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flora
(encz) | flora,flóra n: Zdeněk Brož |
flora
(encz) | flora,vegetace n: Zdeněk Brož |
Flora
(gcide) | Flora \Flo"ra\, n. [L., the goddess of flowers, from flos,
floris, flower. See Flower.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of flowers and spring.
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2. (Bot.) The complete system of vegetable species growing
without cultivation in a given locality, region, or
period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such
plants.
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flora
(wn) | flora
n 1: all the plant life in a particular region or period;
"Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern
California"; "the botany of China" [syn: vegetation,
flora, botany] [ant: fauna, zoology]
2: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
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defloration
(encz) | defloration,deflorace n: Zdeněk Brož |
florae
(encz) | florae, |
floral
(encz) | floral,květinový Jaroslav Šedivýfloral,květní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
floral cup
(encz) | floral cup, n: |
floral envelope
(encz) | floral envelope, n: |
floral kingdom
(encz) | floral kingdom,rostlinná říše [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
floral leaf
(encz) | floral leaf, n: |
floral realm
(encz) | floral realm,rostlinná říše [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
intestinal flora
(encz) | intestinal flora, n: |
macroflora
(encz) | macroflora,makroflóra [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
phytogeographical floral ream
(encz) | phytogeographical floral ream,fytogeografická rostlinná
říše [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
deflorace
(czen) | deflorace,deflorationn: Zdeněk Brož |
Aesculus paviflora
(gcide) | Buckeye \Buck"eye`\ (b[u^]k"[imac]`), n.
1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs
of the same genus ([AE]sculus) as the horse chestnut.
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The Ohio buckeye, or Fetid buckeye, is Aesculus glabra.
Red buckeye is Aesculus Pavia.
Small buckeye is Aesculus paviflora.
Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is Aesculus flava.
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2. A cant name for a native or resident of Ohio. [U.S.]
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Buckeye State, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees
abound there.
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Aristolochia grandiflora
(gcide) | Pelican \Pel"i*can\ (p[e^]l"[i^]*kan), n. [F. p['e]lican, L.
pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. peleka`n, peleka^s, pele`kanos, the
woodpecker, and also a water bird of the pelican kind, fr.
peleka^n to hew with an ax, fr. pe`lekys an ax, akin to Skr.
para[,c]u.] [Written also pelecan.]
1. (Zool.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus,
of which about a dozen species are known. They have an
enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a
pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.
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Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({Pelecanus
fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter,
but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and
British America.
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2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or
tubes leading back from the head to the body for
continuous condensation and redistillation.
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Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms
of distilling apparatus.
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Frigate pelican (Zool.), the frigate bird. See under
Frigate.
Pelican fish (Zool.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx
pelecanoides}) of the order Lyomeri, remarkable for the
enormous development of the jaws, which support a large
gular pouch.
Pelican flower (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped
blossom of a climbing plant (Aristolochia grandiflora)
of the West Indies; also, the plant itself.
Pelican ibis (Zool.), a large Asiatic wood ibis ({Tantalus
leucocephalus}). The head and throat are destitute of
feathers; the plumage is white, with the quills and the
tail greenish black.
Pelican in her piety (in heraldry and symbolical art), a
representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her
breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a
practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of
which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of
charity.
Pelican's foot (Zool.), a marine gastropod shell of the
genus Aporrhais, esp. Aporrhais pes-pelicani of
Europe.
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Azalea nudiflora
(gcide) | Honeysuckle \Hon"ey*suc`kle\, n. [Cf. AS. hunis[=u]ge privet.
See Honey, and Suck.] (Bot.)
One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for
their beauty, and some for their fragrance.
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Note: The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus
Lonicera; as, Lonicera Caprifolium, and {Lonicera
Japonica}, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds;
Lonicera Periclymenum, the fragrant woodbine of
England; Lonicera grata, the American woodbine, and
Lonicera sempervirens, the red-flowered trumpet
honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is {Lonicera
Xylosteum}; the American, Lonicera ciliata. The
American Pinxter flower (Azalea nudiflora) is often
called honeysuckle, or false honeysuckle. The name
Australian honeysuckle is applied to one or more
trees of the genus Banksia. See French honeysuckle,
under French.
[1913 Webster]Pinkster \Pink"ster\, n. [D. pinkster, pinksteren, fr. Gr. ?.
