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Alpine
Alpine Al"pine, a. [L. Alpinus, fr. Alpes the Alps: cf. F.
Alpin.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain;
as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.
2. Like the Alps; lofty. ``Gazing up an Alpine height.'
--Tennyson.
Alpinia GallangaChina Chi"na, n.
1. A country in Eastern Asia.
2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for
porcelain. See Porcelain.
China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant.
See Aster.
China bean. See under Bean, 1.
China clay See Kaolin.
China grass, Same as Ramie.
China ink. See India ink.
China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of
Dianthus (D. Chiensis) having variously colored single
or double flowers; Indian pink.
China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax
(S. China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much
esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used
for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and
Alpinia officinarum).
China rose. (Bot.)
(a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of
rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other
species.
(b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis)
of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China
and the east Indies.
China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or
of crockery.
China ware, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century
because brought from the far East, and differing from the
pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely,
crockery in general.
Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach. Alpinia officinarumChina Chi"na, n.
1. A country in Eastern Asia.
2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for
porcelain. See Porcelain.
China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant.
See Aster.
China bean. See under Bean, 1.
China clay See Kaolin.
China grass, Same as Ramie.
China ink. See India ink.
China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of
Dianthus (D. Chiensis) having variously colored single
or double flowers; Indian pink.
China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax
(S. China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much
esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used
for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and
Alpinia officinarum).
China rose. (Bot.)
(a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of
rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other
species.
(b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis)
of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China
and the east Indies.
China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or
of crockery.
China ware, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century
because brought from the far East, and differing from the
pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely,
crockery in general.
Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach. Alpinist
Alpinist Al"pin*ist, n.
A climber of the Alps.
Caesalpinia coriariaDivi-divi Di"vi-di"vi, n. [Native name.] (Bot.)
A small tree of tropical America (C[ae]salpinia coriaria),
whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic
acid, and are used by tanners and dyers. Caesalpinia echinataLima Li"ma (l[=e]"m[.a] or l[imac]"m[.a]), n.
The capital city of Peru, in South America.
Lima bean. (Bot.)
(a) A variety of climbing or pole bean (Phaseolus lunatus),
which has very large flattish seeds.
(b) The seed of this plant, much used for food.
Lima wood (Bot.), the beautiful dark wood of the South
American tree C[ae]salpinia echinata. Caesalpinia echinataBrazil wood Bra*zil" wood` [OE. brasil, LL. brasile (cf. Pg. &
Sp. brasil, Pr. bresil, Pr. bresil); perh. from Sp. or Pg.
brasa a live coal (cf. Braze, Brasier); or Ar. vars plant
for dyeing red or yellow. This name was given to the wood
from its color; and it is said that King Emanuel, of
Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South
America on account of its producing this wood.]
1. The wood of the oriental C[ae]salpinia Sapan; -- so
called before the discovery of America.
2. A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil
and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for
dyeing. The best is the heartwood of C[ae]salpinia
echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield
it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C.
Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished
as Braziletto, but the better kind is also frequently so
named. Caesalpinia formerly Poinciana pulcherrimaPoinciana Poin`ci*a"na, n. [NL. Named after M. de Poinci, a
governor of the French West Indies.] (Bot.)
A prickly tropical shrub (C[ae]salpinia, formerly Poinciana,
pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy
orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.
Note: The genus Poinciana is kept up for three trees of
Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India. Caesalpinia SapanBrazil wood Bra*zil" wood` [OE. brasil, LL. brasile (cf. Pg. &
Sp. brasil, Pr. bresil, Pr. bresil); perh. from Sp. or Pg.
brasa a live coal (cf. Braze, Brasier); or Ar. vars plant
for dyeing red or yellow. This name was given to the wood
from its color; and it is said that King Emanuel, of
Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South
America on account of its producing this wood.]
1. The wood of the oriental C[ae]salpinia Sapan; -- so
called before the discovery of America.
2. A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil
and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for
dyeing. The best is the heartwood of C[ae]salpinia
echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield
it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C.
Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished
as Braziletto, but the better kind is also frequently so
named. Caesalpinia SappanSapan wood Sa*pan" wood [Malay sapang.] (Bot.)
A dyewood yielded by C[ae]salpinia Sappan, a thorny
leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands.
It is the original Brazil wood. [Written also sappan wood.] Cisalpine
Cisalpine Cis*al"pine, a. [L. Cisalpinus; cis on this side +
Alpinus Alpine.]
On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that
is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.
Cytisus alpinusLaburnum La*bur"num, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the
Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and
seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.
Note: Scotch laburnum (Cytisus alpinus) is similar, but has
smooth leaves; purple laburnum is C. purpureus. D alpinaDaphnin Daph"nin, n. [Cf. F. daphnine.] (Chem.)
(a) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon
(Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential
principle of the plant. [R.]
(b) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a
glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and D.
alpina. Epimedium alpinumBarrenwort Bar"ren*wort`, n. (Bot.)
An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium
alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be
sudorific. Leontopodium alpinumEdelweiss E"del*weiss, n. [G., fr. edel noble + weiss white.]
(Bot.)
A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium
alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps. Poinciana or Caesalpinia pulcherrimaFlower-fence Flow"er-fence`, n. (Bot.)
