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Cornus mascula
Dogwood Dog"wood` (-w[oo^]d`), n. [So named from skewers (dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See Dag, and Dagger.] (Bot.) The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes. Note: There are several species, one of which, Cornus mascula, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red acid berry. C. florida is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms. Dogwood tree. (a) The dogwood or Cornus. (b) A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythrina) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also Jamaica dogwood.
Emasculate
Emasculate E*mas"cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.] 1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld. 2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox.
Emasculate
Emasculate E*mas"cu*late, a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. ``Emasculate slave.' --Hammond.
Emasculated
Emasculate E*mas"cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.] 1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld. 2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox.
Emasculating
Emasculate E*mas"cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.] 1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld. 2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox.
Emasculation
Emasculation E*mas`cu*la"tion, n. 1. The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration. 2. The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.
Emasculator
Emasculator E*mas"cu*la`tor, n. [L.] One who, or that which, emasculates.
Emasculatory
Emasculatory E*mas"cu*la*to*ry, a. Serving or tending to emasculate.
Masculate
Masculate Mas"cu*late, v. t. [L. masculus male, masculine.] To make strong. [Obs.] --Cockeram.
Orchis mascula
2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book. 3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching. 4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away. The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against the tournament, which is not long. --Spenser. 5. Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc. 6. Far-reaching; extensive. `` Long views.' --Burke. 7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30. Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as, long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned, long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded, etc. In the long run, in the whole course of things taken together; in the ultimate result; eventually. Long clam (Zo["o]l.), the common clam (Mya arenaria) of the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. See Mya. Long cloth, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality. Long clothes, clothes worn by a young infant, extending below the feet. Long division. (Math.) See Division. Long dozen, one more than a dozen; thirteen. Long home, the grave. Long measure, Long mater. See under Measure, Meter. Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell, April 20, 1653. Long price, the full retail price. Long purple (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed to be the Orchis mascula. --Dr. Prior. Long suit (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally more than three cards. --R. A. Proctor. Long tom. (a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of a vessel. (b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western U.S.] (c) (Zo["o]l.) The long-tailed titmouse. Long wall (Coal Mining), a working in which the whole seam is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work progresses, except where passages are needed. Of long, a long time. [Obs.] --Fairfax. To be, or go, long of the market, To be on the long side of the market, etc. (Stock Exchange), to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated price; -- opposed to short in such phrases as, to be short of stock, to sell short, etc. [Cant] See Short. To have a long head, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
Orchis mascula
Standergrass Stand"er*grass`, n. (Bot.) A plant (Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.
Unmasculate
Unmasculate Un*mas"cu*late, v. t. [1st pref. un- + masculate.] To emasculate. [Obs.] --Fuller.

Meaning of Mascula from wikipedia

- Orchis mascula, the early-purple orchid, early spring orchis, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Orchis mascula is a perennial...
- Paeonia mascula subsp. mascula Paeonia mascula subsp. bodurii Paeonia mascula subsp. ****enica Paeonia mascula subsp. russoi. Paeonia mascula is at risk...
- Mascula was an ancient Roman colonia in Numidia. It is called Khenchela in modern Algeria. Mascula was located in the Aurès Mountains (part of the Atlas...
- Cornus homerica Bubani Cornus mascula L. Cornus nudiflora Dumort. Cornus praecox Stokes Cornus vernalis Salisb. Eukrania mascula (L.) Merr. Macrocarpium mas...
- parn****ica, P. banatica, P. russi, P. peregrina, P. coriacea, P. mascula subsps. ****enica and mascula, and P. daurica subsps. tomentosa and wittmanniana. Species...
- Sco**** mascula is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Mozambique. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sco**** mascula. Wikispecies has...
- Rodr. Orchis mascula subsp. mascula Orchis mascula subsp. scopulorum (Summerh.) H.Sund. ex H.Kretzschmar, Eccarius & H.Dietr. Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa...
- Khenchela ancient Mascula (Arabic: خنشلة) is the capital city of the administrative Khenchela Province (Wilaya), number 40, in the north east of Algeria...
- died without having had any children with a spouse. decessit sine prole mascula legitima died without legitimate male issue Used in genealogical records...
- died without having had any children with a spouse. decessit sine prole mascula legitima died without legitimate male issue Used in genealogical records...