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Concert of Europe
Concert of Europe Concert of Europe, or European concert
European concert
An agreement or understanding between the chief European
powers to take only joint action in the (European) Eastern
Question.
European Note: In some parts of America, especially in New England,
the name walnut is given to several species of hickory
(Carya), and their fruit.
Ash-leaved walnut, a tree (Juglans fraxinifolia), native
in Transcaucasia.
Black walnut, a North American tree (J. nigra) valuable
for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in
cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are thick-shelled,
and nearly globular.
English, or European, walnut, a tree (J. regia),
native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan, valuable for
its timber and for its excellent nuts, which are also
called Madeira nuts.
Walnut brown, a deep warm brown color, like that of the
heartwood of the black walnut.
Walnut oil, oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in
cooking, making soap, etc.
White walnut, a North American tree (J. cinerea), bearing
long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called
butternuts. See Butternut. EuropeanEuropean Eu`ro*pe"an, a. [L. europeaus, Gr. ?, fr. Gr. ? (L.
europa.)]
Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.
On the European plan, having rooms to let, and leaving it
optional with guests whether they will take meals in the
house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.] European
European Eu`ro*pe"an, n.
A native or an inhabitant of Europe.
European concert
Concert of Europe Concert of Europe, or European concert
European concert
An agreement or understanding between the chief European
powers to take only joint action in the (European) Eastern
Question.
European ferretPolecat Pole"cat`, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and
originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See
Poultry.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family
(Putorius f[oe]tidus). Its scent glands secrete a
substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called
also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.
(b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied
species. European ferretFoumart Fou"mart`, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f?l foul +
mear?, meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See Foul, a.,
and Marten the quadruped.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, and
fitchew. See Polecat. [Written also foulmart,
foulimart, and fulimart.] European lotusLotus Lo"tus, n. [L. lotus, Gr. ?. Cf. Lote.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium
speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in
Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum,
the American lotus; and Nymph[ae]a Lotus and N.
c[ae]rulea, the respectively white-flowered and
blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with
Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient
monuments.
(b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in
Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain
(Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly
sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers
who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all
desire to return to it.
(c) The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.
(d) A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling
clover. [Written also lotos.]
European lotus, a small tree (Diospyros Lotus) of
Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish
black berry, which is called also the date plum. Europeanize
Europeanize Eu`ro*pe"an*ize, v. t.
To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or
character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.
A state of society . . . changed and Europeanized.
--Lubbock.
Indo-European
Indo-European In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an, a.
Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which
are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also,
pertaining to the people or nations who speak these
languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family.
The common origin of the Indo-European nations.
--Tylor.
Indo-European
Indo-European In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an
A member of one of the Caucasian races of Europe or India
speaking an Indo-European language.
Professor Otto Schrader . . . considers that the oldest
probable domicile of the Indo-Europeans is to be sought
for on the common borderland of Asia and of Europe, --
in the steppe country of southern Russia. --Census of
India, 1901.
On the European planEuropean Eu`ro*pe"an, a. [L. europeaus, Gr. ?, fr. Gr. ? (L.
europa.)]
Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.
On the European plan, having rooms to let, and leaving it
optional with guests whether they will take meals in the
house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.] Pleuropericardial
Pleuropericardial Pleu`ro*per`i*car"di*al, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium.
Pleuroperipneumony
Pleuroperipneumony Pleu`ro*per`ip*neu"mo*ny, n. [Pleuro- +
peripneumony.] (Med.)
Pleuropneumonia.
Pleuroperitoneal
Pleuroperitoneal Pleu`ro*per`i*to*ne"al, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or
cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum.
Pleuroperitoneum
Pleuroperitoneum Pleu`ro*per`i*to*ne"um, n. [Pleuro- +
peritoneum.] (Anat.)
The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining
the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed
viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of
those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.
Note: Peritoneum is now often used in the sense of
pleuroperitoneum, the pleur[ae] being regarded as a
part of the peritoneum, when the body cavity is
undivided.
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