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Lycine :: Lycine (n.) A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn (Lycium barbarum). See Betaine.

Redpoll :: Redpoll (n.) The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).

Galangal :: Galangal (n.) The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family..

Garum :: Garum (n.) A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients.

Arum :: Arum (n.) A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example..

Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region..

Carvacrol :: Carvacrol (n.) A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui)..

Labarum :: Labarum (n.) The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard..

Tartarum :: Tartarum (n.) See 1st Tartar.

Garous :: Garous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, garum..

Harum-scarum :: Harum-scarum (v. t.) Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless.

York Use :: York use () The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See Use, n., 6..

Caraway :: Caraway (n.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative..

Sea Cocoa :: Sea cocoa () A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut..

Sarum Use :: Sarum use () A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs..

Araceous :: Araceous (a.) Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type..

Larum :: Larum (n.) See Alarum, and Alarm..

Skirret :: Skirret (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Sium, / Pimpinella, Sisarum). It is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet..

Parumbilical :: Parumbilical (a.) Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen..

Water Arum :: Water arum () An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.

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