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Alabastrum Alabastrum Al`a*bas"trum, n.; pl. Alabastra. [NL.] (Bot.)
A flower bud. --Gray.
Astructive Astructive A*struc"tive, a. [L. astructus, p. p. of astruere
to build up; ad + struere to build.]
Building up; constructive; -- opposed to destructive.
[Obs.]
Astrut Astrut A*strut", a. & adv.
1. Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling
manner. [Archaic]
Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. --Cowper.
2. In a strutting manner; with a strutting gait.
C Siliquastrum Judas Ju"das, n.
The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous
person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship. --
a. Treacherous; betraying.
Judas hole, a peephole or secret opening for spying.
Judas kiss, a deceitful and treacherous kiss.
Judas tree (Bot.), a leguminous tree of the genus Cercis,
with pretty, rose-colored flowers in clusters along the
branches. Judas is said to have hanged himself on a tree
of this genus (C. Siliquastrum). C. Canadensis and C.
occidentalis are the American species, and are called
also redbud.
Celastrus scandens Waxwork Wax"work`, n.
1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed
or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens).
It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open
in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the
seeds.
Celastrus scandens Bittersweet Bit"ter*sweet`, n.
1. Anything which is bittersweet.
2. A kind of apple so called. --Gower.
3. (Bot.)
(a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries
(Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole
plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish
and then bitter. The branches are the officinal
dulcamara.
(b) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens),
whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and
disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also
called Roxbury waxwork.
Gastrula Stomapoda Sto*map"o*da, n. pl. [NL. See Stoma, and -poda.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds
are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They
have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of
the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large,
and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda,
and Squilloidea.
gastrula Planula Plan"u*la, n.; pl. Planul[ae]. [L., a little plane.]
1. (Biol.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with
fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its
cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space,
around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope;
an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and
gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula.
Gastrula Gastrula Gas"tru*la, n.; pl. Gastrul[ae][NL., dim. fr. Gr. ?
the stomach.] (Biol.)
An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or
pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the
blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a
double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore)
which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the
inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination.
In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic
development. See Gastr[ae]a. -- a. Of or pertaining to a
gastrula.
Gastrulae Gastrula Gas"tru*la, n.; pl. Gastrul[ae][NL., dim. fr. Gr. ?
the stomach.] (Biol.)
An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or
pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the
blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a
double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore)
which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the
inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination.
In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic
development. See Gastr[ae]a. -- a. Of or pertaining to a
gastrula.
Gastrulation Gastrulation Gas`tru*la"tion (g[a^]s`tr[.u]*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
(Biol.)
The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by
which a gastrula is formed.
Gastrurous Gastrurous Gas*tru"rous (-r[u^]s), a. (Zo["o]l.)
Pertaining to the Gastrura.
S capsicastrum Jerusalem Je*ru"sa*lem, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Heb. Y?r?sh[=a]laim.]
The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the
glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus
Christ.
Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e.,
sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.)
(a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower
(Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used
as food.
(b) One of the tubers themselves.
Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of
either of two species of Solanum (S. Pseudo-capsicum
and S. capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house
plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of
cherries.
Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot (Chenopodium
Botrys), common about houses and along roadsides.
Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family
(Phlomis tuberosa).
Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree
(Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm
countries, and used for hedges.
The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.
Sastrugi Sastrugi Sas*tru"gi
Incorrect, but common, var. of Zastrugi.
Zastrugi Zastrugi as*tru"gi, n. pl.; sing. -ga. [Russ. zastruga
furrow made on the shore by water.]
Grooves or furrows formed in snow by the action of the wind,
and running parallel with the direction of the wind. This
formation results from the erosion of transverse waves
previously formed.
