| slovo | definícia |
divers
(mass) | divers
- niektorí |
divers
(encz) | divers,někteří Milan Svoboda |
divers
(encz) | divers,potápěči pl. jak168 |
Divers
(gcide) | Divers \Di"vers\, a. [F. divers, L. diversus turned in different
directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See Divert, and
cf. Diverse.]
1. Different in kind or species; diverse. [Obs.]
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Every sect of them hath a divers posture. --Bacon.
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Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds.
--Deut. xxii.
9.
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2. Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great
number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively
or pronominally.
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Divers of Antonio's creditors. --Shak.
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Note: Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways
(not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily
implies variety of kind.
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divers
(wn) | divers
adj 1: many and different; "tourist offices of divers
nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents" [syn:
divers(a), diverse] |
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diverse
(mass) | diverse
- rôzne |
diversity
(mass) | diversity
- mnohorakosť, rôznorodosť |
biodiversity
(encz) | biodiversity,biologická různost |
biodiversity prospecting
(encz) | biodiversity prospecting,průzkum biodiverzity [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
biological diversity
(encz) | biological diversity,biologická diverzita [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
countries with a diversified export base
(encz) | countries with a diversified export base, |
diverse
(encz) | diverse,odlišný adj: Milan Svobodadiverse,rozdílný adj: Milan Svobodadiverse,rozličný adj: Zdeněk Broždiverse,rozmanitý adj: Milan Svobodadiverse,různorodý adj: Zdeněk Broždiverse,různý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diversely
(encz) | diversely,odlišně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
diverseness
(encz) | diverseness, |
diversifiable
(encz) | diversifiable,odlišitelný adj: Milan Svoboda |
diversification
(encz) | diversification,modifikace adj: Milan Svobodadiversification,různost adj: Milan Svoboda |
diversified
(encz) | diversified,různorodý adj: Milan Svoboda |
diversified borrowers
(encz) | diversified borrowers, |
diversifies
(encz) | diversifies, |
diversiform
(encz) | diversiform,mnohotvárný adj: Milan Svoboda |
diversify
(encz) | diversify,diversifikovat [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačdiversify,diverzifikovat v: Zdeněk Broždiversify,rozvětvit v: Zdeněk Brož |
diversify the risk
(encz) | diversify the risk,rozložit riziko Mgr. Dita Gálová |
diversion
(encz) | diversion,objížďka |
diversion canal
(encz) | diversion canal,odlehčovací kanál (odvodňování) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
diversion structure
(encz) | diversion structure,odběrný objekt (závlahy) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
diversionary
(encz) | diversionary,odpoutávající pozornost n: Zdeněk Broždiversionary,rozptylující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diversionary attack
(encz) | diversionary attack, n: |
diversionary landing
(encz) | diversionary landing, n: |
diversionist
(encz) | diversionist, n: |
diversities
(encz) | diversities, |
diversity
(encz) | diversity,diverzita n: Zdeněk Broždiversity,pestrost n: Zdeněk Broždiversity,rozdílnost n: Zdeněk Broždiversity,rozličnost n: Zdeněk Broždiversity,rozmanitost n: Zdeněk Broždiversity,různorodost n: Zdeněk Broždiversity,různost n: Zdeněk Brož |
irrigation water diversion
(encz) | irrigation water diversion,závlahový odběr [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
landscape diversity
(encz) | landscape diversity,diverzita krajiny [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
risk diversification
(encz) | risk diversification, |
special advisor on diversity
(encz) | Special Advisor on Diversity, |
species diversity
(encz) | species diversity,druhová pestrost [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
trade diversion
(encz) | trade diversion, |
undiversified
(encz) | undiversified, adj: |
water diversion
(encz) | water diversion,odběr vody [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
diversifikovat
(czen) | diversifikovat,diversify[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Annona diversifolia
(gcide) | ilama \ilama\ n.
