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tatum
(encz) | Tatum, |
tatum
(wn) | Tatum
n 1: United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by
regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975) [syn:
Tatum, Edward Lawrie Tatum]
2: United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind;
his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians
(1910-1956) [syn: Tatum, Art Tatum, Arthur Tatum] |
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denotatum
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os capitatum
(encz) | os capitatum,kost hlavatá n: Jiří Václavovič |
Blitum capitatum
(gcide) | Blite \Blite\ (bl[imac]t), n. [L. blitum, Gr. bli`ton.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbs (Blitum) with a fleshy calyx. {Blitum
capitatum} is the strawberry blite.
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Catasetum tridentatum
(gcide) | Monkflower \Monk"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of
flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now
ascertained to be sexually different forms of the same genus
(Catasetum tridentatum, etc.).
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denotatum
(gcide) | denotatum \denotatum\ n.
the actual object referred to by a linguistic expression.
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Paspalum dilatatum
(gcide) | Water grass \Water grass\
(a) A tall march perennial grass (Paspalum dilatatum) of
the southern United States and the American tropics.
(b) Manna grass.
(c) The grass Chloris elegans.
(d) [Dial. Eng.] (1) Velvet grass. (2) The water cress. (3)
One of various horsetails.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]dallis grass \dallis grass\, dallisgrass \dallisgrass\n.
a tall tufted perennial tropical American grass ({Paspalum
dilatatum}) naturalized as pasture and forage grass in the
southern U.S.
Syn: paspalum, Paspalum dilatatum.
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Podophyllum peltatum
(gcide) | Podophyllin \Pod`o*phyl"lin\, n. [From Podophyllum.] (Chem.)
A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May
apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of
several substances.
[1913 Webster]Podophyllum \Pod`o*phyl"lum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s,
foot + fy`llon leaf.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having
large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower.
There are two species, the American {Podophyllum
peltatum}, or May apple, the Himalayan {Podophyllum
Emodi}.
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2. (Med.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple
(Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug.
[1913 Webster]mandrake \man"drake\ (m[a^]n"dr[=a]k), n. [AS. mandragora, L.
mandragoras, fr. Gr. mandrago`ras: cf. F. mandragore.]
1. (Bot.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the
Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and
supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts
of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the
Mediterranean region.
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And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak.
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Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
but proof is wanting.
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2. (Bot.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See {May
apple} under May, and Podophyllum. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the
goddess Maia (Gr. Mai^a), daughter of Atlas and mother of
Mercury by Jupiter.]
1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
--Chaucer.
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2. The early part or springtime of life.
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His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.
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3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from
their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
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The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.
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Plumes that mocked the may. --Tennyson.
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4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.
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Italian may (Bot.), a shrubby species of Spiraea
(Spiraea hypericifolia) with many clusters of small
white flowers along the slender branches.
May apple (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant
(Podophyllum peltatum). Also, the plant itself
(popularly called mandrake), which has two lobed leaves,
and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The
root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
May beetle, May bug (Zool.), any one of numerous species
of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged
state in May. They belong to Melolontha, and allied
genera. Called also June beetle.
May Day, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic
parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a
garland, and by dancing about a May pole.
May dew, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which
magical properties were attributed.
May flower (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its
blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary.
May fly (Zool.), any species of Ephemera, and allied
genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many
species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under
Ephemeral.
May game, any May-day sport.
May lady, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.
May lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria
majalis}).
May pole. See Maypole in the Vocabulary.
May queen, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the
sports of May Day.
May thorn, the hawthorn.
[1913 Webster]mayapple \mayapple\, may apple \may apple\n.
1. North American herb (Podophyllum peltatum) with
poisonous root stock and an edible though insipid
egg-shaped yellowish fruit; called also wild mandrake.
Syn: May apple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum.
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2. The fruit of the mayapple[1].
[PJC]Duck's-foot \Duck's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.)
The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).
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Polygonum sagittatum
(gcide) | Scratch \Scratch\, n.
1. A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or
by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound,
mark, furrow, or incision.
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The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the
work. --Moxon.
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These nails with scratches deform my breast.
--Prior.
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God forbid a shallow scratch should drive
The prince of Wales from such a field as this.
--Shak.
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2. (Pugilistic Matches) A line across the prize ring; up to
which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence,
test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the
scratch; to come up to the scratch. [Cant] --Grose.
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3. pl. (Far.) Minute, but tender and troublesome,
excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses
which have been used where it is very wet or muddy. --Law
(Farmer's Veter. Adviser).
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4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
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5. (Billiards)
(a) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by
the player; a fluke. [Cant, U. S.]
(b) a shot which results in a penalty, such as dropping
the cue ball in a pocket without hitting another ball.
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6. In various sports, the line from which the start is made,
except in the case of contestants receiving a distance
handicap.
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Scratch cradle. See Cratch cradle, under Cratch.
Scratch grass (Bot.), a climbing knotweed ({Polygonum
sagittatum}) with a square stem beset with fine recurved
prickles along the angles.
Scratch wig. Same as Scratch, 4, above. --Thackeray.
start from scratch to start (again) from the very
beginning; also, to start without resources.
