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myg (encz) | myg, n: |
myg (wn) | myg
n 1: one ten thousandth of a centner [syn: myriagram, myg] |
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amygdalin (encz) | amygdalin,amygdalin Zdeněk Brož |
amygdaloid (encz) | amygdaloid,mandlový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
amygdaloidal (encz) | amygdaloidal,mandlovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
corpus amygdaloideum (encz) | corpus amygdaloideum, n: |
amygdalin (czen) | amygdalin,amygdalin Zdeněk Brož |
amygdala (gcide) | amygdala \a*myg"da*la\ ([.a]*m[i^]g"d[.a]*l[.a]), n.; pl.
-l[ae] (-l[=e]). [L., an almond, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh. See
Almond.]
1. An almond.
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2. (Anat.)
(a) One of the tonsils of the pharynx.
(b) One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of
the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side
of the vallecula.
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Amygdalaceous (gcide) | Amygdalaceous \A*myg`da*la"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
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amygdalate (gcide) | amygdalate \a*myg"da*late\ ([.a]*m[i^]g"d[.a]*l[asl]t), a. [L.
amygdala, amygdalum, almond, Gr. 'amygda`lh, 'amy`gdalon. See
Almond.]
Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
[1913 Webster]Amygdalate \A*myg"da*late\, n.
1. (Med.) An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.
--Bailey. Coxe.
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2. (Chem.) A salt of amygdalic acid. Called also mandelate.
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Amygdalate (gcide) | amygdalate \a*myg"da*late\ ([.a]*m[i^]g"d[.a]*l[asl]t), a. [L.
amygdala, amygdalum, almond, Gr. 'amygda`lh, 'amy`gdalon. See
Almond.]
Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
[1913 Webster]Amygdalate \A*myg"da*late\, n.
1. (Med.) An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.
--Bailey. Coxe.
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2. (Chem.) A salt of amygdalic acid. Called also mandelate.
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amygdalic (gcide) | amygdalic \am`yg*dal"ic\ ([.a]m`[i^]g*d[.a]l"[i^]k), a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as,
amygdalic acid.
[1913 Webster]amygdalic \am`yg*dal"ic\ ([.a]m`[i^]g*d[.a]l"[i^]k [a^]s"[i^]d),
n. (Chem.)
An organic acid (C6H5.CH(OH).COOH) extracted from bitter
almonds; called also mandelic acid and
[alpha]-Hydroxybenzeneacetic acid.
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amygdaliferous (gcide) | amygdaliferous \a*myg`da*lif"er*ous\
([.a]*m[i^]g`d[.a]*l[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [L. amygdalum
almond + -ferous.]
Almond-bearing.
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amygdalin (gcide) | amygdalin \a*myg"da*lin\ ([.a]*m[i^]g"d[.a]*l[i^]n), n. (Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white,
crystalline substance.
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Amygdaline (gcide) | Amygdaline \A*myg"da*line\, a. [L. amygdalinus.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds.
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Amygdaloid (gcide) | Amygdaloid \A*myg"da*loid\, n. [Gr. ? almond + -oid: cf. F.
amygdalo["i]de.] (Min.)
A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small
cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes
of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the
zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed
by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
[1913 Webster] AmygdaloidAmygdaloid \A*myg"da*loid\, Amygdaloidal \A*myg`da*loid"al\, a.
1. Almond-shaped.
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2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock
amygdaloid.
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Amygdaloidal (gcide) | Amygdaloid \A*myg"da*loid\, Amygdaloidal \A*myg`da*loid"al\, a.
1. Almond-shaped.
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2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock
amygdaloid.
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Amygdalus communis (gcide) | Almond \Alm"ond\ ([aum]"m[u^]nd), n. [OE. almande, almaunde,
alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh: cf.
Sp. almendra. Cf. Amygdalate.]
1. The fruit of the almond tree.
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Note: The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled,
thick-shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the
products of different varieties of the one species,
Amygdalus communis, a native of the Mediterranean
region and western Asia.
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2. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
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3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) One
of the tonsils.
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Almond oil, fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter
almonds.
Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained
from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation;
benzoic aldehyde.
Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene.
Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond.
Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of
a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow ({Salix
amygdalina}). --Shenstone.
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Amygdalus Persica (gcide) | Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F.
p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian
apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.]
1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing
one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone.
In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
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2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which
bears the peach fruit.
