English Dictionary: Epipactis gigantea | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Beech \Beech\, n.; pl. {Beeches}. [OE. beche, AS. b[?]ce; akin to D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. b[94]g, Sw. bok, Russ. buk, L. fagus, Gr. [?] oak, [?] to eat, Skr. bhaksh; the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. See {Book}, and cf. 7th {Buck}, {Buckwheat}.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Fagus}. Note: It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of which swine are fond. The {Fagus sylvatica} is the European species, and the {F. ferruginea} that of America. {Beech drops} (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches ({Epiphegus Americana}). {Beech marten} (Zo[94]l.), the stone marten of Europe ({Mustela foina}). {Beech mast}, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under the trees, in autumn. {Beech oil}, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech tree. {Cooper beech}, a variety of the European beech with copper-colored, shining leaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epiphyseal \Ep`i*phys"e*al\, Epiphysial \Ep`i*phys"i*al\, (Anat.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Epiphysis \[d8]E*piph"y*sis\, n.; pl. {Epiphyses}. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi`fysis, fr. 'epify`ein to grow upon; 'epi` upon + fy`ein to grow.] (Anat.) (a) The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or {diaphysis}. (b) The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See {Pineal gland}, under {Pineal}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epiphyseal \Ep`i*phys"e*al\, Epiphysial \Ep`i*phys"i*al\, (Anat.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pineal \Pi"ne*al\, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pin[82]ale.] Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone. {Pineal gland} (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also {pineal body}, {epiphysis}, {conarium}. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Eupepsia \[d8]Eu*pep"si*a\, Eupepsy \Eu*pep"sy\, n. [NL. eupepsia, Fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] easy of digestion; [?] well + [?] to cook, digest.] (Med.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia. |