Lycopodiaceae : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

L-shaped
adj 1: shaped in the form of the letter L

English Dictionary: Lycopodiaceae	by the DICT Development Group
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Laccopetalum n one species: giant buttercup [syn: Laccopetalum, {genus Laccopetalum}]
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Laccopetalum giganteum n spectacular perennial native of wet montane grasslands of Peru; formerly included in genus Ranunculus Synonym(s): giant buttercup, Laccopetalum giganteum
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lacepod n annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles Synonym(s): fringepod, lacepod
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lagophthalmos n abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely
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lake bed n the bottom of a lake Synonym(s): lake bed, lake bottom
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lake bottom n the bottom of a lake Synonym(s): lake bed, lake bottom
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lake poets n English poets at the beginning of the 19th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it
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lech after v have a strong sexual desire for; "he is lusting after his secretary" Synonym(s): lust after, lech after
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lespedeza n shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States Synonym(s): bush clover, lespedeza
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Lespedeza bicolor n Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds Synonym(s): bicolor lespediza, ezo-yama-hagi, Lespedeza bicolor
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Lespedeza cuneata n perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor land Synonym(s): sericea lespedeza, Lespedeza sericea, Lespedeza cuneata
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Lespedeza sericea n perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor land Synonym(s): sericea lespedeza, Lespedeza sericea, Lespedeza cuneata
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Lespedeza stipulacea n annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regions Synonym(s): Korean lespedeza, Lespedeza stipulacea
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Lespedeza striata n an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States Synonym(s): japanese clover, japan clover, jap clover, Lespedeza striata
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liquefied adj reduced to a liquid state; "liquefied petroleum gas" Synonym(s): liquefied, liquified reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock" Synonym(s): molten, liquefied, liquified
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liquefied petroleum gas n hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure Synonym(s): liquefied petroleum gas, bottled gas
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liquified adj changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow" Synonym(s): melted, liquid, liquified Antonym(s): unmelted reduced to a liquid state; "liquefied petroleum gas" Synonym(s): liquefied, liquified reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock" Synonym(s): molten, liquefied, liquified
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look after v keep under careful scrutiny; "Keep an eye on this prisoner!"
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look up to v feel admiration for Synonym(s): admire, look up to [ant: look down on]
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loose-fitting adj not fitting closely; hanging loosely; "baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather" Synonym(s): baggy, loose-fitting, sloppy
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Lycophyta n used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida: club mosses
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lycopod n primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club- shaped strobiles Synonym(s): club moss, club-moss, lycopod
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Lycopodiaceae n a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales [syn: Lycopodiaceae, family Lycopodiaceae, clubmoss family]
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Lycopodiales n lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae Synonym(s): Lycopodiales, order Lycopodiales
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Lycopodiate n club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta Synonym(s): Lycopsida, class Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, class Lycopodiate
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Lycopodineae n alternative designation for the class Lycopsida [syn: Lycopodineae, class Lycopodineae]
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Lycopodium n type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations Synonym(s): Lycopodium, genus Lycopodium
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Lycopodium alopecuroides n ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States Synonym(s): foxtail grass, Lycopodium alopecuroides
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Lycopodium alpinum n a variety of club moss [syn: alpine clubmoss, {Lycopodium alpinum}]
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Lycopodium clavitum n a variety of club moss [syn: running pine, {Lycopodium clavitum}]
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Lycopodium complanatum n a variety of club moss [syn: ground cedar, {staghorn moss}, Lycopodium complanatum]
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Lycopodium lucidulum n a variety of club moss [syn: shining clubmoss, Lycopodium lucidulum]
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Lycopodium obscurum n a variety of club moss [syn: ground fir, princess pine, tree clubmoss, Lycopodium obscurum]
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Lycopodium selago n of northern Europe and America; resembling a miniature fir Synonym(s): fir clubmoss, mountain clubmoss, little clubmoss, Lycopodium selago
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Luffa \Luf"fa\, n. [NL., fr. Ar. l[umac]fah.] (Bot.) (a) A small genus of tropical cucurbitaceous plants having white flowers, the staminate borne in racemes, and large fruits with a dry fibrous pericarp. The fruit of several species and the species themselves, esp. {L. [92]gyptiaca}, are called dishcloth gourds. (b) Any plant of this genus, or its fruit. (c) The fibrous skeleton of the fruit, used as a sponge and in the manufacture of caps and women's hats; -- written also {loofah}.