See Pentecost.]
Whitsuntide. [Written also pingster and pinxter.]
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Pinkster flower (Bot.), the rosy flower of the {Azalea
nudiflora}; also, the shrub itself; -- called also
Pinxter blomachee by the New York descendants of the
Dutch settlers.
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Biflorate
(gcide) | Biflorate \Bi*flo"rate\, Biflorous \Bi*flo"rous\, a. [L. bis
twice + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)
Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.
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Calycifloral
(gcide) | Calycifloral \Ca*lyc`i*flo"ral\, callyciflorous
\cal*lyc`i*flo"rous\, a. [L. calyx, -ycis, calyx + flos, floris,
flower.] (Bot.)
Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied
to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the
French botanist Candolle.
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Capraria biflora
(gcide) | Goat \Goat\ (g[=o]t), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[=a]t; akin to
D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged,
Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zool.)
A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several
species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({Capra
hircus}), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
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Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra [ae]gagrus),
of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat
(Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the
antelopes. See Mazame.
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Goat antelope (Zool), one of several species of antelopes,
which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved
horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail,
as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.
Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig.
Goat house.
(a) A place for keeping goats.
(b) A brothel. [Obs.]
Goat moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the
large European species (Cossus ligniperda), the larva of
which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three
years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the
he-goat.
Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
Capraria (Capraria biflora).
Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.
Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.
Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis
of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United
States).
Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.
Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred
to Atraphaxis).
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A name for two tropical American weeds (Capraria biflora,
and Scoparia dulcis) of the Figwort family.
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Belonging or relating to the West Indies.
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West India tea (Bot.), a shrubby plant (Capraria biflora)
having oblanceolate toothed leaves which are sometimes
used in the West Indies as a substitute for tea.
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Carissa grandiflora
(gcide) | Natal plum \Na*tal" plum`\
1. (Bot.) The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of
the genus Carissa (formerly Arduina) ({Carissa
bispinosa} and Carissa grandiflora). It is also called
amatungulu.
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2. the shrub bearing the natal plum[1]; a very large
closely branched South African shrub ({Carissa
grandiflora}) of the dogbane family having forked bright
green spines, white flowers, shiny leaves, and red
berries.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]amatungulu \amatungulu\ n.
1. a very large closely branched South African shrub
(Carissa grandiflora) of the dogbane family having
forked bright green spines, white flowers, shiny leaves,
and red berries. Also called natal plum.
Syn: natal plum, Carissa macrocarpa.
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2. the fruit of the amatungulu[1].
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Collinsia parviflora
(gcide) | maiden blue-eyed mary \maiden blue-eyed mary\ n.
A small widely branching Western wildflower ({Collinsia
parviflora}) with tiny blue-and-white flowers; found from
British Columbia to Ontaria and south to California and
Colorado.
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Copaifera pubiflora
(gcide) | Purpleheart \Pur"ple*heart`\, n. (Bot.)
A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color,
obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of
the genus Copaifera (Copaifera pubiflora, {Copaifera
bracteata}, and Copaifera officinalis). Used for decorative
veneering. See Copaiba.
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Corollifloral
(gcide) | Corollifloral \Co*rol`li*flo"ral\ (k?-r?l`l?-fl?"ral),
Corolliflorous \Co*rol`li*flo"rous\ (-fl?"r?s), a. [Corolla + L.
flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)
Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free
from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral.
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Deflorate
(gcide) | Deflorate \De*flo"rate\, a. [LL. defloratus, p. p. of deflorare.
See Deflour.] (Bot.)
Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen. --Gray.
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Defloration
(gcide) | Defloration \Def`lo*ra"tion\, n. [LL. defloratio: cf. F.
d['e]floration.]
1. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin.
--Johnson.
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2. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part;
careful culling or selection. [R.]
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The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the
defloration of the English laws. --Sir M. Hale.
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Desert flora
(gcide) | Desert \Des"ert\, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F.
d['e]sert. See 2d Desert.]
Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or
cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate;
solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
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He . . . went aside privately into a desert place.
--Luke ix. 10.
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air. --Gray.
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Desert flora (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing
naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently
unproductive place.
Desert hare (Zool.), a small hare (Lepus sylvaticus, var.