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Sphenodon punctatum
(gcide) | Tuatara \Tu`a*ta"ra\, n. [Maori tuat[`a]ra; tua on the farther
side (the back) + tara spine.] (Zool.)
A large iguanalike reptile (Sphenodon punctatum) formerly
common in New Zealand, but by 1900 confined to certain islets
near the coast. It reaches a length of two and a half feet,
is dark olive-green with small white or yellowish specks on
the sides, and has yellow spines along the back, except on
the neck. It is the only surviving member of the order
Rhyncocephala. Also called tuatera and hatteria.
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Sphenostoma cristatum
(gcide) | Wedgebill \Wedge"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
An Australian crested insessorial bird ({Sphenostoma
cristatum}) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull
brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives.
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Statuminate
(gcide) | Statuminate \Sta*tu"mi*nate\ (st[.a]*t[=u]"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[L. statuminatus, p. p. of statuminare to prop, fr. statumen
a prop, fr. statuere to place.]
To prop or support. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Viburnum dentatum
(gcide) | Arrowwood \Ar"row*wood`\, n.
1. A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and
thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender
shoots. Also, any of several other similar small trees
whose straight shoots were used for making arrows.
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agropyron cristatum
(wn) | Agropyron cristatum
n 1: Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for
forage and erosion control [syn: crested wheatgrass,
crested wheat grass, fairway crested wheat grass,
Agropyron cristatum] |
art tatum
(wn) | Art Tatum
n 1: United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind;
his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians
(1910-1956) [syn: Tatum, Art Tatum, Arthur Tatum] |
arthur tatum
(wn) | Arthur Tatum
n 1: United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind;
his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians
(1910-1956) [syn: Tatum, Art Tatum, Arthur Tatum] |
chenopodium capitatum
(wn) | Chenopodium capitatum
n 1: European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed
by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America
[syn: strawberry blite, strawberry pigweed, {Indian
paint}, Chenopodium capitatum] |
denotatum
(wn) | denotatum
n 1: an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression |
edward lawrie tatum
(wn) | Edward Lawrie Tatum
n 1: United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by
regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975) [syn:
Tatum, Edward Lawrie Tatum] |
microsorium punctatum
(wn) | Microsorium punctatum
n 1: tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia [syn:
climbing bird's nest fern, Microsorium punctatum] |
os capitatum
(wn) | os capitatum
n 1: the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates
with the 3rd metacarpus [syn: capitate, capitate bone,
os capitatum] |
parthenium argentatum
(wn) | Parthenium argentatum
n 1: much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white
flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a
source of rubber [syn: guayule, Parthenium argentatum] |
paspalum dilatatum
(wn) | Paspalum dilatatum
n 1: tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized
as pasture and forage grass in southern United States [syn:
dallisgrass, dallis grass, paspalum, {Paspalum
dilatatum}] |
paspalum notatum
(wn) | Paspalum notatum
n 1: perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in
arid areas of the Gulf States [syn: Bahia grass,
Paspalum notatum] |
pelargonium peltatum
(wn) | Pelargonium peltatum
n 1: a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with
peltate leaves and rosy flowers [syn: ivy geranium, {ivy-
leaved geranium}, hanging geranium, {Pelargonium
peltatum}] |
peltiphyllum peltatum
(wn) | Peltiphyllum peltatum
n 1: rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate
leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on
leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada
in California [syn: umbrella plant, Indian rhubarb,
Darmera peltata, Peltiphyllum peltatum] |
podophyllum peltatum
(wn) | Podophyllum peltatum
n 1: North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible
though insipid fruit [syn: mayapple, May apple, {wild
mandrake}, Podophyllum peltatum] |
polygonatum commutatum
(wn) | Polygonatum commutatum
n 1: North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and
drooping tubular greenish flowers [syn: {great
Solomon's-seal}, Polygonatum biflorum, {Polygonatum
commutatum}] |
seriphidium tridentatum
(wn) | Seriphidium tridentatum
n 1: aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America
having hoary leaves [syn: big sagebrush, blue sage,
Seriphidium tridentatum, Artemisia tridentata] |
sphenodon punctatum
(wn) | Sphenodon punctatum
n 1: only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large
spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off
New Zealand [syn: tuatara, Sphenodon punctatum] |
viburnum dentatum
(wn) | Viburnum dentatum
n 1: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black
berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows
[syn: arrow wood, southern arrow wood, {Viburnum
dentatum}] |
BREVE TESTATUM
(bouvier) | BREVE TESTATUM, feudal law. A declaration by a superior lord to his vassal,
made in the presence of the pares curias, by which he gave his consent to
the grant of land, was so called. Ersk. Inst. B. 2, tit. 3, s. 17. This was
made in writing, and had the operation of a deed. Dalr. Feud. Pr. 239.
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TESTATUM
(bouvier) | TESTATUM, practice. The name of a writ which is issued by the court of one
county, to the sheriff of another county, in the same state, when the
defendant cannot be found in the county where the court is located; for
example, after a judgment has been obtained, and a ca. sa. has been issued,
which has been returned non est inventus, a testatum ca. sa. may be issued
to the sheriff of the county where the defendant is. Vide 20 Vin. Ab. 259; 7
Com. Dig. 424.
TESTATUM, conveyancing. That part of a deed which commences with the words
"this indenture witnesseth."
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