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Snowberry :: Snowberry (n.) A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America..

Guttatrap :: Guttatrap (n.) The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality..

Yacca :: Yacca (n.) A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks..

Intermedium :: Intermedium (n.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals..

Encarpus :: Encarpus (n.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc..

Triquetrum :: Triquetrum (n.) One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b).

Amboyna Wood :: Amboyna wood () A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc..

Ulnare :: Ulnare (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, which articulates with the ulna and corresponds to the cuneiform in man..

Supercelestial :: Supercarpal (a.) Situated above, or in the upper part of, the carpus..

Manus :: Manus (n.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand..

Centrale :: Centrale (n.) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular..

Metacarpus :: Metacarpus (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

Phalanx :: Phalanx (n.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode..

Pisiform :: Pisiform (n.) A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

Wolfberry :: Wolfberry (n.) An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.

Carpal :: Carpal (a.) Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist..

Mesopodiale :: Mesopodiale (n.) One of the bones of either the carpus or tarsus.

Redwood :: Redwood (n.) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees..

Carpal :: Carpal (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale.

Antibrachium :: Antibrachium (n.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

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