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cytisus
(wn) | Cytisus
n 1: large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old
World shrubs: broom [syn: Cytisus, genus Cytisus] |
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Chamaecytisus
(gcide) | Chamaecytisus \Chamaecytisus\ n.
a genus of small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having
yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods; -- often
used especially for those formerly included in genus
Cytisus.
Syn: genus Chamaecytisus.
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Cytisus alpinus
(gcide) | Laburnum \La*bur"num\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the
Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and
seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.
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Note: Scotch laburnum (Cytisus alpinus) is similar, but has
smooth leaves; purple laburnum is Cytisus purpureus.
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Cytisus Laburnum
(gcide) | Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden,
AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]
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1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
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2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
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3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
auspicious; as, golden opinions.
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Golden age.
(a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
manners in rural employments, followed by the {silver
age}, bronze age, and iron age. --Dryden.
(b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
(c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
considered the golden age of English literature.
Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
London having been Lombards.
Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict.
Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named
from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
flowers.
Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup.
Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila
Chrysa["e]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North
America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of
the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is
called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is
the ring-tailed eagle.
Golden fleece.
(a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to
Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the
Argonautic expedition.
(b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also
Toison d'Or.
Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant
with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea.
Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who
overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th
century.
Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by
James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th
century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and
partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus
entitled.
Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.]
Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
sufficiency without excess; moderation.
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Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope.
Golden mole (Zool), one of several South African
Insectivora of the family Chrysochlorid[ae], resembling
moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,
purple, and gold.
Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the
lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
is so called from having formerly been written in the
calendar in gold.
Golden oriole. (Zool.) See Oriole.
Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant.
Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
Golden plover (Zool.), one of several species of plovers,
of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European ({Charadrius
apricarius}, syn. Charadrius pluvialis; -- called also
yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover,
and whistling plover. The common American species
(Charadrius dominicus) is also called frostbird, and
bullhead.
Golden robin. (Zool.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab.
Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by
the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some
church or person in recognition of special services
rendered to the Holy See.
Golden rule.
(a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
Cf. --Luke vi. 31.
(b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula
crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet
places in early spring.
Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb
(Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock
and large rounded leaves.
Golden sulphide of antimony, or {Golden sulphuret of
antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or
orange yellow powder.
Golden warbler (Zool.), a common American wood warbler
(Dendroica [ae]stiva); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow
warbler}, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird.
Golden wasp (Zool.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect,
of the family Chrysidid[ae]. The colors are golden,
blue, and green.
Golden wedding. See under Wedding.
[1913 Webster]Laburnum \La*bur"num\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the
Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and
seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.
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Note: Scotch laburnum (Cytisus alpinus) is similar, but has
smooth leaves; purple laburnum is Cytisus purpureus.
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Cytisus purpureus
(gcide) | Laburnum \La*bur"num\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the
Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and
seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.
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Note: Scotch laburnum (Cytisus alpinus) is similar, but has
smooth leaves; purple laburnum is Cytisus purpureus.
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Cytisus scoparius
(gcide) | Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. Scottish.]
Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its
inhabitants; Scottish.
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Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom.
Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zool.), the bufflehead; --
called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott.
Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain.
Scotch nightingale (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Scotch pebble. See under pebble.
Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir.
Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Onopordon
acanthium}); -- so called from its being the national
emblem of the Scotch.
[1913 Webster]Scoparin \Sco"pa*rin\, n. (Chem.)
A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom
(Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine.
[1913 Webster]Sparteine \Spar"te*ine\, n. (Chem.)
A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common
broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium),
as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very
bitter taste.
[1913 Webster]Broom \Broom\ (br[=oo]m), n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[=o]m; akin
to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. br[=a]mo broom, thorn?bush, G.
brombeere blackberry. Cf. Bramble, n.]
1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to
sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus
scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with
long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves,
and large yellow flowers.
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No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom.
--Wordsworth.
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2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of
the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or
attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because
originally made of the twigs of the broom.
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Butcher's broom, a plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the Smilax
family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks;
-- called also knee holly. See Cladophyll.
Dyer's broom, a species of mignonette (Reseda luteola),
used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.
Spanish broom. See under Spanish.
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chamaecytisus
(wn) | Chamaecytisus
n 1: small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to
red flowers and leathery or woody pods; often especially
formerly included in genus Cytisus [syn: Chamaecytisus,
genus Chamaecytisus] |
chamaecytisus palmensis
(wn) | Chamaecytisus palmensis
n 1: shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate
leaves; used as cattle fodder [syn: tagasaste,
Chamaecytisus palmensis, Cytesis proliferus] |
cytisus albus
(wn) | Cytisus albus
n 1: low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-
white flowers [syn: white broom, white Spanish broom,
Cytisus albus, Cytisus multiflorus] |
cytisus multiflorus
(wn) | Cytisus multiflorus
n 1: low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-
white flowers [syn: white broom, white Spanish broom,
Cytisus albus, Cytisus multiflorus] |
cytisus ramentaceus
(wn) | Cytisus ramentaceus
n 1: erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense
clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds;
Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus [syn:
Dalmatian laburnum, Petteria ramentacea, {Cytisus
ramentaceus}] |
cytisus scoparius
(wn) | Cytisus scoparius
n 1: deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe;
widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers [syn: {common
broom}, Scotch broom, green broom, Cytisus scoparius] |
genus chamaecytisus
(wn) | genus Chamaecytisus
n 1: small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to
red flowers and leathery or woody pods; often especially
formerly included in genus Cytisus [syn: Chamaecytisus,
genus Chamaecytisus] |
genus cytisus
(wn) | genus Cytisus
n 1: large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old
World shrubs: broom [syn: Cytisus, genus Cytisus] |
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