Arizon[ae]) inhabiting the deserts of the Western United
States.
Desert mouse (Zool.), an American mouse ({Hesperomys
eremicus}), living in the Western deserts.
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Discifloral
(gcide) | Discifloral \Dis`ci*flo"ral\, Disciflorous \Dis`ci*flo"rous\, a.
[See Disk, and Floral.] (Bot.)
Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle;
-- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.
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Flora
(gcide) | Flora \Flo"ra\, n. [L., the goddess of flowers, from flos,
floris, flower. See Flower.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of flowers and spring.
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2. (Bot.) The complete system of vegetable species growing
without cultivation in a given locality, region, or
period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such
plants.
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Floral
(gcide) | Floral \Flo"ral\, a. [L. Floralis belonging to Flora: cf. F.
floral. See Flora.]
1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as,
floral games, wreaths.
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2. (Bot.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral
bud; a floral leaf; floral characters. --Martyn.
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Floral envelope (Bot.), the calyx and corolla, one or the
other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.
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Floral envelope
(gcide) | Floral \Flo"ral\, a. [L. Floralis belonging to Flora: cf. F.
floral. See Flora.]
1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as,
floral games, wreaths.
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2. (Bot.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral
bud; a floral leaf; floral characters. --Martyn.
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Floral envelope (Bot.), the calyx and corolla, one or the
other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.
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floral flowered
(gcide) | patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
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Florally
(gcide) | Florally \Flo"ral*ly\, adv.
In a floral manner.
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Floramour
(gcide) | Floramour \Flo"ra*mour\, n.[L. flos, floris, flower + amorlove.]
The plant love-lies-bleeding. [Obs.] --Prior.
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Floran
(gcide) | Floran \Flo"ran\, n. (Mining)
Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped
very fine. --Pryce.
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Fritillaria pluriflora
(gcide) | adobe-lily \adobe-lily\ n.
1. a California herb (Fritillaria pluriflora) with pinkish
purple flowers.
Syn: adobe lily, pink fritillary, Fritillaria pluriflora
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Gardenia grandiflora
(gcide) | Crocin \Cro"cin\ (kr?"s?n), n. [Gr. ???? saffron.] (Chem.)
(a) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of
Gardenia grandiflora. --Watts.
(b) A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made
from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.
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Gemmiflorate
(gcide) | Gemmiflorate \Gem`mi*flo"rate\, a. [L. gemma bud + flos, floris,
flower.] (Bot.)
Having flowers like buds.
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Grias cauliflora
(gcide) | Grias \Grias\ n.
The genus of trees including the anchovy pear tree {Grias
cauliflora}, whose fruit is somewhat like the mango.
Syn: genus Grias.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Anchovy pear \An*cho"vy pear`\ ([a^]n*ch[=o]"v[y^] p[^a]r`).
(Bot.)
A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes
pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this
fruit.
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Labiatifloral
(gcide) | Labiatifloral \La`bi*a`ti*flo"ral\, Labiatifloral
\La`bi*a`ti*flo"ral\, a. [Labiate + L. flos, floris, flower.]
(Bot.)
Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.
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Lysimachia thyrsiflora
(gcide) | Loosestrife \Loose"strife`\ (l[=oo]s"str[imac]f`), n. (Bot.)
(a) The name of several species of plants of the genus
Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually
of a yellow color.
(b) Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in
some species, crimson flowers. --Gray.
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False loosestrife, a plant of the genus Ludwigia, which
includes several species, most of which are found in the
United States.
Tufted loosestrife, the plant Lysimachia thyrsiflora,
found in the northern parts of the United States and in
Europe. --Gray.
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Macrosiphonia longiflora
(gcide) | Flannel flower \Flan"nel flow`er\ (Bot.)
(a) The common mullein.
(b) A Brazilian apocynaceous vine ({Macrosiphonia
longiflora}) having woolly leaves.
(c) An umbelliferous Australian flower ({Actinotus
helianthi}), often erroneously thought to be composite.
The involucre looks as if cut out of white flannel.
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Magnolia grandiflora
(gcide) | Magnolia \Mag*no"li*a\, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol,
professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th
century.] (Bot.)
A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and
large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.
