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Glasstonbury Thorn :: Glasstonbury thorn () A variety of the common hawthorn.

Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..

Cataphracted :: Cataphracted (a.) Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, callous skin, etc..

Levirostres :: Levirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms..

Tricornigerous :: Tricornigerous (a.) Having three horns.

Straight-joint :: Straighthorn (n.) An orthoceras.

Thorn :: Thorn (n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.

Water Hyacinth :: Water hyacinth () Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed..

Rosaceous :: Rosaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosaceae) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service trees, and quinces..

Coreopsis :: Coreopsis (n.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing..

Horn :: Horn (n.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias)..

Tragopan :: Tragopan (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C. satyra), of India is one of the best-known species..

Horn :: Horn (n.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc..

Hornless :: Hornless (a.) Having no horn.

Quickset :: Quickset (n.) A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn..

Yt :: Yt () an old method of printing that (AS. /aet, /aet) the y taking the place of the old letter thorn (/). Cf. Ye, the..

Kamichi :: Kamichi (n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and S

Sponge :: Sponge (n.) The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies..

Crataegus :: Crataegus (n.) A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes..

Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn..

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