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ArtichokeArtichoke Ar"ti*choke, n. [It. articiocco, perh. corrupted fr.
the same word as carciofo; cf. older spellings archiciocco,
archicioffo, carciocco, and Sp. alcachofa, Pg. alcachofra;
prob. fr. Ar. al-harshaf, al-kharsh[=u]f.] (Bot.)
1. The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a
thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly
involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is
composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets,
sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base
of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.
2. See Jerusalem artichoke. Aspidium acrostichoidesChristmas Christ"mas, n. [Christ + mass.]
An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a
legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often
celebrated by a particular church service, and also by
special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
Christmas box.
(a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas.
(b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and
servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.
Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for,
Christmas.
Christmas day. Same as Christmas.
Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas.
Christmas fern (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern
(Aspidium acrostichoides), which is much used for
decoration in winter.
Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a
poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern
Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers
midwinter.
Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to
be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated
on Christmas eve. DistichousDistich Dis"tich, Distichous Dis"tich*ous, a. [Gr. ?. See
Distich, n.]
Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked. Distichously
Distichously Dis"tich*ous*ly, adv.
In a distichous manner.
Hexastichon
Hexastich Hex"a*stich, Hexastichon Hex*as"ti*chon, n. [L.
hexastichus of six rows, lines, or verses, Gr. ?; "e`x six +
sti`chos row, line, verse.]
A poem consisting of six verses or lines.
Jerusalem artichokeJerusalem Je*ru"sa*lem, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Heb. Y?r?sh[=a]laim.]
The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the
glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus
Christ.
Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e.,
sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.)
(a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower
(Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used
as food.
(b) One of the tubers themselves.
Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of
either of two species of Solanum (S. Pseudo-capsicum
and S. capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house
plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of
cherries.
Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot (Chenopodium
Botrys), common about houses and along roadsides.
Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family
(Phlomis tuberosa).
Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree
(Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm
countries, and used for hedges.
The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City. MonostichousMonostichous Mo*nos"ti*chous (m[-o]*n[o^]s"t[i^]*k[u^]s), a.
[See Monostich.] (Bot.)
Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the
flowers in grasses of the tribe Chlorid[ae]. Octostichous
Octostichous Oc*tos"ti*chous, a. [Octo- + Gr. ? a row.] (Bot.)
In eight vertical ranks, as leaves on a stem.
Pentastichous
Pentastichous Pen*tas"ti*chous, a. [Penta- + Gr. ? a row.]
(Bot.)
Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks, as the leaves of
an apple tree or a cherry tree.
Potichomania
Potichomania Po`ti*cho*ma"ni*a, Potichomanie
Po`ti*cho*ma"nie, n. [F. potichomanie; potiche a porcelain
vase + manie mania.]
The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels
with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the
appearance of painted ware.
Potichomanie
Potichomania Po`ti*cho*ma"ni*a, Potichomanie
Po`ti*cho*ma"nie, n. [F. potichomanie; potiche a porcelain
vase + manie mania.]
The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels
with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the
appearance of painted ware.
Rhinoceros tichorhinusWoolly Wool"ly, a.
1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly
fleece.
2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. ``My fleece of
woolly hair.' --Shak.
3. Clothed with wool. ``Woolly breeders.' --Shak.
4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling
wool.
Woolly bear (Zo["o]l.), the hairy larva of several species
of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United
States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under Salt),
the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella
moth (see Illust., under Isabella Moth), and the yellow
woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth
(Spilosoma Virginica).
Woolly butt (Bot.), an Australian tree (Eucalyptus
longifolia), so named because of its fibrous bark.
Woolly louse (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse (Schizoneura, or
Erisoma, lanigera) which is often very injurious to the
apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white
filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In
exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the
other the branches. See Illust. under Blight.
Woolly macaco (Zo["o]l.), the mongoose lemur.
Woolly maki (Zo["o]l.), a long-tailed lemur (Indris
laniger) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like
wool; -- called also avahi, and woolly lemur.
Woolly monkey (Zo["o]l.), any South American monkey of the
genus Lagothrix, as the caparro.
Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros
(Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic
regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair.
It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the
flesh and hair well preserved. Stichomancy
Stichomancy Stich"o*man`cy, n. [Gr. ? a line + -mancy.]
Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard.
Stichometrical
Stichometrical Stich`o*met"ric*al, a.
Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or
lines.
Stichometry
Stichometry Stich*om"e*try, n. [Gr. ? a line + -metry.]
1. Measurement of books by the number of lines which they
contain.
2. Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the
division of the text of books into lines accommodated to
the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before
punctuation was adopted.
Tichorrhine
Tichorrhine Tich"or*rhine, n. [Gr. ? a wall + ?, ?, the nose.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septum
supporting the nose; the hairy rhinoceros.
TristichousTristichous Tris"tich*ous, a. [Gr. ? in three rows; ? (see
Tri-) + ? a row.] (Bot.)
Arranged in three vertical rows.
Meaning of Ticho from wikipedia
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Ticho may
refer to:
Ticho, Anna (1894–1980), a
Jewish artist who
became famous for her
drawings of the
Jerusalem hills Ticho,
Ernst (1915–1996), Austrian-American...
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Ticho House (Hebrew: בית טיכו, Beit Tikho) is a
historical home in Jerusalem, now a
museum administered as part of the
Israel Museum. It was one of the...
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Ticho Parly (né
Frederick Christiansen) (16 July 1928 – 21 June 1993) was a Danish-born
Heldentenor who sang
leading roles in most of the
major opera...
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Ticho (Hebrew: אנה טיכו; 27
October 1894 – 1
March 1980) was an
Israeli artist who
became famous for her
drawings of the
Jerusalem hills. Beit
Ticho,...
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Gertrude Ticho (October 19, 1920, in
Vienna –
February 10, 2004, in
Chevy Chase, Maryland) was an
American psychoanalyst, born and
trained in Austria...
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Ticho is the
second album by the pop
singer Ewa Farna,
released on 1
October 2007. It was very
successful in the
Czech Republic,
gaining platinum status...
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during the late
Second Temple period. The
Ticho House in
downtown Jerusalem houses the
paintings of Anna
Ticho and the
Judaica collections of her husband...
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excavations conducted in
Mandatory Palestine, in the 1920s and 1930s; and
Ticho House,
which offers an
ongoing program of
exhibitions by
younger Israeli...
- Orleans, he
studied voice there with
Charles Paddock, also the
teacher of
Ticho Parly. He is also well
known for
playing Eddie Kessler in
Boardwalk Empire...
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Feist R,
Morris R,
Witherspoon C,
Blair N,
Ticho B,
White M (1990). "Vitrectomy in
asteroid hyalosis". Retina. 10 (3): 173–7...