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Note: Magnolia grandiflora has coriaceous shining leaves
and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North
Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most
magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay
(Magnolia glauca)is a small tree found sparingly as
far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are
Magnolia Umbrella, Magnolia macrophylla, {Magnolia
Fraseri}, Magnolia acuminata, and Magnolia cordata.
Magnolia conspicua and Magnolia purpurea are
cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. {Magnolia
Campbellii}, of India, has rose-colored or crimson
flowers.
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Magnolia warbler (Zool.), a beautiful North American wood
warbler (Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under parts
are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with
black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash.
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Mirabilis longiflora
(gcide) | maravilla \maravilla\ n.
1. A wildflower (Mirabilis multiflora) having vibrant deep
pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and
desert areas from Southern California to Southern Colorado
and into Mexico.
Syn: desert four o'clock, Colorado four o'clock, {Mirabilis
multiflora}.
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2. A leafy wildflower (Mirabilis longiflora) having
fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped
flowers; found in the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico.
Syn: sweet four o'clock, Mirabilis longiflora.
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Mirabilis multiflora
(gcide) | maravilla \maravilla\ n.
1. A wildflower (Mirabilis multiflora) having vibrant deep
pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and
desert areas from Southern California to Southern Colorado
and into Mexico.
Syn: desert four o'clock, Colorado four o'clock, {Mirabilis
multiflora}.
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2. A leafy wildflower (Mirabilis longiflora) having
fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped
flowers; found in the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico.
Syn: sweet four o'clock, Mirabilis longiflora.
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Mirabilis uniflora
(gcide) | marvel of Peru \marvel of Peru\, marvel-of-Peru \marvel-of-Peru\
n. (Bot.)
A common garden plant (Mirabilis jalapa or {Mirabilis
uniflora}) of North America having fragrant red or purple or
yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon; called
also four-o'clock. See four-o'clock.
Syn: common four-o'clock, marvel of Peru, Mirabilis jalapa,
Mirabilis uniflora.
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Monotropa uniflora
(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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Myrciaria cauliflora
(gcide) | jaboticaba \jaboticaba\ n.
1. A small evergreen tropical tree (Myrciaria cauliflora)
native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into
southern U. S.; it is grown in Brazil for its edible
tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along
the branches.
Syn: jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora.
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2. The tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit of the
jaboticaba tree (Myrciaria cauliflora), grown in Brazil.
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Nyssa multiflora
(gcide) | gum tree \gum" tree`\ n.
Any tree that exudes a gum, such as:
(a) The black gum (Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest
trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit,
the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees
become hollow.
(b) A tree of the genus Eucalyptus; a eucalypt. See
Eucalpytus.
(c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar
styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly
lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an
aromatic terebinthine juice.
(d) The sour gum tree.
[1913 Webster]Pepperidge \Pep"per*idge\, n. [Cf. NL. berberis, E. barberry.]
(Bot.)
A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough
wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries,
-- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo. [Written
also piperidge and pipperidge.]
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Pepperidge bush (Bot.), the barberry.
[1913 Webster]Tupelo \Tu"pe*lo\, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American
Indian name.] (Bot.)
A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood
family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red
berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to
split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge.
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Largo tupelo, or Tupelo gum (Bot.), an American tree
(Nyssa uniflora) with softer wood than the tupelo.
Sour tupelo (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime.
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Nyssa uniflora
(gcide) | Tupelo \Tu"pe*lo\, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American
Indian name.] (Bot.)
A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood
family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red
berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to
split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge.
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Largo tupelo, or Tupelo gum (Bot.), an American tree
(Nyssa uniflora) with softer wood than the tupelo.
Sour tupelo (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime.
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Passiflora
(gcide) | Passiflora \Pas"si*flo"ra\, n. [NL., from L. passio passion (fr.
pati, passus, to suffer) + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the
type of the order Passiflore[ae], which includes about
nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species.
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Passiflora edulis
(gcide) | Granadilla \Gran`a*dil"la\, n. [Sp., dim. of granada
pomegranate. See Grenade, Garnet.] (Bot.)
The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp.
Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West
Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is a good
dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for
flavoring ices.
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Passiflora foetida
(gcide) | Love \Love\ (l[u^]v), n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin
to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet, it pleases, Skr. lubh
to be lustful. See Lief.]
1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which
delights or commands admiration; pre["e]minent kindness or
devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love
of brothers and sisters.