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Lag \Lag\, n. 1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] [bd]The lag of all the flock.[b8] --Pope. 2. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. The common lag of people. --Shak. 3. The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing. 4. A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine. 5. (Zo[94]l.) See {Graylag}. {Lag of the tide}, the interval by which the time of high water falls behind the mean time, in the first and third quarters of the moon; -- opposed to {priming} of the tide, or the acceleration of the time of high water, in the second and fourth quarters; depending on the relative positions of the sun and moon. {Lag screw}, an iron bolt with a square head, a sharp-edged thread, and a sharp point, adapted for screwing into wood; a screw for fastening lags.
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Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. l[94]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. [?] pond, tank. Cf. {Loch}, {Lough}.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean. {Lake dwellers} (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland. {Lake dwellings} (Arch[91]ol.), dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also {lacustrine dwellings}. See {Crannog}. {Lake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus {Chironomus}. In form they resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[91] live in lakes. {Lake herring} (Zo[94]l.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii}). {Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also {lakers} and {lakists}. {Lake sturgeon} (Zo[94]l.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. It is used as food. {Lake trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. {Salmo fario}; in the United States, esp. {Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes, and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({S. fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake trout. See {Namaycush}. {Lake whitefish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whitefish}. {Lake whiting} (Zo[94]l.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish.
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Tomato \To*ma"to\, n.; pl. {Tomatoes}. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.) The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family ({Lycopersicum esculentun}); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also {love apple}, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked. {Tomato gall} (Zo[94]l.), a large gall consisting of a mass of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly ({Lasioptera vitis}). {Tomato sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), the adult or imago of the tomato worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called also {tomato hawk moth}. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}. {Tomato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth ({Sphinx, [or] Macrosila, quinquemaculata}) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also {potato worm}.
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Lay shaft \Lay shaft\, [or] Layshaft \Lay"shaft`\, n. (Mach.) A secondary shaft, as in a sliding change gear for an automobile; a cam shaft operated by a two-to-one gear in an internal-combustion engine. It is generally a shaft moving more or less independently of the other parts of a machine, as, in some marine engines, a shaft, driven by a small auxiliary engine, for independently operating the valves of the main engine to insure uniform motion.
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Lay shaft \Lay shaft\, [or] Layshaft \Lay"shaft`\, n. (Mach.) A secondary shaft, as in a sliding change gear for an automobile; a cam shaft operated by a two-to-one gear in an internal-combustion engine. It is generally a shaft moving more or less independently of the other parts of a machine, as, in some marine engines, a shaft, driven by a small auxiliary engine, for independently operating the valves of the main engine to insure uniform motion.
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Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[91]g calf of the leg, Sw. l[84]gg.] 1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot. 2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers. 3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers. 4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.] He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for a favor he never received. --Fuller. 5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang, Eng.] 6. (Naut.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks. 7. (Steam Boiler) An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also {water leg}. 8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets. 9. (Cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter. {A good leg} (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course. {Leg bail}, escape from custody by flight. [Slang] {Legs of an hyperbola} (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely. {Legs of a triangle}, the sides of a triangle; -- a name seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs of a right-angled triangle. {On one's legs}, standing to speak. {On one's last legs}. See under {Last}. {To have legs} (Naut.), to have speed.
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Japan \Ja*pan"\, a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. {Japan allspice} (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan ({Chimonanthus fragrans}), related to the Carolina allspice. {Japan black} (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; -- called also {Brunswick black}, {Japan lacquer}, or simply {Japan}. {Japan camphor}, ordinary camphor brought from China or Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called borneol or Borneo camphor. {Japan clover}, [or] {Japan pea} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Lespedeza striata}) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously {Yankee clover} and {Rebel clover}. {Japan earth}. See {Catechu}. {Japan ink}, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. {Japan varnish}, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the {Rhus vernix}, a small Japanese tree related to the poison sumac.
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Leucopathy \Leucop"athy\ (l[usl]k[ocr]p"[adot]th[ycr]), n. [Leuco- + Gr. pa`schein, paqei^n to suffer.] The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents.
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Lick-spittle \Lick"-spit`tle\ (-sp[icr]t`t'l), n. An abject flatterer or parasite. --Theodore Hook.
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Liquefy \Liq"ue*fy\ (-f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liquefied} (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liquefying} (-f[imac]`[icr]ng).] [F. liqu[82]fier, L. liquere to be liquid + facere, -ficare (in comp.), to make. See {Liquid}, and {-fy}.] To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.
