Definition of Olinia. Meaning of Olinia. Synonyms of Olinia

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Definition of Olinia

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Carolinian
Carolinian Car`o*lin"i*an, n. A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.
Gadolinia
Gadolinia Gad`o*lin"i*a, n. [NL. See Gadolinite.] A rare earth associated with yttria and regarded as the oxide (Gd2O3) of a metallic element,
Gadolinia
Gadolinia Gad`o*lin"i*a, n. [NL. See Gadolinite.] (Chem.) A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposed element gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides of yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, etc.
X Carolinianum
Prickly Prick"ly, a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. Prickly ash (Bot.), a prickly shrub (Xanthoxylum Americanum) with yellowish flowers appearing with the leaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic. The southern species is X. Carolinianum. --Gray. Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in hot weather. Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds. The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others, and in tropical America more than a hundred more. O. vulgaris, O. Ficus-Indica, and O. Tuna are abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and O. Dillenii has become common in India. Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm (Bactris Plumierana), the slender trunk of which bears many rings of long black prickles. Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant (Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing, triangular stems. Prickly rat (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of South American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp spines.

Meaning of Olinia from wikipedia

- Olinia is a genus of small trees and shrubs with 10 species in the family Penaeaceae. The species of Olinia are native to Africa, ranging from west Africa...
- Olinia ventosa, commonly known as the hard-pear. is a large, evergreen forest tree indigenous to South Africa. The hard-pear is a large tree that usually...
- Olinia emarginata, the mountain hard pear or berghardepeer in Afrikaans language, is a tree species in the genus Olinia native to South Africa and Lesotho...
- include: Alena, Elena, Jelena, Lena, Lenya, Lenochka, Olinia, Olinija, Olenya, Olinda, Olina, Lina, Olinia, Olenka, Olenochka and Olinija. Notable people with...
- Berries of Olinia ventosa, including a cross-section showing hard seeds in the pulp...
- ironwood), Africa Olea woodiana (Black ironwood), eastern and southern Africa Olinia ventosa (Sproutful ironwood) Olneya tesota (desert ironwood, Arizona or...
- Rhynchocalycaceae but is now included in the expanded Penaeaceae along with Olinia (formerly of the Oliniaceae) under the APG III system of classification...
- under the APG III system of classification with the inclusion of the genera Olinia (formerly in the monogeneric Oliniaceae) and the single species from the...
- Olinia capensis (Jacq.) Klotzsch, indigenous Genus Olinia: Olinia a****inata Klotzsch, accepted as Olinia capensis (Jacq.) Klotzsch, indigenous Olinia...
- yellowwoods (Afrocarpus falcatus and Podocarpus latifolius), Natal hard pear (Olinia radiata), forest waterberry (Syzygium gerrardii), **** stinkwood (Ocotea...