1. A tropical American tree (Annona diversifolia) grown in
the southern U. S. having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
Syn: ilama tree, Annona diversifolia.
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2. whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to
custard apples, grown in the southern U. S.
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Cidaria diversilineata
(gcide) | Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See Wine, and
cf. Vignette.] (Bot.)
(a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
(b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs
by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
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There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer.
viii. 13.
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And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
gourds. --2 Kings iv.
89.
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Vine apple (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger
Williams.
Vine beetle (Zool.), any one of several species of beetles
which are injurious to the leaves or branches of the
grapevine. Among the more important species are the
grapevine fidia (see Fidia), the spotted Pelidnota
(Pelidnota punctata) (see Rutilian), the vine
fleabeetle (Graptodera chalybea), the rose beetle (see
under Rose), the vine weevil, and several species of
Colaspis and Anomala.
Vine borer. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae
bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
Sinoxylon basilare, a small species the larva of
which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter
sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also
vine weevil), which produces knotlike galls on the
branches.
(b) A clearwing moth (Aegeria polistiformis), whose
larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
destructive.
Vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Vine forester (Zool.), any one of several species of moths
belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose larvae feed
on the leaves of the grapevine.
Vine fretter (Zool.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
that injuries the grapevine.
Vine grub (Zool.), any one of numerous species of insect
larvae that are injurious to the grapevine.
Vine hopper (Zool.), any one of several species of leaf
hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
Erythroneura vitis. See Illust. of Grape hopper, under
Grape.
Vine inchworm (Zool.), the larva of any species of
geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
especially Cidaria diversilineata.
Vine-leaf rooer (Zool.), a small moth (Desmia maculalis)
whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of the
grapevine. The moth is brownish black, spotted with white.
Vine louse (Zool.), the phylloxera.
Vine mildew (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white,
delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium
Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
stage of an Erysiphe.
Vine of Sodom (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut.
xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of
Sodom. See Apple of Sodom, under Apple.
Vine sawfly (Zool.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria
vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
grapevine. The larvae stand side by side in clusters while
feeding.
Vine slug (Zool.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
Vine sorrel (Bot.), a climbing plant (Cissus acida)
related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is
found in Florida and the West Indies.
Vine sphinx (Zool.), any one of several species of hawk
moths. The larvae feed on grapevine leaves.
Vine weevil. (Zool.) See Vine borer
(a) above, and Wound gall, under Wound.
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Cosmos diversifolius
(gcide) | Cosmos \Cos"mos\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of composite plants closely related to Bidens,
usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others
with red, scarlet, purple, white, or lilac rays. They are
natives of the warmer parts of America, and many species are
cultivated. Cosmos bipinnatus and Cosmos diversifolius
are among the best-known species; Cosmos caudatus, of the
West Indies, is widely naturalized.
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Divers
(gcide) | Divers \Di"vers\, a. [F. divers, L. diversus turned in different
directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See Divert, and
cf. Diverse.]
1. Different in kind or species; diverse. [Obs.]
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Every sect of them hath a divers posture. --Bacon.
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Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds.
--Deut. xxii.
9.
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2. Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great
number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively
or pronominally.
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Divers of Antonio's creditors. --Shak.
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Note: Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways
(not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily
implies variety of kind.
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Diverse
(gcide) | Diverse \Di*verse"\, adv.
In different directions; diversely.
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To turn aside. [Obs.]
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The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Diverse \Di"verse\ (?; 277), a. [The same word as divers. See
Divers.]
1. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
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The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from
its original import. --J. Edwards.
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Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
--R. Browning.
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2. Capable of various forms; multiform.
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Eloquence is a great and diverse thing. --B. Jonson.
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Diversely
(gcide) | Diversely \Di"verse*ly\, adv.
1. In different ways; differently; variously. "Diversely
interpreted." --Bacon.
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How diversely love doth his pageants play.
--Spenser.
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2. In different directions; to different points.
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On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. --Pope.
