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Definition of O Dillenii

O Dillenii
Prickly Prick"ly, a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. Prickly ash (Bot.), a prickly shrub (Xanthoxylum Americanum) with yellowish flowers appearing with the leaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic. The southern species is X. Carolinianum. --Gray. Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in hot weather. Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds. The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others, and in tropical America more than a hundred more. O. vulgaris, O. Ficus-Indica, and O. Tuna are abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and O. Dillenii has become common in India. Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm (Bactris Plumierana), the slender trunk of which bears many rings of long black prickles. Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant (Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing, triangular stems. Prickly rat (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of South American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp spines.

Meaning of O Dillenii from wikipedia

- parts of the world. It differs from O. stricta by having more spines per arose (usually more than 3). "Opuntia dillenii (Ker Gawl.) Haw". Plants of the World...
- Oxalis dillenii, the southern wood-sorrel, slender yellow woodsorrel, or Dillen's oxalis, is a species in the woodsorrel family. Like other Oxalis species...
- Central America, and northern South America (in Venezuela and Ecuador). O. stricta is a major component in the understory of Bahamian dry forests in...
- Benth. Veronica dilatata (G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson) Garn.-Jones Veronica dillenii Crantz Veronica diosmifolia A.Cunn. Veronica diosmoides Schltr. Veronica...
- sensibilis (N) Oryzopsis asperifolia (N) Ostrya virginiana (N) Oxalis dillenii (N) Oxalis grandis (N) Oxalis montana (N) Oxalis stricta (N) Oxalis violacea...
- as naturalised in Australia: Opuntia aurantiaca Opuntia dejecta Opuntia dillenii Opuntia elata Opuntia elatior Opuntia engelmannii Opuntia ficus-indica...
- dehradunensis Oxalis depressa Oxalis dichondrifolia – peonyleaf wood sorrel Oxalis dillenii Jacquin – southern yellow woodsorrel, Dillen's woodsorrel, Sus**** yellow-sorrel...
- daghestanica Chinth. Anthyllis dillenii Don Anthyllis dillenii Schult. ex Steud. Anthyllis dillenii sensu auct. Anthyllis dillenii var. praepropera A. Kern...
- coconut and an untouched coconut. Certain cactus species (pathok, Opuntia dillenii or O. stricta) were planted at the head, the middle and the foot. Personal...
- (N) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (N) Oxalis corniculata (N) Oxalis dillenii (N) Oxalis grandis (N) Oxalis montana (N) Oxalis stricta (N) Oxalis violacea...