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A squamosaCustard Cus"tard (k?s"t?rd), n. [Prob. the same word as OE.
crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus
covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust;
cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde. See
Crust, and cf. Crustated.]
A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.
Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical
America, including several species of Anona (A.
squamosa, reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or ovate
fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft,
yellowish, edible pulp.
Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a
custard [Obs.] --Shak. Anona squamosaSweet-sop Sweet"-sop`, n. (Bot.)
A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under
Custard. Ipomoea QuamoclitQuamoclit Quam"o*clit, n. [Gr. ? a bean + ? to bend, to
slope.] (Bot.)
Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine
(Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit). The
genus is now merged in Ipom[oe]a. Ipotoea QuamoclitCypress Cy"press (s?"pr?s), n.; pl. Cypresses (-?z). [OE.
cipres, cipresse, OF. cipres, F. cypr?s, L. cupressus,
cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus), fr. Gr. ????,
perh. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. g?pher, Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot)
A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are
mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its
durability.
Note: Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental
cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, the evergreen
American cypress, C. thyoides (now called
Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea), and the deciduous
American cypress, Taxodium distichum. As having
anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs,
the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and
sadness.
Cypress vine (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white
flowers (Ipot[oe]a Quamoclit, formerly Quamoclit
vulgaris). QuamoclitQuamoclit Quam"o*clit, n. [Gr. ? a bean + ? to bend, to
slope.] (Bot.)
Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine
(Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit). The
genus is now merged in Ipom[oe]a. Quamoclit vulgarisQuamoclit Quam"o*clit, n. [Gr. ? a bean + ? to bend, to
slope.] (Bot.)
Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine
(Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit). The
genus is now merged in Ipom[oe]a. Quamoclit vulgarisCypress Cy"press (s?"pr?s), n.; pl. Cypresses (-?z). [OE.
cipres, cipresse, OF. cipres, F. cypr?s, L. cupressus,
cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus), fr. Gr. ????,
perh. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. g?pher, Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot)
A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are
mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its
durability.
Note: Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental
cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, the evergreen
American cypress, C. thyoides (now called
Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea), and the deciduous
American cypress, Taxodium distichum. As having
anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs,
the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and
sadness.
Cypress vine (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white
flowers (Ipot[oe]a Quamoclit, formerly Quamoclit
vulgaris). Squamoid
Squamoid Squa"moid, a. [L. squama scale + -oid.]
Resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly.
SquamosalSquamosal Squa*mo"sal, a. (Anat.)
(a) Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone.
(b) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone. -- n. The
squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone
correspondending to it, under Temporal. Squamose
Squamose Squa*mose" (? or ?), Squamous Squa"mous, [L.
squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux.]
1. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a
scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous
epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal
bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a
scale.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
Squamous
Squamose Squa*mose" (? or ?), Squamous Squa"mous, [L.
squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux.]
1. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a
scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous
epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal
bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a
scale.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
Squamozygomatic
Squamozygomatic Squa`mo*zyg`o*mat"ic, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones;
-- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some
fetal skulls. -- n. A squamozygomatic bone.
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