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AdansoniaAdansonia Ad`an*so"ni*a, n. [From Adanson, a French botanist.]
(Bot.)
A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two
species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa
and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or
cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of
moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a
wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with
pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is
used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. --D. C.
Eaton. Adansonia digitataBaobab Ba"o*bab, n. [The native name.] (Bot.)
A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also
naturalized in India. See Adansonia. Adansonia GregoriiSour Sour, a. [Compar. Sourer; superl. Sourest.] [OE.
sour, sur, AS. s?r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s?r,
Icel. s?rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ.
surovui harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant.]
1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
--Bacon.
2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or
musty, turned.
3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish;
morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. ``A sour
countenance.' --Swift.
He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that
loved him not, But to those men that sought him
sweet as summer. --Shak.
4. Afflictive; painful. ``Sour adversity.' --Shak.
5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel.
Sour gourd (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit Adansonia
Gregorii, and A. digitata; also, either of the trees
bearing this fruit. See Adansonia.
Sour grapes. See under Grape.
Sour gum (Bot.) See Turelo.
Sour plum (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian
tree (Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which
furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious;
crabbed; currish; peevish. Ausonian
Ausonian Au*so"ni*an, a. [L. Ausonia, poetic name for Italy.]
Italian. --Milton.
Hutchunsonian
Hutchunsonian Hutch`un*so"ni*an, n.
A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who
believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete
system of natural science and of theology.
JeffersoniaJeffersonia Jef`fer*so"ni*a, n. [NL. Named after Thomas
Jefferson.] (Bot.)
An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and
deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf. Jeffersonia diphyllaJeffersonia Jef`fer*so"ni*a, n. [NL. Named after Thomas
Jefferson.] (Bot.)
An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and
deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf. Jeffersonian
Jeffersonian Jef`fer*so"ni*an, a.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson or his
policy or political doctrines. --Lowell.
JeffersonianJeffersonian Jef`fer*so"ni*an, a.
Pert. to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson (third
President of the United States) or his political doctrines,
which were those of the Republicanism of his time, as opposed
to those of the Federalists. -- n. An adherent of Jefferson
or his doctrines. -- Jef`fer*so"ni*an*ism, n. Jeffersonian simplicity
Jeffersonian simplicity Jeffersonian simplicity
The absence of pomp or display which Jefferson aimed at in
his administration as President (1801-1809), eschewing
display or ceremony tending to distinguish the President from
the people, as in going to the capital on horseback and with
no escort, the abolition of court etiquette and the weekly
levee, refusal to recognize titles of honor, etc.
JeffersonianismJeffersonian Jef`fer*so"ni*an, a.
Pert. to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson (third
President of the United States) or his political doctrines,
which were those of the Republicanism of his time, as opposed
to those of the Federalists. -- n. An adherent of Jefferson
or his doctrines. -- Jef`fer*so"ni*an*ism, n. Johnsonian
Johnsonian John*so"ni*an, a.
Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style;
pompous; inflated.
JohnsonianismJohnsonianism John*so"ni*an*ism, n.
A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or
characteristic of, Dr. Johnson. [Written also Johnsonism.] LawsoniaLawsonia Law*so"ni*a, n. (Bot.)
An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with
smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is
prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is
called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica
mignonette. Lawsonia inermisLawsonia Law*so"ni*a, n. (Bot.)
An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with
smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is
prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is
called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica
mignonette. Lawsonia inermisAlcanna Al*can"na, n. [Sp. alcana, alhe?a, fr. Ar.
al-hinn[=a]. See Henna, and cf. Alkanet.] (Bot.)
An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is
obtained. Lawsonia inermis or albaHenna Hen"na, n. [Ar. hinn[=a] alcanna (Lawsonia inermis or
alba). Cf. Alcanna, Alkanet, Orchanet.]
1. (Bot.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L.
alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the
Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves
furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain
the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.
2. (Com.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or
dyestuff made from them. MorisoniansEvangelical E`van*gel"ic*al, a.
1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the
evangelical history.
2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in,
the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as,
evangelical religion.
3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in
interpreting Christian doctrine; pre["e]minetly orthodox;
-- technically applied to that party in the Church of
England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which
holds the doctrine of ``Justification by Faith alone';
the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other
religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.
Evangelical Alliance, an alliance for mutual strengthening
and common work, comprising Christians of different
denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool,
England, in 1845.
Evangelical Church.
(a) The Protestant Church in Germany.
(b) A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and
Calvinists in Germany in 1817.
Evangelical Union, a religion sect founded in Scotland in
1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also
Morisonians. Papilio or Jasoniades glaucusTurnus Tur"nus, n. [NL., fr. L. Turnus, the king of the
Rutuli, mentioned in the [AE]neid.] (Zo["o]l.)
A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly,
now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, or Jasoniades,
glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with
black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle
of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See
Illust. under Swallowtail. Parkinsonia aculeataJerusalem 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. Pisonia obtusataBlolly Blol"ly, n. (Bot.)
(a) A shrub or small tree of southern Florida and the West
Indies (Pisonia obtusata) with smooth oval leaves and a
hard, 10-ribbed fruit.
(b) The rubiaceous shrub Chicocca racemosa, of the same
region. Richardsonia scabraIpecacuanha Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha, n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp.
ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant
that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.)
The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cepha["e]lis
Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant
itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other
plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or
Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac
(Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac
(Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac
(Richardsonia scabra). Richardsonia scabraCoca Co"ca, n. [Sp., fr. native name.]
The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon
Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon.
Note: Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and
odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of
Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion,
or to sustain strength in absence of food.
Mexican coca, an American herb (Richardsonia scabra),
yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a
substitute for ipecacuanha. Smithsonian
Smithsonian Smith*so"ni*an (-s[=o]"n[i^]*an), a.
Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to
the national institution of learning which he endowed at
Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution;
Smithsonian Reports. -- n. The Smithsonian Institution.
Tennysonian
Tennysonian Ten`ny*so"ni*an, a.
Of or pertaining to Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, the English poet
(1809-92); resembling, or having some of the characteristics
of, his poetry, as simplicity, pictorial quality,
sensuousness, etc.
Thomsonian
Thomsonian Thom*so"ni*an, a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to Thomsonianism. -- n. A believer in
Thomsonianism; one who practices Thomsonianism.
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Sonia Maria Sotomayor (/ˈsoʊnjə ˌsoʊtoʊmaɪˈjɔːr/ , Spanish: [ˈsonja sotomaˈʝoɾ]; born June 25, 1954) is an
American lawyer and
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Sonia Evans (born 13
February 1971),
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Sonia Gandhi (Hindi: [ˈsoːnɪjaː ˈɡaːndʱiː], Italian: [ˈsɔːnja ˈɡandi]; née Maino [ˈmaino]; born 9
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Indian actress known for her
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