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Bibracteate
Bibracteate Bi*brac"te*ate, a. [Pref. bi- + bracteate.] (Bot.)
Furnished with, or having, two bracts.
Bractea
Bractea Brac"te*a, n. [L., a thin plate of metal or wood, gold
foil.] (Bot.)
A bract.
Bracteate
Bracteate Brac"te*ate, a. [Cf.L. bracteatus covered with gold
plate.] (Bot.)
Having a bract or bracts.
C pubiflora bracteata and officinalisPurpleheart 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 (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and
officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba. Ebracteate
Ebracteate E*brac"te*ate, a. [Pref. e- + bracteate.] (Bot.)
Without bracts.
LactealLacteal Lac"te*al, a. [L. lacteus milky, fr. lac, lactis,
milk. Cf. Galaxy, Lettuce.]
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal
fluid.
2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle;
as, the lacteal vessels. Lacteal
Lacteal Lac"te*al, n. (Anat.)
One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the
small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic
duct; a chyliferous vessel.
Lacteally
Lacteally Lac"te*al*ly, adv.
Milkily; in the manner of milk.
LacteanLactean Lac"te*an, a. [See Lacteal.]
1. Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk. ``This lactean
whiteness.' --Moxon.
2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Lacteal; conveying chyle. Tribracteate
Tribracteate Tri*brac"te*ate, a. [Pref. tri- + bracteate.]
(Bot.)
Having three bracts.
Via LacteaVia Vi"a, n. [L. See Way.]
A road way.
Via Lactea [L.] (Anat.), the Milky Way, or Galaxy. See
Galaxy, 1.
Via media [L.] (Theol.), the middle way; -- a name applied
to their own position by the Anglican high-churchmen, as
being between the Roman Catholic Church and what they term
extreme Protestantism.
Meaning of Actea from wikipedia
- The Actaea, or
Actea, was a 19th-century
Boston yacht built in 1880 by Weld and
David Clark of Kennebunk,
Maine for
David Sears, Jr., of
Montgomery Sears...
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Pimelea actea is a
small coastal plant native to New Zealand. It was
named and
described by
Colin J.
Burrows in 2008 as part of a
revision of the New...
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Pergesa is a
monotypic moth
genus in the
family Sphingidae first described by
Francis Walker in 1856. Its only species,
Pergesa acteus, the
green pergesa...
- E. choba
Binomial name
Ephialtias choba (H. Druce, 1899)
Synonyms Myonia choba H. Druce, 1899
Actea choba (H. Druce, 1899)
Actea transita Hering, 1925...
- In pharmacology,
Cimicifugae rhizoma is a
herbal medicine (Cimicifuga/
Actea root),
translated as
Sheng ma, a
Chinese root preparation.
Actaea L. - of...
- Actaea,
officially (120347)
Salacia I Actaea, is a
natural satellite of the
classical Kuiper belt
object 120347 Salacia. Its
diameter is
estimated to be...
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Actea savignii is a
species of Indo-Pacific crab from the
family Xanthidae which is one of the spiny-legged rock crabs. It has
colonised the Levantine...
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Ephialtias Species: E. draconis
Binomial name
Ephialtias draconis (H. Druce, 1885)
Synonyms Josia draconis (H. Druce, 1885)
Actea draconis H. Druce, 1885...
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Notodontidae Genus:
Lyces Species: L. minuta
Binomial name
Lyces minuta (H. Druce, 1885)
Synonyms Actea minuta H. Druce, 1885
Leptactea minuta (H. Druce, 1885)...
- arms of
Quirinus and
those of Mars (and Minerva): "Mars and the
virgin Actea shew the
points ... the arms of
Quirinus ...
shields born from the clouds...
