English Dictionary: Lecanoraceae | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Laurus \[d8]Lau"rus\, n. [L., laurel.] (Bot.) A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel ({Laurus nobilis}), and the larger {L. Canariensis} of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus {Laurus}. | |
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Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico. (b) The sweet potato (see below). {Potato beetle}, {Potato bug}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beetle ({Doryphora decemlineata}) which feeds, both in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the potato, often doing great damage. Called also {Colorado potato beetle}, and {Doryphora}. See {Colorado beetle}. (b) The {Lema trilineata}, a smaller and more slender striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur does less injury than the preceding species. {Potato fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of blister beetles infesting the potato vine. The black species ({Lytta atrata}), the striped ({L. vittata}), and the gray ({L. cinerea, [or] Fabricii}) are the most common. See {Blister beetle}, under {Blister}. {Potato rot}, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed to be caused by a kind of mold ({Peronospora infestans}), which is first seen upon the leaves and stems. {Potato weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil ({Baridius trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop. {Potato whisky}, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made from potatoes or potato starch. {Potato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or hawk moth ({Macrosila quinquemaculata}); -- called also {tomato worm}. See Illust. under {Tomato}. {Seaside potato} (Bot.), {Ipom[d2]a Pes-Capr[91]}, a kind of morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed leaves. [West Indies] {Sweet potato} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ipom[d2]a Balatas}) allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this plant before it was to the {Solanum tuberosum}, and this is the [bd]potato[b8] of the Southern United States. {Wild potato}. (Bot.) (a) A vine ({Ipom[d2]a pandurata}) having a pale purplish flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy places in the United States. (b) A similar tropical American plant ({I. fastigiata}) which it is thought may have been the original stock of the sweet potato. | |
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Lacunal \La*cu"nal\, Lacunar \La*cu"nar\, a. Pertaining to, or having, lacun[91]; as, a lacunar circulation. | |
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Lacunar \La*cu"nar\, n.; pl. E. {Lacunars}, L. {Lacunaria}. [L.] (Arch.) (a) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels. --Gwilt (b) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling. | |
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Lacunar \La*cu"nar\, n.; pl. E. {Lacunars}, L. {Lacunaria}. [L.] (Arch.) (a) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels. --Gwilt (b) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling. | |
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Lacunar \La*cu"nar\, n.; pl. E. {Lacunars}, L. {Lacunaria}. [L.] (Arch.) (a) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels. --Gwilt (b) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling. | |
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Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille, F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta, flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.] 1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids. 2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine. 3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in the bottle. Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak. {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the interior of bottles. {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three times its won size. {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}. {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the manufacture of bottles. --Ure. {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles, dippers, etc. {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and {green foxtail}. {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse; -- so called from the shape of its nest. {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen, trunk. {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in feeding infants. | |
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Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. {Cucurbite}.] 1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order {Cucurbitace[91]}; and especially the bottle gourd ({Lagenaria vulgaris}) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes. 2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer. {Bitter gourd}, colocynth. | |
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Hercules \Her"cu*les\, n. 1. (Gr. Myth.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or [bd]labors.[b8] 2. (Astron.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra. {Hercules' beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Dynastes}, an American genus of very large lamellicorn beetles, esp. {D. hercules} of South America, which grows to a length of six inches. {Hercules' club}. (Bot.) (a) An ornamental tree of the West Indies ({Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis}), of the same genus with the prickly ash. (b) A variety of the common gourd ({Lagenaria vulgaris}). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length. (c) The Angelica tree. See under {Angelica}. {Hercules powder}, an explosive containing nitroglycerin; -- used for blasting. | |
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Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille, F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta, flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.] 1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids. 2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine. 3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in the bottle. Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak. {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the interior of bottles. {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three times its won size. {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}. {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the manufacture of bottles. --Ure. {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles, dippers, etc. {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and {green foxtail}. {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse; -- so called from the shape of its nest. {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen, trunk. {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in feeding infants. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. {Cucurbite}.] 1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order {Cucurbitace[91]}; and especially the bottle gourd ({Lagenaria vulgaris}) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes. 2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer. {Bitter gourd}, colocynth. | |
