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Apis mellificaApis A"pis, n. [L., bee.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the
common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species.
See Honeybee. Apis mellificaHoneybee Hon"ey*bee`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and
collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis
mellifica), the Italian bee (A. ligustica), and the
Arabiab bee (A. fasciata). The two latter are by many
entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive
bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers
(barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile
female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and
a number of males or drones, are produced. Borassus flabelliformisJaggery Jag"ger*y, n. [Hind j[=a]gr[=i]. Cf. Sugar.]
Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the
fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically
that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis). [Written
also jagghery.] Borassus flabelliformisPalmyra Pal*my"ra, n. (Bot.)
A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a
straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is
found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian
Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than
eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by
native writers. Its wood is largely used for building
purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for
making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts. Celliferous
Celliferous Cel*lif"er*ous, a. [Cell + -ferous.]
Bearing or producing cells.
Columelliform
Columelliform Col`u*mel"li*form, a. [Columella + -form.]
Shaped like a little column, or columella.
Felliflu-ous
Felliflu-ous Fel*lif"lu-ous, a. [L. fellifuus; fel gall +
fluere to flow.]
Flowing with gall. [R.] --Johnson.
Flabelliform
Flabelliform Fla*bel"li*form, a. [L. flabellum a fan + -form:
cf. F. flabeliforme.]
Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.
Flagelliform
Flagelliform Fla*gel"li*form, a. [L. flagellum a whip +
-form.]
Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and
(comming) tapering.
Lamelliferous
Lamelliferous Lam`el*lif"er*ous, a. [Lamella + -ferous: cf. F.
lamellif[`e]re.]
Bearing, or composed of, lamell[ae], or thin layers, plates,
or scales; foliated.
Lamelliform
Lamelliform La*mel"li*form, a. [Lamella + -form : cf. F.
lamelliforme.]
Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.
LirelliformLirelliform Li*rel"li*form (-l[i^]*f[^o]rm), a. [Lirella +
-form.] (Bot.)
Like a lirella. [Written also lirell[ae]form.] Masticophis flagelliformisCoachwhip snake Coach"whip` snake" (Zo["o]l.)
A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United
States (Masticophis flagelliformis).
Note: Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged
and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence
the name. Melliferous
Melliferous Mel*lif"er*ous, a. [L. mellifer; mel, mellis,
honey + ferre to bear.]
Producing honey.
MellificMellific Mel*lif"ic, a. [L. mel, mellis, honey + -ficare (in
comp.) to make. See -fy.]
Producing honey. MellificationMellification Mel`li*fi*ca"tion, n. [L. mellificare to make
honey: cf. F. mellification. See Mellific.]
The making or production of honey. Mellifluence
Mellifluence Mel*lif"lu*ence, n.
A flow of sweetness, or a sweet, smooth flow.
MellifluentMellifluent Mel*lif"lu*ent, a. [L. mellifluens. See
Mellifluous.]
Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous. Mellifluently
Mellifluently Mel*lif"lu*ent*ly, adv.
In a mellifluent manner.
MellifluousMellifluous Mel*lif"lu*ous, a. [L. mellifluus; mel, mellis,
honey (akin to Gr. ?, Goth. milip) + fluere to flow. See
Mildew, Fluent, and cf. Marmalade.]
Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly;
as, a mellifluous voice. -- Mel*lif"lu*ous*ly, adv. MellifluouslyMellifluous Mel*lif"lu*ous, a. [L. mellifluus; mel, mellis,
honey (akin to Gr. ?, Goth. milip) + fluere to flow. See
Mildew, Fluent, and cf. Marmalade.]
Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly;
as, a mellifluous voice. -- Mel*lif"lu*ous*ly, adv. Nopalea cochinelliferaNopal No"pal, n. [Mexican nopalli.] (Bot.)
A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally
Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which
it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species
of Cactace[ae]. Opuntia cochinelliferaCochineal 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. Patelliform
Patelliform Pa*tel"li*form, a. [Patella + form: cf. F.
pattelliforme.]
1. Having the form of a patella.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Resembling a limpet of the genus Patella.
Rostelliform
Rostelliform Ros*tel"li*form, a.
Having the form of a rostellum, or small beak.
Scutelliform
Scutelliform Scu*tel"li*form, a. [L. scutella a dish + -form.]
1. Scutellate.
2. (Bot.) Having the form of a scutellum.
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