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Aspidiotus AurantiiOrange Or"ange, n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia,
Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[=a]ranj, Per.
n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga orange tree. The o-
in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum,
because the orange resembles gold in color.]
1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C.
Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
when ripe.
Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original
stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a
second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the horned
orange, in which the carpels are partly separated.
2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.
Mock orange (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant
blossoms.
Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian
shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow
berries.
Orange bird (Zo["o]l.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra
zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast.
Orange cowry (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowry
(Cypr[ae]a aurantia), highly valued by collectors of
shells on account of its rarity.
Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
(Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow
flowers.
Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
obtained from the flowers.
Orange pekoe, a kind of black tea.
Orange pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
Orange scale (Zo["o]l.) any species of scale insects which
infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
(Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale (M. Gloveri),
and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii). Aspidiotus aurantii Red horse. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zo["o]l.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zo["o]l.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zo["o]l.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus
resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus
aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California
and Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zo["o]l.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya or
Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the
Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zo["o]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chickaree.
Red tape, the tape used in public offices for tying up
documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. Aspidium acrostichoidesChristmas Christ"mas, n. [Christ + mass.]
An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a
legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often
celebrated by a particular church service, and also by
special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
Christmas box.
(a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas.
(b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and
servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.
Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for,
Christmas.
Christmas day. Same as Christmas.
Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas.
Christmas fern (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern
(Aspidium acrostichoides), which is much used for
decoration in winter.
Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a
poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern
Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers
midwinter.
Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to
be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated
on Christmas eve. Aspidium marginaleMale Male, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
Male berry (Bot.), a kind of coffee. See Pea berry.
Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium (A.
Filixmas), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
A. athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw. Aspidobranchia
Aspidobranchia As`pi*do*bran"chi*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?,
shield + ? gills.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the
abalone shells and keyhole limpets.
Aspidosperma excelsumPaddlewood Pad"dle*wood`, n. (Bot.)
The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree
of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks. Aspidosperma QuebrachoQuebracho 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). Endaspidean
Endaspidean En`das*pid"e*an, a. [Endo- + Gr. ?, ?, a shield.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the
inner side; -- said of certain birds.
Exaspidean
Exaspidean Ex`as*pid"e*an, a. [Gr. ? out +?,?,a shield.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Having the anterior scute? extending around the tarsus on the
outer side, leaving the inner side naked; -- said of certain
birds.
Holaspidean
Holaspidean Hol`as*pid"e*an, a. [Holo- + Gr.?, ?, shield.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side
of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
JaspideanJaspidean Jas*pid"e*an, Jaspideous Jas*pid"e*ous, a. [L.
iaspideus. See Jasper.]
Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery;
jasperlike. JaspideousJaspidean Jas*pid"e*an, Jaspideous Jas*pid"e*ous, a. [L.
iaspideus. See Jasper.]
Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery;
jasperlike. Pycnaspidean
Pycnaspidean Pyc`nas*pid"e*an, a. [Gr. ? thick, crowded + ?,
?, a shield.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small
irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.
Taxaspidean
Taxaspidean Tax`as*pid"e*an, a. [Gr. ta`xis an arrangement +
?, ?, shield.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular
and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.
Trionyx or Aspidonectus feroxTrionyx Tri*on"yx, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (see Tri-) + ? a
claw.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell
imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin.
They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also
soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.
Note: The common American species (Trionyx, or Aspidonectus,
ferox) becomes over a foot in length and is very
voracious. Similar species are found in Asia and
Africa.
Meaning of Aspid from wikipedia
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Aspid is the
trading name of IFR Automotive, S.L., a
Spanish automobile manufacturer. The
company was
founded in by 2003 by
Ignacio Fernández Rodríguez...
- The IFR
Aspid is a
Spanish open-wheel
sports car
introduced in 2008. It was
available in two models,
Sport and Supersport,
which had base
prices of £75...
- The
Aspid GT-21
Invictus is a
sportscar from
Spanish automotive manufacturer Aspid,
creators of the 2008 IFR
Aspid. Like
their previous model, the GT-21...
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Aspid Guzenan (Persian: اب اسپيدگوزنان, also
Romanized as Āb
Āspīd Gūzenān) is a
village in
Ludab Rural District,
Ludab District, Boyer-Ahmad County...
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Automotive industry Economy of
Spain Transport in
Spain Domestic manufacturers Aspid Ayats Beulas Carrocera Castrosua Comarth Hispano-Suiza
Hurtan Indcar Irizar...
- The ARM-657 Mamboretá is a
rocket pod of
Argentine origin, it
carries 6
Áspid rockets of 57mm each. It is used in the IA 58 Pucará,
Embraer 312 Tucano...
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Daewoo Bus
Genesis Hyundai Kia
Renault Samsung SsangYong Tata
Daewoo Abadal Aspid Cupra GTA Hispano-Suiza
Irizar SEAT
Spania Tauro Tramontana Uro
Micro Vega...
- list of
current and
defunct Spanish automobiles,
listed by manufacturer.
Aspid Beulas (Bus & Coach)
Comarth (Electric Vehicles)
Hurtan Irizar (Bus & Coach)...
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Motors Daewoo Keohwa Proto Saehan SsangYong Samsung Shinjin Sibal Abadal Aspid Cupra GTA
Irizar SEAT
Spania Tauro Tramontana Uro
Hispano Suiza Micro Vega...
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Motor Company (UK)
Arrinera (Poland)
Artega (Germany)
Ascari (UK; defunct)
Aspid (Spain)
Automobili Turismo e
Sport (Italy)
Bizzarrini (Italy; defunct) Boreas...
