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Cerapteryx graminisAntler Ant"ler, n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller,
endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL.
antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine
animal, as of a stag.
Huge stags with sixteen antlers. --Macaulay.
Note: The branch next to the head is called the brow antler,
and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay
antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are
often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not
horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while
growing. See Velvet.
Antler moth (Zo["o]l.), a destructive European moth
(Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands. Graminaceous
Graminaceous Gram"i*na"ceous, a. [L. gramen, graminis, grass.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as,
graminaceous plants.
Gramineal
Gramineal Gra*min"e*al, a.
Gramineous.
GramineousGramineous Gra*min"e*ous, a. [L. gramineus, fr. gramen,
graminis, grass.] (Bot.)
Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2. Graminifolious
Graminifolious Gram"i*ni*fo"li*ous, a. [L. gramen, graminis,
grass + folium leaf.] (Bot.)
Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.
Graminivorous
Graminivorous Gram"i*niv"o*rous, a. [L. gramen, graminis,
grass + vorare to eat greedily.]
Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of
horses, cattle, and other animals.
Poocaetes or Pooecetes gramineusBunting Bun"ting, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE.
bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus,
related to the finches and sparrows (family
Fringillid[ae]).
Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting
(Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (E. hortulana);
the cirl (E. cirlus); and the black-headed
(Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the
bay-winged or grass (Po["o]c[ae]tes or Po[oe]cetes
gramineus); the black-throated (Spiza Americana);
the towhee bunting or chewink (Pipilo); the snow
bunting (Plectrophanax nivalis); the rice bunting or
bobolink, and others. See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow
bunting, Lark bunting. Puccinia graminisRust Rust, n. [AS. rust; akin to D. roest, G. & Sw. rost,
Icel. ry[eth]; -- named from its color, and akin to E. red.
[root]113. See Red.]
1. (Chem.) The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when
exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or
hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of
corrosion.
2. (Bot.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty
spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses
(Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a
form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia
graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as
corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.
Note: Rust is also applied to many other minute fungi which
infest vegetation, such as the species of Ustilago,
Uredo, and Lecythea.
3. That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
Specifically: (a) A composition used in making a rust
joint. See Rust joint, below.
(b) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on
salted meat.
(c) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
Sacred truths cleared from all rust and dross of
human mixtures. --Eikon
Basilike.
Note: Rust is used in the formation of compounds of obvious
meaning; as, rust-colored, rust-consumed, rust-eaten,
and the like.
Rust joint, a joint made between surfaces of iron by
filling the space between them with a wet mixture of
cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulphur, which by
oxidation becomes hard, and impervious to steam, water,
etc.
Rust mite (Zo["o]l.), a minute mite (Phytopius oleivorus)
which, by puncturing the rind, causes the rust-colored
patches on oranges. Puccinia graminisHeteroecious Het`er*[oe]"cious, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ? house.]
(Bot.)
Passing through the different stages in its life history on
an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus
(Puccinia graminis), and certain other parasitic fungi; --
contrasted with aut[oe]cious. -- Het`er*[oe]"cism, n. Puccinia graminisWheat rust Wheat rust
A disease of wheat and other grasses caused by the rust
fungus Puccinia graminis; also, the fungus itself. Schollera gramineaWater star grass Wa"ter star" grass` (Bot.)
An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves,
and yellow star-shaped blossoms. Schollera graminea Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, Shooting
star, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc.
Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
called from its star-shaped capsules.
Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Chrysophyllum
Cainito), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
about sixty species, and the natural order
(Sapotace[ae]) to which it belongs is called the
Star-apple family.
Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
Star coral (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of stony
corals belonging to Astr[ae]a, Orbicella, and allied
genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
contain conspicuous radiating septa.
Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber.
Star flower. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum;
star-of-Bethlehem.
(b) See Starwort
(b) .
(c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis
(Trientalis Americana). --Gray.
Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
projecting angles; -- whence the name.
Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
different parts of the bore of a gun.
Star grass. (Bot.)
(a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having
star-shaped yellow flowers.
(b) The colicroot. See Colicroot.
Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla
(S. autumnalis); -- called also star-headed hyacinth.
Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
(Nostoc commune, N. edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
Star lizard. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Stellion.
Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
(Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike
flower.
Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago
(P. coronopus), growing upon the seashore.
Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
so as to form a star-shaped figure.
Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the
United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
one for each.
With the old flag, the true American flag, the
Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster.
Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting.
Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea
solstitialis) having the involucre armed with radiating
spines.
Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
of some machines.
Star worm (Zo["o]l.), a gephyrean.
Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be
variable stars of long and undetermined periods.
Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes
occur at fixed periods.
Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant (Schollera
graminea) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
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