Botanical
(a.) Of or pertaining to botany |
Citrus
(n.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia. |
East Indian
() Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. |
East Indian
(n.) A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies. |
Genus
(n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species |
Genus
(n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus |
Honey-sweet
(a.) Sweet as honey. |
Indian
(a.) Of or pertaining to India proper |
Indian
(a.) Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America |
Indian
(a.) Made of maize or Indian corn |
Indian
(n.) A native or inhabitant of India. |
Indian
(n.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America |
Lemon
(n.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet. |
Lemon
(n.) The tree which bears lemons |
Lime
(n.) A thong by which a dog is led |
Lime
(n.) The linden tree. See Linden. |
Lime
(n.) A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller |
Lime
(n.) Birdlime. |
Lime
(n.) Oxide of calcium |
Lime
(v. t.) To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime. |
Lime
(v. t.) To entangle |
Lime
(v. t.) To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium |
Lime
(v. t.) To cement. |
Lime twig
() See under 4th Lime. |
Lime-twigged
(a.) Beset with snares |
Mexican
(a.) Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. |
Mexican
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Mexico. |
Ogeechee lime
() The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida. |
Ogeechee lime
() The tree which bears this fruit. |
Persian
(a.) Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. |
Persian
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Persia. |
Persian
(n.) The language spoken in Persia. |
Persian
(n.) A thin silk fabric, used formerly for linings. |
Persian
(n.) See Persian columns, under Persian, a. |
Sea lemon
() Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellow body. |
Sweet
(superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar |
Sweet
(superl.) Pleasing to the smell |
Sweet
(superl.) Pleasing to the ear |
Sweet
(superl.) Pleasing to the eye |
Sweet
(superl.) Fresh |
Sweet
(superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour |
Sweet
(superl.) Plaesing to the mind |
Sweet
(n.) That which is sweet to the taste |
Sweet
(n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc. |
Sweet
(n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc. |
Sweet
(n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor |
Sweet
(n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind |
Sweet
(n.) One who is dear to another |
Sweet
(adv.) Sweetly. |
Sweet
(v. t.) To sweeten. |
Wild West Show
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | a spectacular show organized in by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale, toured the United States and Europe |
phytotherapy
herbal therapy
botanical medicine | the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet) |
Indian Mutiny
Sepoy Mutiny | discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in and , the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow) |
| French and Indian War | a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes), - |
| Mexican Revolution | a revolution for agrarian reforms led in northern Mexico by Pancho Villa and in southern Mexico by Emiliano Zapata (-) |
| Mexican War | after disputes over Texas lands that were settled by Mexicans the United States declared war on Mexico in and by treaty in took Texas and California and Arizona and New Mexico and Nevada and Utah and part of Colorado and paid Mexico $,, |
Persian Gulf War
Gulf War | a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders, - |
| form genus | an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms |
West Nile virus
West Nile encephalitis virus | the flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis |
Heliobacter
genus Heliobacter | a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella, found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans) |
| bacteria genus | a genus of bacteria |
Aerobacter
genus Aerobacter | aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature |
Rhizobium
genus Rhizobium | the type genus of Rhizobiaceae, usually occur in the root nodules of legumes, can fix atmospheric oxygen |
Agrobacterium
genus Agrobacterium | small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems |
| genus Bacillus | type genus of the Bacillaceae, includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites |
| genus Clostridium | anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes, nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung |
| genus Nostoc | type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae |
| genus Trichodesmium | a genus of blue-green algae |
Pseudomonas
genus Pseudomonas | type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae |
Xanthomonas
genus Xanthomonas | a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water |
Nitrobacter
genus Nitrobacter | rod-shaped soil bacteria |
Nitrosomonas
genus Nitrosomonas | ellipsoidal soil bacteria |
| genus Thiobacillus | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Spirillum | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Vibrio | a genus of bacteria |
Bacteroides
genus Bacteroides | type genus of Bacteroidaceae, genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals |
Calymmatobacterium
genus Calymmatobacterium | a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale |
Francisella
genus Francisella | a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans) |
| genus Corynebacterium | the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature, the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals |
| genus Listeria | a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods |
| genus Escherichia | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Klebsiella | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Salmonella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Serratia
Serratia | a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod |
| genus Shigella | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Erwinia | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Rickettsia | can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans |
| genus Chlamydia | type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: diseaseausing parasites |
| genus Mycoplasma | type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae |
| genus Actinomyces | type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae |
| genus Streptomyces | type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae |
| genus Mycobacterium | nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria |
Polyangium
genus Polyangium | type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane |
Micrococcus
genus Micrococcus | type genus of the family Micrococcaceae |
| genus Staphylococcus | includes many pathogenic species |
| genus Lactobacillus | type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae |
| genus Diplococcus | a genus of bacteria |
| genus Streptococcus | a genus of bacteria |
Spirochaeta
genus Spirochaeta | the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae, a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic |
| genus Treponema | type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body, parasitic in warm-blooded animals |