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Lisp \Lisp\ (l[icr]sp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lisped} (l[icr]spt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lisping}.] [OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to lisp, G. lispeln, Sw. l[84]spa, Dan. lespe.] 1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children. 2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk. As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. --Pope. 3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid. Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt. --Drayton.
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Lixiviate \Lixiv"iate\, Lixivited \Lixiv"i`ted\, a. [From {Lixivium}.] 1. Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts. 2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. --Boyle.
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Lixiviate \Lixiv"iate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lixiviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lixiviating}.] To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.
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Lixiviate \Lixiv"iate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lixiviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lixiviating}.] To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.
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Lixiviate \Lixiv"iate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lixiviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lixiviating}.] To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.
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Lixiviation \Lixiv`ia"tion\, n. [Cf. F. lixiviation.] Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.
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Lixiviate \Lixiv"iate\, Lixivited \Lixiv"i`ted\, a. [From {Lixivium}.] 1. Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts. 2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. --Boyle.
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d8Quebracho \[d8]Que*bra"cho\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A Chilian apocynaceous tree ({Aspidosperma Quebracho}); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn[oe]a of the lung, or bronchial diseases; -- called also {white quebracho}, to distinguish it from the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree ({Loxopterygium Lorentzii}) whose bark is said to have similar properties. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
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Lycopod \Ly"co*pod\, n. [Cf. F. lycopode.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Lycopodium.
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Lycopode \Ly"co*pode\, n. [F.] Same as {Lycopodium powder}. See under {Lycopodium}.
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Lycopodiaceous \Ly`copo`dia"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Belonging, or relating, to the {Lycopodiace[91]}, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also {club mosses}) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.
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Lycopodite \Lycop"odite\, n. (Paleon.) An old name for a fossil club moss.
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Lycopodium \Ly`copo"dium\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] wolf + [?], [?], a foot.] (Bot.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order {Lycopodiace[91]}; club moss. {Lycopodium powder}, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order {Lycopodiace[91]}. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.
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Vegetable \Veg`etable\, a. [F. v[82]g[82]table growing, capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable, from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven, invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active, vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E. wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.] 1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc. Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold. --Milton. 2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom. {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid. {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below. {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[91]}, also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa ({Theobroma}). {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}. {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}. {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}. {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. {Vegetable leather}. (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}. {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under {Oyster}. {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine. {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}. {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch. {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow}, obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry.
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Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. sn[be]kr, sn[?]kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}. Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake}, {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under {Blind}, {Garter}, etc. {Fetich snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large African snake ({Python Seb[91]}) used by the natives as a fetich. {Ringed snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common European columbrine snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). {Snake eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird. {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] {Snake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. {Snake killer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock. {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}. {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied genera.
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Club \Club\, n. [CF. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbuf[?]ir a clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump.] 1. A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel. But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. --Shak. 2. [Cf. the Spanish name bastos, and Sp. baston staff, club.] Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure. 3. An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. --Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. --Macaulay. 4. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. They laid down the club. --L'Estrange. We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. --Pepys. {Club law}, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. --Addison. {Club moss} (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know species is {Lycopodium clavatum}, but other {Lycopodia} are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder. {Club root} (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots become distorted and the heads spoiled. {Club topsail} (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short [bd]club[b8] or [bd]jack yard[b8] to increase its spread.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lycopodium \Ly`copo"dium\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] wolf + [?], [?], a foot.] (Bot.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order {Lycopodiace[91]}; club moss. {Lycopodium powder}, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order {Lycopodiace[91]}. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
loose bytes n. Commonwealth hackish term for the padding bytes or {shim}s many compilers insert between members of a record or structure to cope with alignment requirements imposed by the machine architecture.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Lisptalk "Concurrent Programming Language Lisptalk", C. Li, SIGPLAN Notices 23(4):71-80 (Apr 1988).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
loose bytes Commonwealth hackish term for the padding bytes or {shim}s many compilers insert between members of a {record} or {structure} to cope with alignment requirements imposed by the machine architecture.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
L-Soft An international corporation formed by Eric Thomas, the author of {Listserv}, to develop it and port it to platforms other than the {IBM} {VM} {operating system}, including {Unix}. Listserv has been enhanced to use both the {Internet} and {BITNET}. (1995-02-22)