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A scrophulariaeAnthrenus An*thre"nus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a hornet.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval
state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The
common ``museum pest' is A. varius; the carpet beetle is
A. scrophulari[ae]. The larv[ae] are commonly confounded
with moths. Abraxas grossulariataMagpie Mag"pie, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr.
Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and
common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita
pearl, Gr. ?, prob. of Eastern origin. See Pie magpie, and
cf. the analogous names Tomtit, and Jackdaw.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related
genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.
Note: The common European magpie (Pica pica, or P.
caudata) is a black and white noisy and mischievous
bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie
(P. Hudsonica) is very similar. The yellow-belled
magpie (P. Nuttalli) inhabits California. The blue
magpie (Cyanopolius Cooki) inhabits Spain. Other
allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and
Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white
magpie (Gymnorhina organicum), the black magpie
(Strepera fuliginosa), and the Australian magpie
(Cracticus picatus).
Magpie lark (Zo["o]l.), a common Australian bird (Grallina
picata), conspicuously marked with black and white; --
called also little magpie.
Magpie moth (Zo["o]l.), a black and white European
geometrid moth (Abraxas grossulariata); the harlequin
moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes. Actitis maculariaSandpiper Sand"pi`per, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringid[ae].
Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(T. alpina); the purple sandpiper (T. maritima: the
red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (T. canutus); the
semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the
spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis
macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites
subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
upland plover. See under Upland. Among the European
species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis, or
Tringoides, hypoleucus), called also fiddler,
peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe.
Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called
sandpipers.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt. Adularia
Adularia Ad`u*la"ri*a, n. [From Adula, a mountain peak in
Switzerland, where fine specimens are found.] (Min.)
A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or
orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections;
-- called by lapidaries moonstone.
Alaria esculentaBadderlocks Bad"der*locks, n. [Perh. for Balderlocks, fr.
Balder the Scandinavian deity.] (Bot.)
A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in
Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware. AlfilariaAlfilaria Al*fil`a*ri"a, n. (Bot.)
The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. Anthrenus scrophulariaeCarpet Car"pet (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
``The grassy carpet of this plain.' --Shak.
Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as T.
tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond
snake, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. Antimalarial
Antimalarial An`ti*ma*la"ri*al, a.
Good against malaria.
Appendicularia
Appendicularia Ap`pen*dic`u*la"ri*a, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like
a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larv[ae] of
other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or
Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.
Aquilaria AgallochaAgalloch Ag"al*loch, Agallochum A*gal"lo*chum, n. [Gr. ?, of
Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl. ah[=a]l[=i]m.]
A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly
aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is
called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also
given to some other species. Atrabilarian
Atrabilarian At`ra*bi*la"ri*an, Atrabilarious
At`ra*bi*la"ri*ous, a. [LL. atrabilarius, fr. L. atra bilis
black bile: cf. F. atrabilaire, fr. atrabile.]
Affected with melancholy; atrabilious. --Arbuthnot.
Atrabilarian
Atrabilarian At`ra*bi*la"ri*an, n.
A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. --I.
Disraeli.
Atriplex nummulariaSaltbush Salt"bush`, n. (Bot.)
An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot
family. Aularian
Aularian Au*la"ri*an, a. [L. aula hall. Cf. LL. aularis of a
court.]
Relating to a hall.
Aularian
Aularian Au*la"ri*an, n.
At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a
collegian. --Chalmers.
Auricularia
Auricularia Au*ric`u*la"ri*a, n. pl. [Neut. pl., fr. LL.
auricularis.] (Zo["o]l.)
A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See
Illustration in Appendix.
AviculariaBryozoum Bry`o*zo"um, n. [NL. See Bryozoa.] (Zo["o]l.)
An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there
may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zo[oe]cia
usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a
well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts
are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, O[oe]cia,
etc.). BacillariaeBacillariae Bac"il*la`ri*[ae], n. pl. [NL., fr.L. bacillum,
dim. of baculum stick.] (Biol.)
See Diatom. Biston betulariaPepper Pep"per, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. ?,
?, akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,
dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from
the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by
maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar
properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper
is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.
2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous
flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed
throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
earth.
3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red
pepper; as, the bell pepper.
Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
Capsicum. See Capsicum, and the Phrases, below.
African pepper, the Guinea pepper. See under Guinea.
Cayenne pepper. See under Cayenne.
Chinese pepper, the spicy berries of the Xanthoxylum
piperitum, a species of prickly ash found in China and
Japan.
Guinea pepper. See under Guinea, and Capsicum.
Jamaica pepper. See Allspice.
Long pepper.
(a) The spike of berries of Piper longum, an East Indian
shrub.
(b) The root of Piper, or Macropiper, methysticum. See
Kava.
Malaguetta, or Meleguetta, pepper, the aromatic seeds
of the Amomum Melegueta, an African plant of the Ginger
family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,
under the name of grains of Paradise.
Red pepper. See Capsicum.
Sweet pepper bush (Bot.), an American shrub (Clethra
alnifolia), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
called also white alder.
Pepper box or caster, a small box or bottle, with a
perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,
etc.
Pepper corn. See in the Vocabulary.
Pepper elder (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia.
Pepper moth (Zo["o]l.), a European moth (Biston
betularia) having white wings covered with small black
specks.
Pepper pot, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
Pepper root. (Bot.). See Coralwort.
pepper sauce, a condiment for the table, made of small red
peppers steeped in vinegar.
Pepper tree (Bot.), an aromatic tree (Drimys axillaris)
of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic. Brachiolaria
Brachiolaria Brach`i*o*la"ri*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. brachiolum
(bracch-), dim. of brachium (bracch-) arm.] (Zo["o]l.)
A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a
bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of
vibrating cilia.
calceolaria
calceolaria cal`ce*o*la"ri*a
(k[a^]l`s[-e]*[-o]*l[=a]"r[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. L.
calceolarius shoemaker, fr. calceolus, a dim. of calceus
shoe.] (Bot.)
A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from
South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower,
often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its
name.
Calceolaria arachnoideaRelbun Rel"bun (r?l"b?n), n.
The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, --
used for dyeing crimson. CampanularianCampanularian Cam*pan`u*la"ri*an, n. [L. campanula a bell.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A hydroid of the family ampanularid[ae], characterized by
having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles
or hydrothec[ae]. Convallaria
Convallaria Con`val*la"ri*a, n. [NL., from L. convallis a
valley; con- + vallis valley.] (Bot. & Med.)
The lily of the valley.
Convallaria majalisMay May, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the
goddess Maia (Gr. ?), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury
by Jupiter.]
1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
--Chaucer.
2. The early part or springtime of life.
His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.
3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from
their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.
Plumes that micked the may. --Tennyson.
4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.
Italian may (Bot.), a shrubby species of Spir[ae]a (S.
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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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. Convallaria MajalisConvallamarin Con*val"la*ma`rin, n. [Convallaria + L. amarus
bitter.] (Chem.)
A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a
glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley
(Convallaria Majalis). Its taste is first bitter, then
sweet. Corpuscularian
Corpuscularian Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an (-l?"r?-a]/>n), a.
Corpuscular. [Obs.]
Corpuscularian
Corpuscularian Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an, n.
An adherent of the corpuscular philosophy. --Bentley.
CrotalariaRattlebox Rat"tle*box`, n.
1. A toy that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.
2. (Bot.)
(a) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds
of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod.
(b) Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of
yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded
pods.
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