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Of all the dearest bonds we prove
Thou countest sons' and mothers' love
Most sacred, most Thine own. --Keble.
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2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
affection for, one of the opposite sex.
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He on his side
Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love
Hung over her enamored. --Milton.
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3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,
to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
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Demetrius . . .
Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,
And won her soul. --Shak.
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4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or
desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often
with of and an object.
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Love, and health to all. --Shak.
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Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton.
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The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
--Fenton.
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5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.
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Keep yourselves in the love of God. --Jude 21.
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6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest
love was reading. "Trust me, love." --Dryden.
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Open the temple gates unto my love. --Spenser.
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7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
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Such was his form as painters, when they show
Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. --Dryden.
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Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
--Shak.
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8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({Clematis
Vitalba}).
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10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in
counting score at tennis, etc.
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He won the match by three sets to love. --The
Field.
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11. Sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism.
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Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in
most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
love-taught, etc.
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A labor of love, a labor undertaken on account of regard
for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,
without expectation of reward.
Free love, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See
Free love.
Free lover, one who avows or practices free love.
In love, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of
the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.
Love apple (Bot.), the tomato.
Love bird (Zool.), any one of several species of small,
short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
Agapornis, and allied genera. They are mostly from
Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are
celebrated for the affection which they show for their
mates.
Love broker, a person who for pay acts as agent between
lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.
Love charm, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.
Love child. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.
Love day, a day formerly appointed for an amicable
adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
--Chaucer.
Love drink, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.
Love favor, something given to be worn in token of love.
Love feast, a religious festival, held quarterly by some
religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists,
in imitation of the agap[ae] of the early Christians.
Love feat, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.
Love game, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished
person or party does not score a point.
Love grass. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus
Eragrostis.
Love-in-a-mist. (Bot.)
(a) An herb of the Buttercup family (Nigella Damascena)
having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
bracts.
(b) The West Indian Passiflora f[oe]tida, which has
similar bracts.
Love-in-idleness (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.
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A little western flower,
Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;
And maidens call it love-in-idleness. --Shak.
Love juice, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.
--Shak.
Love knot, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from
being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual
affection. --Milman.
Love lass, a sweetheart.
Love letter, a letter of courtship. --Shak.
Love-lies-bleeding (Bot.), a species of amaranth
(Amarantus melancholicus).
Love match, a marriage brought about by love alone.
Love potion, a compounded draught intended to excite love,
or venereal desire.
Love rites, sexual intercourse. --Pope
Love scene, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the
stage.
Love suit, courtship. --Shak.
Of all loves, for the sake of all love; by all means.
[Obs.] "Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back
again." --Holinshed.
The god of love, or The Love god, Cupid.
To make love, to engage in sexual intercourse; -- a
euphemism.
To make love to, to express affection for; to woo. "If you
will marry, make your loves to me." --Shak.
To play for love, to play a game, as at cards, without
stakes. "A game at piquet for love." --Lamb.
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Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;
delight.
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Passiflora incarnata
(gcide) | Maypop \May"pop\, n. [Perh. corrupt. fr. maracock.] (Bot.)
The edible fruit of a passion flower, especially that of the
North American Passiflora incarnata, an oval yellowish
berry as large as a small apple.
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Passiflora laurifolia
(gcide) | Water lemon \Wa"ter lem"on\ (Bot.)
The edible fruit of two species of passion flower
(Passiflora laurifolia, and Passiflora maliformis); -- so
called in the West Indies.
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Passiflora maliformis
(gcide) | Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. Sweeter; superl. Sweetest.] [OE.
swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te,
OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s["u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. saetr,
soetr, Sw. s["o]t, Dan. s["o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for
suadvis, Gr. ?, Skr. sv[=a]du sweet, svad, sv[=a]d, to
sweeten. [root]175. Cf. Assuage, Suave, Suasion.]
1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;
saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet
beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
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2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
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The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
--Longfellow.
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3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the
sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet
voice; a sweet singer.
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To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
--Chaucer.
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A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.
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4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
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Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
--Milton.
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5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.
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6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:
(a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.
(b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,
sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
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7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
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Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?
--Job xxxviii.
31.
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Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.
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Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
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Sweet alyssum. (Bot.) See Alyssum.
Sweet apple. (Bot.)
(a) Any apple of sweet flavor.
