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Gossypium :: Gossypium (n.) A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these..

Archaeopteryx :: Archaeopteryx (n.) A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics..

Deuterozooid :: Deuterozooid (n.) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids..

Antaphroditic :: Antaphroditic (a.) Antaphrodisiac.

Accensor :: Accensor (n.) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.

Met- :: Met- () A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely..

Poultice :: Poultice (n.) A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm..

Tralation :: Tralation (n.) The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; ametaphor; a trope.

Spinet :: Spinescent (a.) Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines..

Bleed :: Bleed (v. i.) To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded..

Pitpat :: Pitpat (n. & adv.) See Pitapat.

Evolutionist :: Evolutionist (n.) one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics..

Lyrie :: Lyrie (n.) A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead..

Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship..

Staple :: Staple (n.) The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple..

Lanceolated :: Lanceolated (a.) Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf..

Eminent :: Eminent (a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint..

Bob :: Bob (n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap..

Graduated :: Graduated (a.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer..

Heeltapped :: Heeltapped (imp. & p. p.) of Heelta.

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