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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
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Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
larger number are harmless to man.
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Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake, King snake,
Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See under
Blind, Garter, etc.
Fetich snake (Zo["o]l.), a large African snake ({Python
Seb[ae]) used by the natives as a fetich.
Ringed snake (Zo["o]l.), a common European columbrine snake
({Tropidonotus natrix).
Snake eater. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The markhoor.
(b) The secretary bird.
Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
Snake fly (Zo["o]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["o]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["o]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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v['e]g['e]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.]
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1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or
produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable
growths, juices, etc.
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Blooming ambrosial fruit
Of vegetable gold. --Milton.
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2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable
kingdom.
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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[ae], 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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Vegetable kingdom (Nat. Hist.), that primary division of
living things which includes all plants. The classes of
the vegetable kingdom have been grouped differently by
various botanists. The following is one of the best of the
many arrangements of the principal subdivisions.
[1913 Webster] I. Ph[ae]nogamia (called also
Phanerogamia). Plants having distinct flowers and true
seeds. [ 1. Dicotyledons (called also Exogens). --
Seeds with two or more cotyledons. Stems with the pith,
woody fiber, and bark concentrically arranged. Divided
into two subclasses: Angiosperms, having the woody fiber
interspersed with dotted or annular ducts, and the seed
contained in a true ovary; Gymnosperms, having few or no
ducts in the woody fiber, and the seeds naked. 2.
Monocotyledons (called also Endogens). -- Seeds with
single cotyledon. Stems with slender bundles of woody
fiber not concentrically arranged, and with no true bark.]
[1913 Webster] II. Cryptogamia. Plants without true
flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds,
or by simple cell division. [ 1. Acrogens. -- Plants
usually with distinct stems and leaves, existing in two
alternate conditions, one of which is nonsexual and
sporophoric, the other sexual and o["o]phoric. Divided
into Vascular Acrogens, or Pteridophyta, having the
sporophoric plant conspicuous and consisting partly of
vascular tissue, as in Ferns, Lycopods, and Equiseta, and
Cellular Acrogens, or Bryophyta, having the sexual
plant most conspicuous, but destitute of vascular tissue,
as in Mosses and Scale Mosses. 2. Thallogens. -- Plants
without distinct stem and leaves, consisting of a simple
or branched mass of cellular tissue, or educed to a single
cell. Reproduction effected variously. Divided into
Alg[ae], which contain chlorophyll or its equivalent,
and which live upon air and water, and Fungi, which
contain no chlorophyll, and live on organic matter.
(Lichens are now believed to be fungi parasitic on
included alg[ae].]
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Note: Many botanists divide the Ph[ae]nogamia primarily into
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms, and the latter into
Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons. Others consider
Pteridophyta and Bryophyta to be separate classes.
Thallogens are variously divided by different writers,
and the places for diatoms, slime molds, and stoneworts
are altogether uncertain.
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Vocabulary.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
club moss \club" moss`\, clubmoss \clubmoss\n. (Bot.)
a primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in
club-shaped strobiles, much used in winter decoration. The
best known species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other
Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a
highly inflammable powder.
Syn: club moss, lycopod.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
(Zo["o]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["o]l.), a large African snake ({Python
Seb[ae]) used by the natives as a fetich.
Ringed snake (Zo["o]l.), a common European columbrine snake
({Tropidonotus natrix).
Snake eater. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The markhoor.
(b) The secretary bird.
Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
Snake fly (Zo["o]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["o]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["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
especially those of the genus Dendrophis and allied
genera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v['e]g['e]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[ae], 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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
``club'' or ``jack yard'' to increase its spread.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Lycopodium clavatum
Translingual n.
{taxon|species|family|Lycopodiaceae|(vern: wolf's-foot clubmoss),
stag's-horn clubmoss, or ground pine}
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Lycopodium clavatum
Translingual n.
{taxon|species|family|Lycopodiaceae|(vern: wolf's-foot clubmoss),
stag's-horn clubmoss, or ground pine}
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Lycopodium clavatum
Translingual n.
{taxon|species|family|Lycopodiaceae|(vern: wolf's-foot clubmoss),
stag's-horn clubmoss, or ground pine}
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