(b) See Sweet-sop.
Sweet bay. (Bot.)
(a) The laurel (Laurus nobilis).
(b) Swamp sassafras.
Sweet calabash (Bot.), a plant of the genus Passiflora
(Passiflora maliformis) growing in the West Indies, and
producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.
Sweet cicely. (Bot.)
(a) Either of the North American plants of the
umbelliferous genus Osmorrhiza having aromatic roots
and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray.
(b) A plant of the genus Myrrhis (Myrrhis odorata)
growing in England.
Sweet calamus, or Sweet cane. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet
flag}, below.
Sweet Cistus (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (Cistus Ladanum)
from which the gum ladanum is obtained.
Sweet clover. (Bot.) See Melilot.
Sweet coltsfoot (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites
sagittata}) found in Western North America.
Sweet corn (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.
See the Note under Corn.
Sweet fern (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia
asplenifolia} syn. Myrica asplenifolia) having
sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.
Sweet flag (Bot.), an endogenous plant (Acorus Calamus)
having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent
aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and
America. See Calamus, 2.
Sweet gale (Bot.), a shrub (Myrica Gale) having bitter
fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and {Dutch
myrtle}. See 5th Gale.
Sweet grass (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass.
Sweet gum (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar
styraciflua}). See Liquidambar.
Sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary
purposes.
Sweet John (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William.
Sweet leaf (Bot.), horse sugar. See under Horse.
Sweet marjoram. (Bot.) See Marjoram.
Sweet marten (Zool.), the pine marten.
Sweet maudlin (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
Ageratum}) allied to milfoil.
Sweet oil, olive oil.
Sweet pea. (Bot.) See under Pea.
Sweet potato. (Bot.) See under Potato.
Sweet rush (Bot.), sweet flag.
Sweet spirits of niter (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous
ether}, under Spirit.
Sweet sultan (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({Centaurea
odorata}); -- called also sultan flower.
Sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for
sweetmeats. [Colloq.]
Sweet William.
(a) (Bot.) A species of pink (Dianthus barbatus) of many
varieties.
(b) (Zool.) The willow warbler.
(c) (Zool.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet
Billy}. [Prov. Eng.]
Sweet willow (Bot.), sweet gale.
Sweet wine. See Dry wine, under Dry.
To be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or
special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.
[Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
[1913 Webster]Water lemon \Wa"ter lem"on\ (Bot.)
The edible fruit of two species of passion flower
(Passiflora laurifolia, and Passiflora maliformis); -- so
called in the West Indies.
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Passiflora Murucuja
(gcide) | Dutchman \Dutch"man\, n.; pl. Dutchmen.
A native, or one of the people, of Holland.
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Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.), a West Indian passion flower
(Passiflora Murucuja); also, its fruit.
Dutchman's pipe (Bot.), .
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Passiflora quadrangularis
(gcide) | Granadilla \Gran`a*dil"la\, n. [Sp., dim. of granada
pomegranate. See Grenade, Garnet.] (Bot.)
The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp.
Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West
Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is a good
dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for
flavoring ices.
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Passifloraceae
(gcide) | Passifloraceae \Passifloraceae\ prop. n.
A natural family of tropical woody tendril-climbing vines.
Syn: family Passifloraceae, passionflower family.
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Petunia nyctaginiflora
(gcide) | Petunia \Pe*tu"ni*a\ (p[-e]*t[=u]"n[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr.
Braz. petun tobacco.] (Bot.)
A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnel-form or
salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in
cultivation, Petunia violacea, with reddish purple flowers,
and Petunia nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are
also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.
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Portulaca grandiflora
(gcide) | Portulaca \Por`tu*la"ca\, n. [L., purslane.] (Bot.)
A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus.
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Note: Portulaca oleracea is the common purslane. {Portulaca
grandiflora} is a South American herb, widely
cultivated for its showy crimson, scarlet, yellow, or
white, ephemeral blossoms.
[1913 Webster]Purslane \Purs"lane\, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It.
porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.]
(Bot.)
An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy,
succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and
for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
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Flowering purslane, or Great flowered purslane, the
Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca.
Purslane tree, a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra)
with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves.
Sea purslane, a seashore plant (Arenaria peploides) with
crowded opposite fleshy leaves.