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Hercules \Her"cu*les\, n. 1. (Gr. Myth.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or [bd]labors.[b8] 2. (Astron.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra. {Hercules' beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Dynastes}, an American genus of very large lamellicorn beetles, esp. {D. hercules} of South America, which grows to a length of six inches. {Hercules' club}. (Bot.) (a) An ornamental tree of the West Indies ({Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis}), of the same genus with the prickly ash. (b) A variety of the common gourd ({Lagenaria vulgaris}). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length. (c) The Angelica tree. See under {Angelica}. {Hercules powder}, an explosive containing nitroglycerin; -- used for blasting. | |
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Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally, hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See {Pork}, and {Fish}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus {Phoc[91]na}, especially {P. communis}, or {P. phoc[91]na}, of Europe, and the closely allied American species ({P. Americana}). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also {harbor porpoise}, {herring hag}, {puffing pig}, and {snuffer}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A true dolphin ({Delphinus}); -- often so called by sailors. {Skunk porpoise}, [or] {Bay porpoise} (Zo[94]l.), a North American porpoise ({Lagenorhynchus acutus}), larger than the common species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Bottle-nose \Bot"tle-nose`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as {Delphinus Tursio} and {Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus}, of Europe. 2. The puffin. | |
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Lagomorph \Lag"o*morph\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Lagomorpha. | |
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Orcin \Or"cin\, n. [Etymology uncertain: cf. F. orcine.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, {C6H3.CH3.(OH)2}, which is obtained from certain lichens ({Roccella}, {Lecanora}, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein. | |
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d8Parella \[d8]Pa*rel"la\, d8Parelle \[d8]Pa`relle\, n. [Cf. F. parelle.] (Bot.) (a) A name for two kinds of dock ({Rumex Patientia} and {R. Hydrolapathum}). (b) A kind of lichen ({Lecanora parella}) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus. | |
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Litmus \Lit"mus\, n. [D. lakmoes; lak lacker + moes a thick preparation of fruit, pap, prob. akin to E. meat: cf. G. lackmus. See {Lac} a resinous substance.] (Chem.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens ({Roccella tinctoria}, {Lecanora tartarea}, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein. Note: Litmus is used as a dye, and being turned red by acids and restored to its blue color by alkalies, is a common indicator or test for acidity and alkalinity. {Litmus paper} (Chem.), unsized paper saturated with blue or red litmus, -- used in testing for acids or alkalies. | |
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Cudbear \Cud"bear`\ (k?d"b?r`), n. [Also {cudbeard}, corrupted fr. the name of Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, a Scotchman, who first brought it into notice.] 1. A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially {Lecanora tartarea}. --Ure. 2. (Bot.) A lichen ({Lecanora tartarea}), from which the powder is obtained. | |
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Lecanoric \Lec`a*no"ric\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen ({Lecanora}, {Roccella}, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also {orsellic, [or] diorsellinic} acid, {lecanorin}, etc. | |
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Lecanoric \Lec`a*no"ric\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen ({Lecanora}, {Roccella}, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also {orsellic, [or] diorsellinic} acid, {lecanorin}, etc. | |
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Lecanorin \Lec`a*no"rin\, n. (Chem.) See {Lecanoric}. | |
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Lecanoric \Lec`a*no"ric\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen ({Lecanora}, {Roccella}, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also {orsellic, [or] diorsellinic} acid, {lecanorin}, etc. | |
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Lecanorin \Lec`a*no"rin\, n. (Chem.) See {Lecanoric}. | |
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Legionary \Le"gion*a*ry\ (l[emac]"j[ucr]n*[asl]*r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Legionaries} (-r[icr]z). A member of a legion. --Milton. | |
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Legionary \Le"gion*a*ry\ (-[asl]*r[ycr]), a. [L. legionarius: cf. F. l[82]gionnaire.] Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or of an indefinitely great number; as, legionary soldiers; a legionary force. [bd]The legionary body of error.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Legionary \Le"gion*a*ry\ (l[emac]"j[ucr]n*[asl]*r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Legionaries} (-r[icr]z). A member of a legion. --Milton. | |
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Legionry \Le"gion*ry\ (l[emac]"j[ucr]n*r[ycr]), n. A body of legions; legions, collectively. [R.] --Pollok. | |
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Lessener \Less"en*er\ (-[etil]r), n. One who, or that which, lessens. His wife . . . is the lessener of his pain, and the augmenter of his pleasure. --J. Rogers (1839). | |
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Lignireose \Lig*nir"e*ose`\ (l[icr]g*n[icr]r"[esl]*[omac]s`), n. (Bot.) See {Lignin}. | |
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Loosener \Loos"en*er\, n. One who, or that which, loosens. | |
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Lugmark \Lug"mark`\, n. [From {Lug} an ear.] A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark. | |
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