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Cocculus palmatus Calumba Ca*lum"ba, n. [from kalumb, its native name in
Mozambique.] (Med.)
The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably
Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an
unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and
antiseptic. [Written also colombo, columbo, and
calombo.]
American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called
American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as
bitter tonic in place of calumba.
Lagothrix infumatus Grison Gri"son, n. [F., fr. grison gray, gray-haired, gris
gray. See Gris.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A South American animal of the family Mustelidae
(Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long,
exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also
called South American glutton.
(b) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to
be gluttonous.
Nematus ventricosus Currant Cur"rant (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de
Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the
city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried
grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving
the name from its resemblance to that grape.]
1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant,
chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.
2. The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common
red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.
3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus
Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the
Ribes rubrum.
Black currant,a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and R.
floridum) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit.
Cherry currant, a variety of the red currant, having a
strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry.
Currant borer (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect that bores
into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the
larvae of a small clearwing moth ([AE]geria
tipuliformis) and a longicorn beetle (Psenocerus
supernotatus).
Currant worm (Zo["o]l.), an insect larva which eats the
leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the
currant sawfly (Nematus ventricosus), introduced from
Europe, and the spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit
worms are the larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis), and a
spanworm (Eupithecia).
Flowering currant, Missouri currant, a species of Ribes
(R. aureum), having showy yellow flowers.
Pachynematus extensicornis Wheat sawfly Wheat sawfly
(a) A small European sawfly (Cephus pygm[ae]us) whose larva
does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks.
(b) Any of several small American sawflies of the genus
Dolerus, as D. sericeus and D. arvensis, whose
larv[ae] injure the stems or heads of wheat.
(c) Pachynematus extensicornis, whose larv[ae] feed chiefly
on the blades of wheat; -- called also grass sawfly.
Strongylus armatus Palisade Pal`i*sade", n. [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It.
palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake,
pale. See Pale a stake.]
1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set
firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a
fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means
of defense.
2. Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.
Palisade cells (Bot.), vertically elongated parenchyma
cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper
surface of many leaves.
Palisade worm (Zo["o]l.), a nematoid worm (Strongylus
armatus), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in
which it produces aneurisms, often fatal.