Water purslane, an aquatic plant (Ludwiqia palustris) but
slightly resembling purslane.
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Praefloration
(gcide) | Praefloration \Pr[ae]`flo*ra"tion\, n.
Same as Prefloration. --Gray.
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Prefloration
(gcide) | Prefloration \Pre`flo*ra"tion\, n. [Pref. pre- + L. flos,
floris, flower.] (Bot.)
Aestivation.
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Prosopis juliflora
(gcide) | Algaroba \Al`ga*ro"ba\, n. [Sp. algarroba, fr. Ar. al-kharr?bah.
Cf. Carob.] (Bot.)
(a) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region;
also, its edible beans or pods, called {St. John's
bread}.
(b) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree
found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet,
pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is
collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.
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Protea grandiflora
(gcide) | Wagenboom \Wa"gen*boom`\, n. [D., literally, wagon tree.] (Bot.)
A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora);
also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.
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Quercus densiflora
(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.
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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.]
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Rheedia lateriflora
(gcide) | Wild \Wild\, a. [Compar. Wilder; superl. Wildest.] [OE.
wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG.
wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild,
bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild
game, deer; of uncertain origin.]
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1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as
the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily
approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild
boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
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Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that
way. --Shak.
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2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared
without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated;
brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not
domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild
strawberry, wild honey.
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The woods and desert caves,
With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown.
--Milton.
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3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. "To
trace the forests wild." --Shak.
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4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious;
rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
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5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation;
turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious;
inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary;
visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by pride." --Prior. "A
wild, speculative project." --Swift.
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What are these
So withered and so wild in their attire ? --Shak.
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With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes
Wild work in heaven. --Milton.
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The wild winds howl. --Addison.
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Search then the ruling passion, there, alone
The wild are constant, and the cunning known.
--Pope.
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6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild
roadstead.
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7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or
?ewilderment; as, a wild look.
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8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
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Note: Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of
other better known or cultivated plants to which they a
bear a real or fancied resemblance; as, wild allspice,
wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below.
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To run wild, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
To sow one's wild oats. See under Oat.
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Wild allspice. (Bot.), spicewood.
Wild balsam apple (Bot.), an American climbing
cucurbitaceous plant (Echinocystis lobata).
Wild basil (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
Wild bean (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios.
Wild bee (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
in a hollow tree or among rocks.
Wild bergamot. (Bot.) See under Bergamot.
Wild boar (Zool.), the European wild hog (Sus scrofa),
from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
Wild brier (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
Brier.
Wild bugloss (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
(Lycopsis arvensis) with small blue flowers.
Wild camomile (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
genus Matricaria, much resembling camomile.
Wild cat. (Zool.)
(a) A European carnivore (Felis catus) somewhat
resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
the like.
(b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
(c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
Wild celery. (Bot.) See Tape grass, under Tape.
Wild cherry. (Bot.)
(a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black
cherry is Prunus serotina, the wood of which is much
used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
compact texture.
(b) The fruit of various species of Prunus.
Wild cinnamon. See the Note under Canella.
Wild comfrey (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
leaves and small blue flowers.
Wild cumin (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
(Lag[oe]cia cuminoides) native in the countries about
the Mediterranean.
Wild drake (Zool.) the mallard.
Wild elder (Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of
the Ginseng family.
Wild fowl (Zool.) any wild bird, especially any of those
considered as game birds.
Wild goose (Zool.), any one of several species of
undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
See Graylag, and Bean goose, under Bean.
Wild goose chase, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
--Shak.
Wild honey, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
trees, rocks, the like.
Wild hyacinth. (Bot.) See Hyacinth, 1
(b) .
Wild Irishman (Bot.), a thorny bush (Discaria Toumatou)
of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
natives use the spines in tattooing.
Wild land.
(a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
unfit for cultivation.
(b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
Wild licorice. (Bot.) See under Licorice.
Wild mammee (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
tropical American tree (Rheedia lateriflora); -- so
called in the West Indies.
Wild marjoram (Bot.), a labiate plant (Origanum vulgare)
much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
Wild oat. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
avenaceum}).
(b) See Wild oats, under Oat.
Wild pieplant (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
rhubarb.
Wild pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) The rock dove.
(b) The passenger pigeon.
Wild pink (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
catchfly.
