Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 81813 |
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... botany , a genus of the class triandria , order monogynia . Calyx two - valved , one - flowered ; corol two - valved ; nectary one- valved , involving the germ . One species , a grass of South America . MIEL ( Jan ) , a Flemish painter ...
... botany , a genus of the class triandria , order monogynia . Calyx two - valved , one - flowered ; corol two - valved ; nectary one- valved , involving the germ . One species , a grass of South America . MIEL ( Jan ) , a Flemish painter ...
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... botanist would confine their food to the vegetable kingdom , almost denied to the Lapland waters ; inatten- tive to ... botany , a genus of the class syngenesia , order polygamia æqualis . Re- ceptacle naked ; calyx four or six - leaved ...
... botanist would confine their food to the vegetable kingdom , almost denied to the Lapland waters ; inatten- tive to ... botany , a genus of the class syngenesia , order polygamia æqualis . Re- ceptacle naked ; calyx four or six - leaved ...
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... botany . See MUCOR , and ECIDIUM . To MILDEW . v . a . To taint with mildew ( Gay ) . MILDLY . ad . ( from mild . ) 1. Tenderly ; not severely ( Dryden ) . 2. Gently ; not vio- lently ( Bacon ) . MILDNESS . s . ( from mild . ) Gentle ...
... botany . See MUCOR , and ECIDIUM . To MILDEW . v . a . To taint with mildew ( Gay ) . MILDLY . ad . ( from mild . ) 1. Tenderly ; not severely ( Dryden ) . 2. Gently ; not vio- lently ( Bacon ) . MILDNESS . s . ( from mild . ) Gentle ...
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... botany , a genus of the digynia order , belonging to the triandria class of plants ; and in the natural method ranking under the fourth order , Gramina . The calyx is bivalved and uniflorous ; the corol is very short ; the stigmata ...
... botany , a genus of the digynia order , belonging to the triandria class of plants ; and in the natural method ranking under the fourth order , Gramina . The calyx is bivalved and uniflorous ; the corol is very short ; the stigmata ...
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... botany . See ASTRA- GALUS . MILK - WOOD . In botany . See BROSI- MUM . MILK - WORT . In botany . See POLY- ALA . MILK - THISTLE . See CARDUUS . MI'LKEN . a . ( from milk . ) Consisting of milk ( Temple ) . MIʼLKER. ́s . ( from milk ...
... botany . See ASTRA- GALUS . MILK - WOOD . In botany . See BROSI- MUM . MILK - WORT . In botany . See POLY- ALA . MILK - THISTLE . See CARDUUS . MI'LKEN . a . ( from milk . ) Consisting of milk ( Temple ) . MIʼLKER. ́s . ( from milk ...
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