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3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light
pinkish yellow of the peach fruit.
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Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible
berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous
climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.
Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris
speciosa}).
Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom.
Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth
(Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family
Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by
boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the
moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.
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E amygdalina (gcide) | Eucalyptus \Eu`ca*lyp"tus\, n. [NL., from Gr. e'y^ well, good +
? covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or
conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.)
A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them
grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the
height even of the California Sequoia.
Syn: eucalyptus tree, gum tree, eucalypt. [1913 Webster]
Note: They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned
toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums,
whence they called gum trees, and their timber is of
great value. Eucalyptus Globulus is the blue gum; {E.
gigantea}, the stringy bark: E. amygdalina, the
peppermint tree. E. Gunnii, the Tasmanian cider tree,
yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark
in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids,
dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in
Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman
Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting
groves of these trees.
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Eucalyptus amygdalina (gcide) | Peppermint \Pep"per*mint\, n. [Pepper + mint.]
1. (Bot.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha
(Mentha piperita), much used in medicine and
confectionery.
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2. A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the
fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence
of peppermint) obtained from it.
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3. A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.
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Peppermint camphor. (Chem.) Same as Menthol.
Peppermint tree (Bot.), a name given to several Australian
species of gum tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina, {Eucalyptus
piperita}, E. odorata, etc.) which have hard and durable
wood, and yield an essential oil.
[1913 Webster]Stringy \String"y\, a.
1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous;
filamentous; as, a stringy root.
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2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous
substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
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Stringy bark (Bot.), a name given in Australia to several
trees of the genus Eucalyptus (as {Eucalyptus
amygdalina}, Eucalyptus obliqua, {Eucalyptus
capitellata}, Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, {Eucalyptus
piperita}, Eucalyptus pilularis, & {Eucalyptus
tetradonta}), which have a fibrous bark used by the
aborigines for making cordage and cloth.
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Mygale (gcide) | Mygale \Myg"a*le\, prop. n. [L., a field mouse, Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
A genus of very large hairy spiders of the family
Ctenizidae, having four lungs and only four spinnerets.
They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the
earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South
American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab
spider, or matoutou (Mygale cancerides) are among the
largest species. They are also called trapdoor spiders.
Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the
Texas tarantula (Mygale Hentzii).
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Mygale avicularia (gcide) | Mygale \Myg"a*le\, prop. n. [L., a field mouse, Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
A genus of very large hairy spiders of the family
Ctenizidae, having four lungs and only four spinnerets.
They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the
earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South
American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab
spider, or matoutou (Mygale cancerides) are among the
largest species. They are also called trapdoor spiders.
Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the
Texas tarantula (Mygale Hentzii).
[1913 Webster +PJC]Bird \Bird\ (b[~e]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird,
bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.]
1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a
nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak.
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The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
--Tyndale
(Matt. viii.
20).
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2. (Zool.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with
wings. See Aves.
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3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
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4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
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And by my word! the bonny bird
In danger shall not tarry. --Campbell.
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Arabian bird, the phenix.
Bird of Jove, the eagle.
Bird of Juno, the peacock.
Bird louse (Zool.), a wingless insect of the group
Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very
numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite
(Zool.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus,
Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The
species are numerous.
Bird of passage, a migratory bird.
Bird spider (Zool.), a very large South American spider
(Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and
kill small birds.
Bird tick (Zool.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds
(genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.
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Mygale cancerides (gcide) | Mygale \Myg"a*le\, prop. n. [L., a field mouse, Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
A genus of very large hairy spiders of the family
Ctenizidae, having four lungs and only four spinnerets.
They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the
earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South
American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab
spider, or matoutou (Mygale cancerides) are among the
largest species. They are also called trapdoor spiders.
Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the
Texas tarantula (Mygale Hentzii).
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Mygale Hentzii (gcide) | Mygale \Myg"a*le\, prop. n. [L., a field mouse, Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
A genus of very large hairy spiders of the family
Ctenizidae, having four lungs and only four spinnerets.
They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the
earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South
American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab
spider, or matoutou (Mygale cancerides) are among the
largest species. They are also called trapdoor spiders.
Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the
Texas tarantula (Mygale Hentzii).
[1913 Webster +PJC]Tarantula \Ta*ran"tu*la\, n.; pl. E. Tarantulas, L.
