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  1. ... gum Arabic. See Acacia Gum. Acacia Catechu. The tree which produces the Catechu, or Terra Japonica. Acacia ... found between the inner bark and wood of trees ; in time it becomes wood. Alcales/cent. Becoming ...
  2. ... Ord. Leguminosae. Called after Caesalpinus. A small Siamese tree, the wood of which is used in de- ... made into cakes, and coloured with cinnabar. CALABASH-TREE, NARROW-LEAVED, Crescentia Cujete. CALADIUM ESCULENTUM, Arum esculen- ...
  3. ... ston. Abaptista. The old trepan. Abaremo-temo. A tree of Brazil, probably a mimosa. The decoction of ... species of Ricinus, according to some authors: a tree growing in the neighborhood of Mecca is so ...
  4. ... old trepan was de- signated. ABAREMO-TEMO. A tree which grows in the mountains of Brazil, sup- ... spines. The name of a genus of leguminous trees and shrubs with pinnated leaves. The Egyptian thorn. ...
  5. ... depar- ture from nature. ABIES; fir, an evergreen tree, many varieties. ABLACTATION ; process of weaning a child. ... monster born without a head. ACERSACCHARINUM ; sugar maple tree. ACERBITY ; acidity, sourness. ACESCENT ; liable to become sour ...
  6. ... it more agreeable. AB AB Abies, the fir-tree. Linnaeus includes it in the genus of pines, ... the Canada balsam. The Common Fir, or Pitch Tree, (Pinus Abies of Linnaeus) pro- duces the common ...
  7. ... is applied to parts which ramify like a tree, as the Arbor vita ofthe cerebellum. 3. In ... branches. Arbor dianje. See Silrer. Arbor vit*. The tree of life. 1. The cortical substance of the ...
  8. ... St. Thomas to the fruit of a palm tree, the seeijs of which they consider very useful ... ABAPTISTON, Abaptista. -' ABAPTISTUM, Abaptista. ABAREMO-TEMO. A Brazilian tree, which grows in the mountains, and appears to ...
  9. ... juice of which flows from the cocoa-nut tree by incirion, and from other sub stancs. A' ... hence rcmora aratri See Ononis spinosa. ARBOR. A tree. 1. In botany, a plant, consisting of one ...
  10. ... i. e. not fit to be featen.) A tree of New South Wales, which yields a gum. ... but possessed this property when plucked from the tree, you may find some difficulty in explaining the ...
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