flame reaction (Chem.), a method of testing for the
presence of certain elements by the characteristic color
imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow,
potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green,
etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis, under Spectrum.
Flame tree (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as
the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the
Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.
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Chiton
(gcide) | Chiton \Chi"ton\, n. [Gr. ? a chiton (in sense 1).]
1. An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly
representing the modern shirt.
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2. (Zool.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell
composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See
Polyplacophora.
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Lysichiton
(gcide) | Lysichiton \Lysichiton\, Lysichitum \Lysichitum\n.
A genus of plants including one of the skunk cabbages.
Syn: genus Lysichiton, genus Lysichitum.
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Triplochiton scleroxcylon
(gcide) | obechi \obechi\ n.
A large Western African tree (Triplochiton scleroxcylon)
having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose
panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; it
yields soft white to pale yellow wood.
Syn: obeche, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon.
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allium haematochiton
(wn) | Allium haematochiton
n 1: onion with white to deep red tunic; California [syn: {red-
skinned onion}, Allium haematochiton] |
brachychiton
(wn) | Brachychiton
n 1: Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks) [syn:
Brachychiton, genus Brachychiton] |
brachychiton acerifolius
(wn) | Brachychiton acerifolius
n 1: south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet
flowers [syn: flame tree, flame durrajong,
Brachychiton acerifolius, Sterculia acerifolia] |
brachychiton australis
(wn) | Brachychiton australis
n 1: north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves
[syn: flame tree, broad-leaved bottletree,
Brachychiton australis] |
brachychiton populneus
(wn) | Brachychiton populneus
n 1: widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a
tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained
wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle
[syn: kurrajong, currajong, Brachychiton populneus] |
brachychiton rupestris
(wn) | Brachychiton rupestris
n 1: large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers
blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus
Sterculia [syn: Queensland bottletree, {narrow-leaved
bottletree}, Brachychiton rupestris, {Sterculia
rupestris}] |
genus brachychiton
(wn) | genus Brachychiton
n 1: Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks) [syn:
Brachychiton, genus Brachychiton] |
genus chiton
(wn) | genus Chiton
n 1: a genus of Polyplacophora |
genus lysichiton
(wn) | genus Lysichiton
n 1: skunk cabbage [syn: Lysichiton, genus Lysichiton,
Lysichitum, genus Lysichitum] |
genus triplochiton
(wn) | genus Triplochiton
n 1: small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves
[syn: Triplochiton, genus Triplochiton] |
lysichiton
(wn) | Lysichiton
n 1: skunk cabbage [syn: Lysichiton, genus Lysichiton,
Lysichitum, genus Lysichitum] |
lysichiton americanum
(wn) | Lysichiton americanum
n 1: clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western
North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a
yellow spathe [syn: skunk cabbage, {Lysichiton
americanum}] |
triplochiton
(wn) | Triplochiton
n 1: small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves
[syn: Triplochiton, genus Triplochiton] |
triplochiton scleroxcylon
(wn) | Triplochiton scleroxcylon
n 1: large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves
and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and
one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
[syn: obeche, obechi, arere, samba, {Triplochiton
scleroxcylon}] |
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