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Myrtaceous :: Myrtaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural order of trees and shrubs (Myrtaceae), of which the myrtle is the type. It includes the genera Eucalyptus, Pimenta, Lechythis, and about seventy more..

Spirit :: Spirit (n.) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment)..

Andarac :: Andarac (n.) Red orpiment.

Zarnich :: Zarnich (n.) Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment..

Pimenta :: Pimenta (n.) Same as Pimento.

Sesquisulphide :: Sesquisulphide (n.) A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide..

Eugenol :: Eugenol (n.) A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, C10H12O2 resembling the phenols, and hence also called eugenic acid. It is found in the oils of pimento and cloves..

Dissepiment :: Dissepiment (n.) A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.

Bayberry :: Bayberry (n.) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris).

Piment :: Piment (n.) Wine flavored with spice or honey. See Pigment, 3..

Realgar :: Realgar (n.) Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red orpiment. It is also an artificial product..

Rhusma :: Rhusma (n.) A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, -- used in the depilation of hides..

Orpiment :: Orpiment (n.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing..

Dissepiment :: Dissepiment (n.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.

Sepiment :: Sepiment (n.) Something that separates; a hedge; a fence.

Silique :: Silique (n.) An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it..

Auripigment :: Auripigment (n.) See Orpiment.

Rusma :: Rusma (n.) A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma..

Pimento :: Pimento (n.) Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.

Arsenic :: Arsenic (n.) One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356¡ Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of

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