Tarantulae. [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now
Taranto, in the south of Italy.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly
supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species
(Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent
countries are large species of Mygale. [Written also
tarentula.]
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Tarantula killer, a very large wasp (Pompilus formosus),
which captures the Texan tarantula (Mygale Hentzii) and
places it in its nest as food for its young, after
paralyzing it by a sting.
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Salix amygdalina (gcide) | Almond \Alm"ond\ ([aum]"m[u^]nd), n. [OE. almande, almaunde,
alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh: cf.
Sp. almendra. Cf. Amygdalate.]
1. The fruit of the almond tree.
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Note: The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled,
thick-shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the
products of different varieties of the one species,
Amygdalus communis, a native of the Mediterranean
region and western Asia.
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2. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
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3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) One
of the tonsils.
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Almond oil, fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter
almonds.
Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained
from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation;
benzoic aldehyde.
Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene.
Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond.
Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of
a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow ({Salix
amygdalina}). --Shenstone.
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amygdala (wn) | amygdala
n 1: an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of
the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected
with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate
gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important
role in motivation and emotional behavior [syn: amygdala,
amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum] |
amygdalaceae (wn) | Amygdalaceae
n 1: used in former classifications for plum and peach and
almond trees which are now usually classified as members of
the genus Prunus [syn: Amygdalaceae, {family
Amygdalaceae}] |
amygdaliform (wn) | amygdaliform
adj 1: shaped like an almond [syn: almond-shaped,
amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal] |
amygdalin (wn) | amygdalin
n 1: a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of
apricots and plums and bitter almonds |
amygdaline (wn) | amygdaline
adj 1: related to or resembling an almond |
amygdaloid (wn) | amygdaloid
adj 1: shaped like an almond [syn: almond-shaped,
amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal]
n 1: volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding
gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits |
amygdaloid nucleus (wn) | amygdaloid nucleus
n 1: an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of
the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected
with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate
gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important
role in motivation and emotional behavior [syn: amygdala,
amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum] |
amygdaloidal (wn) | amygdaloidal
adj 1: shaped like an almond [syn: almond-shaped,
amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal] |
amygdalotomy (wn) | amygdalotomy
n 1: psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate
limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme
uncontrollable violence) |
amygdalus (wn) | Amygdalus
n 1: used in former classifications for peach and almond trees
which are now included in genus Prunus [syn: Amygdalus,
genus Amygdalus] |
amygdalus communis (wn) | Amygdalus communis
n 1: small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa
having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts
enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern
Australia and California [syn: almond, sweet almond,
Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Amygdalus communis] |
amygdalus communis amara (wn) | Amygdalus communis amara
n 1: almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts
yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal
purposes [syn: bitter almond, Prunus dulcis amara,
Amygdalus communis amara] |
corpus amygdaloideum (wn) | corpus amygdaloideum
n 1: an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of
the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected
with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate
gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important
role in motivation and emotional behavior [syn: amygdala,
amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum] |
eucalyptus amygdalina (wn) | Eucalyptus amygdalina
n 1: red gum tree of Tasmania [syn: red gum, peppermint,
peppermint gum, Eucalyptus amygdalina] |
euphorbia amygdaloides (wn) | Euphorbia amygdaloides
n 1: European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal
flower clusters [syn: wood spurge, {Euphorbia
amygdaloides}] |
family amygdalaceae (wn) | family Amygdalaceae
n 1: used in former classifications for plum and peach and
almond trees which are now usually classified as members of
the genus Prunus [syn: Amygdalaceae, {family
Amygdalaceae}] |
genus amygdalus (wn) | genus Amygdalus
n 1: used in former classifications for peach and almond trees
which are now included in genus Prunus [syn: Amygdalus,
genus Amygdalus] |
prunus amygdalus (wn) | Prunus amygdalus
n 1: small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa
having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts
enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern
Australia and California [syn: almond, sweet almond,
Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Amygdalus communis] |
salix amygdalina (wn) | Salix amygdalina
n 1: Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use
in basketry [syn: almond willow, black Hollander,
Salix triandra, Salix amygdalina] |
salix amygdaloides (wn) | Salix amygdaloides
n 1: willow of the western United States with leaves like those
of peach or almond trees [syn: peachleaf willow, {peach-
leaved willow}, almond-leaves willow, {Salix
amygdaloides}] |
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