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B luteaBirch Birch (b[~e]rch), n.; pl. Birches (-[e^]z). [OE.
birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj["o]rk, Sw.
bj["o]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche,
birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr.
bh[=u]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st Birk.]
1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus
Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also
called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B.
glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea);
the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch
(B. lenta).
2. The wood or timber of the birch.
3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.
Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being
tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in
schools. They were also made into brooms.
The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak.
4. A birch-bark canoe.
Birch of Jamaica, a species (Bursera gummifera) of
turpentine tree.
Birch partridge. (Zo["o]l.) See Ruffed grouse.
Birch wine, wine made of the spring sap of the birch.
Oil of birch.
(a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European
birch (Betula alba), and used in the preparation of
genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia
leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor.
(b) An oil prepared from the black birch (B. lenta),
said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for
which it is largely sold. ColuteaBladder Blad"der, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl?dre,
bl?ddre; akin to Icel. bla?ra, SW. bl["a]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re,
D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the bladder in the body of animals,
G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS.
bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See Blow to puff.]
1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. ``To swim with
bladders of philosophy.' --Rochester.
Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any species of
tapeworm (T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts
of animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and F. vesiculosus) -- called
also bladder tangle. See Wrack. Corpora luteaCorpus Cor"pus (-p[u^]s), n.; pl. Corpora (-p[-o]*r[.a]).
[L.]
A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.
Corpus callosum (k[a^]l*l[=o]"s[u^]m); pl. Corpora
callosa (-s?) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band
of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres.
See Brain.
Corpus Christi (kr[i^]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R.
C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on
the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
Corpus Christi cloth. Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx.
Corpus delicti (d[-e]*l[i^]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the
crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the
comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a
crime.
Corpus luteum (l[=u]"t[-e]*[u^]m); pl. Corpora lutea
(-[.a]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow
mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the
mammalian ovary.
Corpus striatum (str[-i]*[=a]"t[u^]m); pl. Corpora
striata (-t[.a]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in
the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain. Gentiana luteaBitterwort Bit"ter*wort`, n. (Bot.)
The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very
bitter taste. Gentiana luteaGentian Gen"tian, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana,
fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its
properties.] (Bot.)
Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with
opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
Illust. of Capsule.
Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna,
Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed
gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are
used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the
pharmacop[oe]ias.
Horse gentian, fever root.
Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana
lutea). See Bitterwort. Gentiana luteaGentian Gen"tian, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana,
fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its
properties.] (Bot.)
Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with
opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
Illust. of Capsule.
Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna,
Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed
gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are
used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the
pharmacop[oe]ias.
Horse gentian, fever root.
Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana
lutea). See Bitterwort. Gluteal
Gluteal Glu"te*al, a. [G. ? rump, pl., the buttocks.] (Anat.)
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glut[ae]us.
Nelumbo luteaYoncopin Yon"co*pin, n. [Perhaps corrupted from Illinois
micoupena, Chippewa makopin, the American lotus.] (Bot.)
A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the
American lotus (Nelumbo lutea). Nelumbo luteaNelumbo Ne*lum"bo, n. [Ceylonese word.] (Bot.)
A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is
Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, N.
speciosa. [Written also Nelumbium.] Pluteal
Pluteal Plu"te*al, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to a pluteus.
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