Aber-de-vine (n.) The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch. |
Arbor vine () A species of bindweed. |
Bean (n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos |
Bean (n.) The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. |
Bean caper () A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum. |
Bean trefoil () A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida). |
Botanical (a.) Of or pertaining to botany |
Buck bean () A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine |
Castor bean () The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.) |
East Indian () Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. |
East Indian (n.) A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies. |
Florida bean () The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under Bean. |
Florida bean () One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens. |
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 |
Ignatius bean () See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint. |
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 |
Licorice (n.) A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions. |
Licorice (n.) The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes. |
Paternoster (n.) The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. |
Paternoster (n.) A beadlike ornament in moldings. |
Paternoster (n.) A line with a row of hooks and bead/shaped sinkers. |
Pichurim bean () The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut. |
Rosary (n.) A bed of roses, or place where roses grow. |
Rosary (n.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads |
Rosary (n.) A chapelet |
Rosary (n.) A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny. |
Sea bean () Same as Florida bean. |
Tonca bean () See Tonka bean. |
Tonka bean () The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean. |
Tonquin bean () See Tonka bean. |
Vine (n.) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes. |
Vine (n.) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant |
Vine-clad (a.) Covered with vines. |
Water vine () Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice. |
West Indian () Belonging or relating to the West Indies. |
West Indian () A native of, or a dweller in, the West Indies. |
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), - |
form genus | an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms |
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 |
genus Borrelia | small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals |
genus Leptospira | very slender aerobic spirochetes, free-living or parasitic in mammals |
protoctist genus | any genus of Protoctista |
genus Amoeba | protozoan inhabiting moist soils or bottom vegetation in fresh or salt water |
Endamoeba genus Endamoeba | the type genus of the family Endamoebidae |