Cyclopædia
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DISSIMILAR Leaveshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/DISSIMILAR-Leaves
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PROCUMBENT Leaveshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/PROCUMBENT-Leaves
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CRENATED Leaveshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CRENATED-Leaves
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ACANTHUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ACANTHUS
ACANTHUS, in Architecture, an Ornament in the Corinthian and Composite Orders; being the Representation of the Leaves of an Acanaceous Plant, in the Capitals thereof.See CAPITAL, and LEAVES. It takes its Name from δKανθος, the Name given the Plant...
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AXILLAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AXILLA
of puberty. See HANGING, PUBERTY, etc. AXILLA, in botany, is the space comprehended between the stems of plants and their leaves. See PLANT, STEM, LEAF, etc. Hence we say, those flowers grow in the axilla of the leaves, i.e. at the base of the leaves or...
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ALOEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ALOES
West Indies; and is also found in some Countries of Europe, as Spain, and particularly the Mountains of Sierra Morena.Its Leaves are green, very thick, hard, and prickly; yielding a kind of Cotton, whereof Laces may be made.Out of the middle of the...
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SEGMENT-LEAVEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/SEGMENT-LEAVES
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DEGENERATION,https://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/zoology/DEGENERATION,
or Sun, may be depraved; so as a Florid Caulis, e. g. may produce only a Brassica Capitata; and a Dutch Rose of an hundred Leaves, another Rose f ar short thereof in Number of Leaves, Colour, Smell, &c. such a Depravation is possible, and frequently...
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AMBERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AMBER
Letters very well formed; and even Hebrew, and Arabic Characters.—Within some pieces of Amber, have likewise been found Leaves, Insects, etc. included;which seems to indicate either that the Amber was originally in a fluid State; or that having been...
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ANNUALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNUAL
are to be recruited every Year. See PLANT. Annuals stand contradistinguished from Biennials, Perennials, etc. Annual Leaves, are such Leaves as come up afresh in Spring, and perish in Winter. See LEAF. These stand opposed to Perennials. See PERENNIAL....
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ABOMASUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ABOMASUS
the Place wherein the Chyle is form'd, and from which the Food descends immediately into the Intestines. It is full of Leaves like the Omasus ; but its Leaves have this particular to 'em, that beside the Membranes they consist of, they contain a great...
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ALABASTRAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/phytology/ALABASTRA
in Botany, are those little green Leaves which compass in the bottom of the Flower. See CALYX, &c. ALABASTRA
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ASSIMILATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSIMILATION
Earth, being further prepared and digested in the Vessels of the Plant, become of a vegetable Nature, and augment the Wood, Leaves, Fruit, etc. thereof. See VEGETATION, VEGETATION, SAP, WOOD, FRUIT, etc. So in Animal Bodies, we see the Food assimilated,...
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AGNUS Castushttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGNUS%20Castus
the reduplicative Castus, q.d. Chaste, sole or trembling.The Athenian Ladies, who made Profession of Chastity, lay upon leaves of Agnus Castus, during the Feasts of Ceres.See CEREALIA. It is reputed a cooler, and particularly of the genital parts; and...
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ABSTERGENTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ABSTERGENTS
and Efficacy, from Vulneraries. See BALSAMICK, and VULNERARY. The principal Simples in the Class of Detergents, are the Leaves of Wormwood, Garlick, Leeks, Capers, Scurvygrass, Fumitory, Liverwort, Tansy, and Vervain ; Bitter Almonds, Figs, Jujcbs,...
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ASPERIFOLIÆhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPERIFOLIÆ
Botany, one of the Divisions or Kinds of Plants. See PLANT. The Characters of the Asperifolious Kind, are, that the Leaves stand alternately, or without any certain Order on the Stalks: The Flowers are monopetalous, but have the Margin cut into five...
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ASARABACKAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASARABACKA
resemble those of Gramen, or Dog’s-Tooth; but thatit has a pretty brisk Smell, and bites the tongue when tasted.—Its Leaves were anciently much in Use, as an Emetic, and Cathartic; and in some Authors we find a superstitious Observance in the gathering...
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ALEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALE
against the gout; Cerevisia Cephalica, for the head; Cerevisia Epileptica, &c. Gill Ale, is prepared by infusing the dry leaves of Hedera Terrestris, i.e., Ground-Ivy, in malt-liquor; which thereby becomes impregnated with the virtues of the simple; and...
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APETALOUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/phytology/APETALOUS
in Botany, something without Petals or Leaves. See PETAL and LEAF. The Word comes from the privative Particle α, and πέταλον, Folium, a Leaf. See FLOWER, PLANT, etc. APETALOUS
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ANGELICAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGELICA
the chief Intention wherein it is now prescribed among us, is, as a Carminative. Its Root is in the most esteem; though the Leaves are also used. Angelica-Water, is one of the compound Waters of the Shops; thus called from the Angelica Roots; which are...
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