Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... shrubs or herbs , and chiefly tropical . Acan'the ( Gr . prickles , thorns , orspines , from which a great variety of scien- tific terms are formed ) , in botany , the prickles of thorny plants ; and in zoo- fogy , the spinous processes ...
... shrubs or herbs , and chiefly tropical . Acan'the ( Gr . prickles , thorns , orspines , from which a great variety of scien- tific terms are formed ) , in botany , the prickles of thorny plants ; and in zoo- fogy , the spinous processes ...
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... shrub ) , a genus of fossil fishes . Acar'dia ( Gr . without a hinge ) , a genus of fossil bivalve shells of the oyster kind . Acar'do ( Gr . ut supra ) , a genus of flat bivalve shells . Ac'ari ( Gr . mites ) , small spider - like ...
... shrub ) , a genus of fossil fishes . Acar'dia ( Gr . without a hinge ) , a genus of fossil bivalve shells of the oyster kind . Acar'do ( Gr . ut supra ) , a genus of flat bivalve shells . Ac'ari ( Gr . mites ) , small spider - like ...
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... shrubs , so called from their chaff - like envelopes ; order Amarantaceæ . Achyroʻnia ( Gr . chaff ) , a genus of legu- minous plants , natives of Australia ; sub - order Papilionaceæ . Achyroph'orus ( Gr . chaff bearing ) , a genus of ...
... shrubs , so called from their chaff - like envelopes ; order Amarantaceæ . Achyroʻnia ( Gr . chaff ) , a genus of legu- minous plants , natives of Australia ; sub - order Papilionaceæ . Achyroph'orus ( Gr . chaff bearing ) , a genus of ...
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... shrub , of the order Orchidaceæ . Ac'risy ( Gr . wanting judgment ) , that on which no judgment can be passed ... shrubs , of the sub - order Papilionacea ; so called from the legumes being stalked within the calyx . - In zoology ...
... shrub , of the order Orchidaceæ . Ac'risy ( Gr . wanting judgment ) , that on which no judgment can be passed ... shrubs , of the sub - order Papilionacea ; so called from the legumes being stalked within the calyx . - In zoology ...
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... shrubs ; sub - order Papili- onaceæ . Adenography ( Gr . aden , and graphe description ) , in physiology , a descrip- tion of the glands . Adenoi'dal ( Gr . aden , and oidos similar to ) , glandiform , like a gland . Adenology ( Gr ...
... shrubs ; sub - order Papili- onaceæ . Adenography ( Gr . aden , and graphe description ) , in physiology , a descrip- tion of the glands . Adenoi'dal ( Gr . aden , and oidos similar to ) , glandiform , like a gland . Adenology ( Gr ...
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