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Diverseness
(gcide) | Diverseness \Di*verse"ness\, n.
The quality of being diverse.
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Diversifiability
(gcide) | Diversifiability \Di*ver`si*fi`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or capacity of being diversifiable. --Earle.
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Diversifiable
(gcide) | Diversifiable \Di*ver"si*fi`a*ble\, a.
Capable of being diversified or varied. --Boyle.
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Diversification
(gcide) | Diversification \Di*ver`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [See Diversify.]
1. The act of making various, or of changing form or quality.
--Boyle.
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2. State of diversity or variation; variegation;
modification; change; alternation.
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Infinite diversifications of tints may be produced.
--Adventurer.
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Diversified
(gcide) | Diversified \Di*ver"si*fied\, a.
Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or
objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape.
[1913 Webster]Diversify \Di*ver"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diversified; p.
pr. & vb. n. Diversifying.] [F. diversifier, LL.
diversificare, fr. L. diversus diverse + ficare (in comp.),
akin to facere to make. See Diverse.]
To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give
variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous
differences or aspects.
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Separated and diversified on from another. --Locke.
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Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of
nature. --I. Taylor.
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Diversifier
(gcide) | Diversifier \Di*ver"si*fi`er\, n.
One who, or that which, diversifies.
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Diversiform
(gcide) | Diversiform \Di*ver"si*form\, a. [L. diversus diverse + -form.]
Of a different form; of varied forms.
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Diversify
(gcide) | Diversify \Di*ver"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diversified; p.
pr. & vb. n. Diversifying.] [F. diversifier, LL.
diversificare, fr. L. diversus diverse + ficare (in comp.),
akin to facere to make. See Diverse.]
To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give
variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous
differences or aspects.
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Separated and diversified on from another. --Locke.
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Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of
nature. --I. Taylor.
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Diversifying
(gcide) | Diversify \Di*ver"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diversified; p.
pr. & vb. n. Diversifying.] [F. diversifier, LL.
diversificare, fr. L. diversus diverse + ficare (in comp.),
akin to facere to make. See Diverse.]
To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give
variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous
differences or aspects.
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Separated and diversified on from another. --Locke.
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Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of
nature. --I. Taylor.
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Diversiloquent
(gcide) | Diversiloquent \Di`ver*sil"o*quent\, a. [L. diversus diverse +
loquens, p. pr. of loqui to speak.]
Speaking in different ways. [R.]
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Diversion
(gcide) | Diversion \Di*ver"sion\, n. [Cf. F. diversion. See Divert.]
1. The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or
object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel;
diversion of the mind from business.
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2. That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind
from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport;
play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth. "Public
diversions." --V. Knox.
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Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and
folly, furnish useful diversion to readers.
--Addison.
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3. (Mil.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an
enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be
made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.
Syn: Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport;
game; play; solace; merriment.
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diversionary
(gcide) | diversionary \diversionary\ adj.
likely or designed to confuse or deceive; -- of tactics.
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Diversities
(gcide) | Diversity \Di*ver"si*ty\, n.; pl. Diversities. [F.
diversit['e], L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.]
1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
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They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare
diversity, rise into a contrariety. --South.
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2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.
"Diversity of sounds." --Shak. "Diversities of opinion."
--Secker.
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3. Variegation. "Bright diversities of day." --Pope.
Syn: See Variety.
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Diversity
(gcide) | Diversity \Di*ver"si*ty\, n.; pl. Diversities. [F.
diversit['e], L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.]
1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
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They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare
diversity, rise into a contrariety. --South.
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2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.
"Diversity of sounds." --Shak. "Diversities of opinion."
--Secker.
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3. Variegation. "Bright diversities of day." --Pope.
Syn: See Variety.
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Diversivolent
(gcide) | Diversivolent \Di`ver*siv"o*lent\, a. [L. diversus diverse +
volens, -entis, p. pr. of velle to wish.]
