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AEgialitis vociferaKilldee Kill"dee`, Killdeer Kill"deer`, n. [So named from
its notes.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small American plover ([AE]gialitis vocifera).
Note: It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail
coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a
line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and
band across the breast, black. Anthraciferous
Anthraciferous An`thra*cif"er*ous, a. [Gr. ? coal + -ferous.]
(Min.)
Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata.
Antrostomus vociferusWhip-poor-will Whip"-poor-will`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the
nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the
peculiar notes which it utters in the evening. [Written also
whippowil.] Bacciferous
Bacciferous Bac*cif"er*ous, a. [L. baccifer; bacca berry +
ferre to bear]
Producing berries. `` Bacciferous trees.' --Ray.
CalciferousCalciferous Cal*cif"er*ous, a. [L. calx, calcis, lime +
-ferous.]
Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of
lime.
Calciferous epoch (Geol.), an epoch in the American lower
Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian
period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of
calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the
beds. See the Diagram under Geology. Calciferous epochCalciferous Cal*cif"er*ous, a. [L. calx, calcis, lime +
-ferous.]
Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of
lime.
Calciferous epoch (Geol.), an epoch in the American lower
Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian
period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of
calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the
beds. See the Diagram under Geology. Caryocar nuciferumSouari nut Sou*a"ri nut` (Bot.)
The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American
tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with
the tea plant; -- also called butternut. [Written also
sawarra nut.] CocciferousCocciferous Coc*cif"er*ous, a. [L. coccum a berry + -ferous.
See Coccus.]
Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous
trees or plants. Cocos nuciferaCocoa Co"coa (k[=o]"k[-o]), n., Cocoa palm Co"coa palm`
(p[aum]m`)[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm.
The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the
monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a
bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr.
koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a kind
of Egyptian palm.] (Bot.)
A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It
grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of
sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has
a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty
feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in
clusters; the cocoanut tree. CorticiferCorticifer Cor*tic"i*fer (k?r-t?s"?-f?r), n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy
part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark. Corticiferous
Corticiferous Cor`ti*cif"er*ous (k?r`t?-s?f"?r-?s), a. [L.
cortex, corticis, bark -- -ferous: cf. F. corticif?re.]
1. Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles
bark.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a barklike c?nenchyms.
Croton lacciferum, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on
the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous
substance.
Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state,
incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the
coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum
is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a thin
crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac is an
important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes,
and lacquers.
Ceylon lac, a resinous exudation of the tree Croton
lacciferum, resembling lac.
Lac dye, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.
Lac lake, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated
from its solutions by alum.
Mexican lac, an exudation of the tree Croton Draco. Cruciferous
Cruciferous Cru*cif"er*ous (kr?-s?f"?r-?s), a. [L. crux,
crucis, cross + -ferous: cf. F. crucif?re.]
1. Bearing a cross.
2. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of
plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a
cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc.
Disciferous
Disciferous Dis*cif"er*ous, a. [Disc- + -ferous.]
Bearing disks.
Furcifer ChilensisGemul Ge*mul", n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with
simple forked horns. [Written also guemul.] Furciferous
Furciferous Fur*cif"er*ous, a. [L. furcifer yoke bearer,
scoundrel; furca fork, yoke, fork-shaped instrument of
punishment + ferre to bear.]
Rascally; scandalous. [R.] ``Furciferous knaves.' --De
Quincey.
Lanciferous
Lanciferous Lan*cif"er*ous, a. [Lance + -ferous.]
Bearing a lance.
Laticiferous
Laticiferous Lat`i*cif"er*ous, a. [L. latex, laticis, a liquid
+ -ferous.] (Bot.)
Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubular
vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.
Luciferian
Luciferian Lu`ci*fe"ri*an, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Lucifer; having the pride of Lucifer;
satanic; devilish.
2. Of or pertaining to the Luciferians or their leader.
Luciferian
Luciferian Lu`ci*fe"ri*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the
fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches
because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the
Arians.
LuciferousLuciferous Lu*cif"er*ous, a. [See Lucifer.]