Wild plantain (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
(Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its
leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
as coverings for packages of merchandise.
Wild plum. (Bot.)
(a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
(b) The South African prune. See under Prune.
Wild rice. (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice.
Wild rosemary (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
polifolia}. See Marsh rosemary, under Rosemary.
Wild sage. (Bot.) See Sagebrush.
Wild sarsaparilla (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
Wild sensitive plant (Bot.), either one of two annual
leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamaecrista, and {Cassia
nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
when the plant is disturbed.
Wild service.(Bot.) See Sorb.
Wild Spaniard (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand.
The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
plants form an impenetrable thicket.
Wild turkey. (Zool.) See 2d Turkey.
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Scetellaria lateriflora
(gcide) | Skullcap \Skull"cap`\, n.
1. A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a
headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.
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2. (Bot.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the
calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a
helmet with the visor raised.
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3. (Zool.) The Lophiomys.
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Mad-dog skullcap (Bot.), an American herb ({Scetellaria
lateriflora}) formerly prescribed as a cure for
hydrophobia.
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Scutellaria lateriflora
(gcide) | mad-dog skullcap \mad-dog skullcap\, mad-dog weed \mad-dog
weed\n. (Bot.)
An American mint (Scutellaria lateriflora) that yields a
resinous exudate used esp. formerly as an antispasmodic.
Syn: blue pimpernel, blue skullcap, {Scutellaria
lateriflora}.
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Sidalcea malviflora
(gcide) | checkerbloom \checkerbloom\ n.
a perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of West North America
(Sidalcea malviflora) that is also cultivated.
Syn: wild hollyhock, Sidalcea malviflora.
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Sophora secundiflora
(gcide) | frijolillo \frijolillo\, frijolito \frijolito\n.
A shrub or small tree(Sophora secundiflora) having pinnate
leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely
fragrant blue flowers and red beans.
Syn: mescal bean, coral bean, Sophora secundiflora.
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Thalamifloral
(gcide) | Thalamifloral \Thal`a*mi*flo"ral\, Thalamiflorous
\Thal`a*mi*flo"rous\, a. [See Thalamus, and Floral.] (Bot.)
Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a
subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system
of De Candolle.
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Tigridia conchiflora
(gcide) | Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris;
probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri
an arrow, Per. t[imac]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v. t.; --
probably so named from its quickness.]
1. A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris)
native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and
sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped
with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and
belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or
exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also {royal
tiger}, and Bengal tiger.
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2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
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As for heinous tiger, Tamora. --Shak.
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3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or
mistress. --Dickens.
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4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three
cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.]
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5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
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American tiger. (Zool.)
(a) The puma.
(b) The jaguar.
Clouded tiger (Zool.), a handsome striped and spotted
carnivore (Felis macrocelis or Felis marmorata) native
of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about
three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet
long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark
markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but
there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending
back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth.
Called also tortoise-shell tiger.
Mexican tiger (Zool.), the jaguar.
Tiger beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of active
carnivorous beetles of the family Cicindelidae. They
usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly.
Tiger bittern. (Zool.) See Sun bittern, under Sun.
Tiger cat (Zool.), any one of several species of wild cats
of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes
somewhat resembling those of the tiger.
Tiger flower (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus
Tigridia (as Tigridia conchiflora, {Tigridia
grandiflora}, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or
streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger.
Tiger grass (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm ({Chamaerops
Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by the natives. --J.
Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Tiger lily. (Bot.) See under Lily.
Tiger moth (Zool.), any one of numerous species of moths of
the family Arctiadae which are striped or barred with
black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The
larvae are called woolly bears.
Tiger shark (Zool.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo
tigrinus} syn. Galeocerdo maculatus) more or less barred
or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic
and Indian Ocean. Called also zebra shark.
Tiger shell (Zool.), a large and conspicuously spotted
cowrie (Cypraea tigris); -- so called from its fancied
resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also
tiger cowrie.
Tiger snake (Zool.), either of two very venomous snakes of
Tasmania and Australia, Notechis scutatis and {Notechis
ater}, which grow up to 5 feet in length.
Tiger wolf (Zool.), the spotted hyena (Hyaena crocuta).
Tiger wood, the variegated heartwood of a tree ({Machaerium
Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana.
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