Desiring different things. [Obs.] --Webster (White Devil).
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Diversory
(gcide) | Diversory \Di*ver"so*ry\, a.
Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Diversory \Di*ver"so*ry\, n. [L. diversorium, deversorium, an
inn or lodging.]
A wayside inn. [Obs. or R.] --Chapman.
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Rhus diversiloba
(gcide) | Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
[1913 Webster]Yeara \Ye*a"ra\, n. (Bot.)
The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under
Poison, a.
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Subdiversify
(gcide) | Subdiversify \Sub`di*ver"si*fy\, v. t.
To diversify aggain what is already diversified. [R.] --Sir
M. Hale.
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Toxicodendron diversilobum
(gcide) | Poison \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,
fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,
fr. potare to drink. See Potable, and cf. Potion.]
1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,
is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly
effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the
poison of pestilential diseases.
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2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,
the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.
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Poison ash. (Bot.)
(a) A tree of the genus Amyris (Amyris balsamifera)
found in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a
black liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous
qualities.
(b) The poison sumac (Rhus venenata). [U. S.]
Poison dogwood (Bot.), poison sumac.
Poison fang (Zool.), one of the superior maxillary teeth of
some species of serpents, which, besides having the cavity
for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a
longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of
the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under Fang.
Poison gland (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which
secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed
along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.
Poison hemlock (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant
(Conium maculatum). See Hemlock.
Poison ivy (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant (formerly
Rhus Toxicodendron, or Rhus radicans, now classified
as Toxicodendron radicans) of North America. It is
common as a climbing vine, especially found on tree
trunks, or walls, or as a low, spreading vine or as a
shrub. As a low vine it grows well in lightly shaded
areas, recognizable by growing in clusters of three
leaves. Its leaves are trifoliate, rhombic-ovate, and
variously notched. Its form varies slightly from location
to location, leading to some speculation that it may
consist of more than one species. Many people are poisoned
by it, though some appear resistant to its effects.
Touching the leaves may leave a residue of an oil on the
skin, and if not washed off quickly, sensitive areas of
skin become reddened and develop multiple small blisters,
lasting for several days to several weeks, and causing a
persistent itch. The toxic reaction is due to an oil,
present in all parts of the plant except the pollen,
called urushiol, the active component of which is the
compound pentadecylacatechol (according to [a
href="http:]/www.jaxmed.com/articles/Diseases/poison_ivy_dermatitis.htm">Charles
H. Booras). See Poison sumac. It is related to {poison
oak}, and is also called mercury.
Poison nut. (Bot.)
(a) Nux vomica.
(b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos
Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel
coasts.
Poison oak (Bot.), a dermatitis-producing plant often
lumped together with the poison ivy ({Toxicodendron
radicans}) in common terminology, but more properly
distinguished as the more shrubby {Toxicodendron
quercifolium} (syn. Toxicodendron diversilobum), common
in California and Oregon. Opinion varies as to whether the
poison oak and poison ivy are only variants of a single
species. See poison ivy, above.
Poison sac. (Zool.) Same as Poison gland, above. See
Illust. under Fang.
Poison sumac (Bot.), a poisonous shrub formerly considered
to be of the genus Rhus (Rhus venenata), but now
classified as Toxicodendron vernix; -- also called
poison ash, poison dogwood, and poison elder. It has
pinnate leaves on graceful and slender common petioles,
and usually grows in swampy places. Both this plant and
the poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans, formerly {Rhus
Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white
berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are
harmless. The tree (Rhus vernicifera) which yields the
celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the
poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the
poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of
Japan.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.
Usage: Poison, Venom. Poison usually denotes something
received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.
Venom is something discharged from animals and
received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting
of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically
implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
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annona diversifolia
(wn) | Annona diversifolia
n 1: tropical American tree grown in southern United States
having a whitish pink-tinged fruit [syn: ilama, {ilama
tree}, Annona diversifolia] |
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