A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, or C[ae]salpinia,
pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red
flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for
hedges in the West Indies. --Baird. SalpingitisSalpingitis Sal`pin*gi"tis, n. [NL. See Salpinx, and
-itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the salpinx. Salpinx
Salpinx Sal"pinx, n. [NL., from Gr. ?, ?, a trumpet.] (Old
Anat.)
The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.
ScalpingScalp Scalp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scalping.]
1. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the
head of.
2. (Surg.) To remove the skin of.
We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]. --J. S.
Wells.
3. (Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat
grains, in the process of high milling. --Knight. ScalpingScalping Scalp"ing (sk[a^]lp"[i^]ng),
a. & n. from Scalp.
Scalping iron (Surg.), an instrument used in scraping foul
and carious bones; a raspatory.
Scalping knife, a knife used by North American Indians in
scalping. Scalping ironScalping Scalp"ing (sk[a^]lp"[i^]ng),
a. & n. from Scalp.
Scalping iron (Surg.), an instrument used in scraping foul
and carious bones; a raspatory.
Scalping knife, a knife used by North American Indians in
scalping. Scalping knifeScalping Scalp"ing (sk[a^]lp"[i^]ng),
a. & n. from Scalp.
Scalping iron (Surg.), an instrument used in scraping foul
and carious bones; a raspatory.
Scalping knife, a knife used by North American Indians in
scalping. Subalpine
Subalpine Sub*al"pine, a. [L. subalpinus.] (Bot. & Zo["o]l.)
Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains,
but considerably below the snow line.
T alpinaSandpiper Sand"pi`per, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringid[ae].
Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(T. alpina); the purple sandpiper (T. maritima: the
red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (T. canutus); the
semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the
spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis
macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites
subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
upland plover. See under Upland. Among the European
species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis, or
Tringoides, hypoleucus), called also fiddler,
peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe.
Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called
sandpipers.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt. TransalpineTransalpine Trans*al"pine, a. [L. transalpinus; trans across,
beyond + Alpinus Alpine, from Alpes the Alps: cf. F.
transalpin.]
Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that
is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining
to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine
Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine. `` Transalpine garbs.'
--Beau. & Fl. Transalpine
Transalpine Trans*al"pine, n.
A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is,
out of Italy.
Trifolium alpinumLicorice Lic"o*rice (l[i^]k"[-o]*r[i^]s), n. [OE. licoris,
through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr.
glycyrrhiza, Gr. glyky`rriza; glyky`s sweet + "ri`za root.
Cf. Glycerin, Glycyrrhiza, Wort.] [Written also
liquorice.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra),
the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much
used in demulcent compositions.
2. The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a
confection and for medicinal purposes.
Licorice fern (Bot.), a name of several kinds of polypody
which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor.
Licorice sugar. (Chem.) See Glycyrrhizin.
Licorice weed (Bot.), the tropical plant Scapania dulcis.
Mountain licorice (Bot.), a kind of clover (Trifolium
alpinum), found in the Alps. It has large purplish
flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock.
Wild licorice. (Bot.)
(a) The North American perennial herb Glycyrrhiza
lepidota.
(b) Certain broad-leaved cleavers (Galium circ[ae]zans
and G. lanceolatum).
(c) The leguminous climber Abrus precatorius, whose
scarlet and black seeds are called black-eyed
Susans. Its roots are used as a substitute for those
of true licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra).
Meaning of Alpin from wikipedia
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Alpin may
refer to:
Alpín mac Echdach, two
kings of the same name - one the
father of Cináed mac Ailpín, the
other a king of Dál
Riata Siol
Alpin, a group...
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Alpín mac
Echdach was a
supposed king of Dál Riata, an
ancient kingdom that
included parts of
Ireland and Scotland.
Alpín was
included in a
pedigree chart...
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Kenneth Mac
Alpin (Medieval Gaelic: Cináed mac Ailpin;
Modern Scottish Gaelic:
Coinneach mac Ailpein; 810 – 13
February 858) or
Kenneth I was King of Dál...
- The
House of
Alpin, also
known as the Alpínid dynasty,
Clann Chináeda, and
Clann Chinaeda meic Ailpín, was the kin-group
which ruled in Pictland, possibly...
- The
Institut Alpin Videmanette was a
finishing school in the muni****lity of Rougemont, Switzerland. It was an all-girl
school where the
lessons were...
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Alpinisms is the
debut album by
School of
Seven Bells. It was
originally released on
October 28, 2008
through Ghostly International, and re-released on...
- The ch****eurs
alpins (English:
Alpine Hunters) are the
elite mountain infantry force of the
French Army. They are
trained to
operate in
mountainous terrain...
- Siol
Alpin (from Gaelic, Sìol Ailpein: Seed of
Alpin) is a
family of
seven Scottish clans traditionally claiming descent from
Alpin,
father of Cináed mac...
- The
Metro Alpin is an
underground funicular situated above the
Swiss town of Saas Fee, in the
canton of Valais.
Opened in 1984, it
links the Felskinn...
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Alpín II may
refer to:
Alpin II of
Dalriada (ruled in the late 730s)
Alpín II of the
Picts (ruled 775–780) This
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