Giving light; affording light or means of discovery. --Boyle. Luciferously
Luciferously Lu*cif"er*ous*ly, adv.
In a luciferous manner.
Nuciferous
Nuciferous Nu*cif"er*ous, a. [L. nux, nucis, nut + -ferous.]
Bearing, or producing, nuts.
P subgenus Laverania falciferumMalaria parasite Malaria parasite
Any of several minute protozoans of the genus Plasmodium
(syn. H[ae]matozo["o]n) which in their adult condition live
in the tissues of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles (which
see) and when transferred to the blood of man, by the bite of
the mosquito, produce malaria.
Note: The young parasites, or sporozoites, enter the red
blood corpuscles, growing at their expense, undergoing
sporulation, and finally destroying the corpuscles,
thus liberating in the blood plasma an immense number
of small spores called merozoites. An indefinite but
not ultimated number of such generations may follow,
but if meanwhile the host is bitten by a mosquito, the
parasites develop into gametes in the stomach of the
insect. These conjugate, the zygote thus produced
divides, forming spores, and eventually sporozoites,
which, penetrating to the salivary glands of the
mosquito, may be introduced into a new host. The
attacks of the disease coincide with the dissolution of
the corpuscles and liberation of the spores and
products of growth of the parasites into the blood
plasma. Several species of the parasite are
distinguished, as P. vivax, producing tertian
malaria; P. malari[ae], quartan malaria; and P.
(subgenus Laverania) falciferum, the malarial fever of
summer and autumn common in the tropics. Q cocciferaOak Oak ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Q. nigra.
Basket oak, Q. Michauxii.
Black oak, Q. tinctoria; -- called also yellow or
quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Q. macrocarpa; -- called also
over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Q. Prinus and Q. densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), Q. prinoides.
Coast live oak, Q. agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Q. virens, the best of all
for shipbuilding; also, Q. Chrysolepis, of California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Q. obtusifolia.
Red oak, Q. rubra.
Scarlet oak, Q. coccinea.
Scrub oak, Q. ilicifolia, Q. undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Q. imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Q. falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Q. palustris.
Swamp white oak, Q. bicolor.
Water oak, Q. aguatica.
Water white oak, Q. lyrata.
Willow oak, Q. Phellos. Among the true oaks in Europe
are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Q. Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Q. Suber.
English white oak, Q. Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Q. Ilex.
Kermes oak, Q. coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Q. infectoria.
Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree (Oldfieldia
Africana).
Australian, or She, oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree (Alectryon
excelsum).
Poison oak, the poison ivy. See under Poison. Quercus cocciferaKermes Ker"mes, n. [Ar. & Per. girmiz. See Crimson, and cf.
Alkermes.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale
insect (Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect,
and found on several species of oak near the
Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea,
contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used
in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a
vegetable nature, and were used in medicine. [Written also
chermes.]
2. (Bot.) A small European evergreen oak (Quercus
coccifera) on which the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis)
feeds. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Kermes mineral.
(a) (Old Chem.) An artificial amorphous trisulphide of
antimony; -- so called on account of its red color.
(b) (Med. Chem.) A compound of the trioxide and
trisulphide of antimony, used in medicine. This
substance occurs in nature as the mineral kermesite. Quercus cocciferaCochineal Coch"i*neal (?; 277), [Sp. cochinilla, dim. from L.
coccineus, coccinus, scarlet, fr. coccum the kermes berry, G.
? berry, especially the kermes insect, used to dye scarlet,
as the cohineal was formerly supposed to be the grain or seed
of a plant, and this word was formerly defined to be the
grain of the Quercus coccifera; but cf. also Sp. cochinilla
wood louse, dim. of cochina sow, akin to F. cochon pig.]
A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the
Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America,
etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia
cochinellifera.
Note: These insects are gathered from the plant, killed by
the application of heat, and exposed to the sun to dry.
When dried they resemble small, rough berries or seeds,
of a brown or purple color, and form the cochineal of
the shops, which is used for making carmine, and also
as a red dye.
Note: Cochineal contains as its essential coloring matter
carminic acid, a purple red amorphous substance which
yields carmine red.
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