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Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus..

Sepoy :: Sepoy (n.) A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner..

Orientalized :: Orientalized (imp. & p. p.) of Orientaliz.

Alabaster :: Alabaster (n.) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster..

Liquidambar :: Liquidambar (n.) The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax.

East :: East (n.) The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East..

Sesame :: Sesame (n.) Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne..

Orient :: Orient (n.) The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.

Cerris :: Cerris (n.) A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.

Eunuch :: Eunuch (n.) A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank..

Eastern :: Eastern (a.) Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries..

Vizier :: Vizier (n.) A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.

Terrace :: Terrace (v.) A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces..

Oriental :: Oriental (a.) Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries..

Vanglo :: Vanglo (n.) Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; -- so called in the West Indies..

Orientated :: Orientated (imp. & p. p.) of Orientat.

Izedi :: Izedi (n.) One of an Oriental religious sect which worships Satan or the Devil.

Caper :: Caper (n.) The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles..

Divan :: Divan (n.) In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly.

Marcionite :: Marcionite (n.) A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation..

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