A portable cyclopædia; or, Compendious dictionary of arts and sciences1810 |
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... seeds which are beautiful are used by goldsmiths and jewellers as weights . It is a large and long - lived tree in the East Indies . ADENOS , or Marine Cotton , a pecu- liar kind of cotton which comes from Aleppo . ADENOSE , Abscess , a ...
... seeds which are beautiful are used by goldsmiths and jewellers as weights . It is a large and long - lived tree in the East Indies . ADENOS , or Marine Cotton , a pecu- liar kind of cotton which comes from Aleppo . ADENOSE , Abscess , a ...
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... seeds , solitary with membranous wings . There are four spe- cies , all annuals . ANADIPLOSIS , in rhetoric and poetry , the repetition of the last word of a line , or member of a sentence , in the beginning of the next . Also a medical ...
... seeds , solitary with membranous wings . There are four spe- cies , all annuals . ANADIPLOSIS , in rhetoric and poetry , the repetition of the last word of a line , or member of a sentence , in the beginning of the next . Also a medical ...
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... seeds in its busom : seeds four . There are eight species . ANCHILOSIS , in surgery , is applied to a stiffness and inflexibility of the oins ANCESTRUM , a genus of the diandria monogynia class and order , and of the na tural order of ...
... seeds in its busom : seeds four . There are eight species . ANCHILOSIS , in surgery , is applied to a stiffness and inflexibility of the oins ANCESTRUM , a genus of the diandria monogynia class and order , and of the na tural order of ...
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... seeds affixed to a placenta . It belongs to the pentandria monogynia class , and is good in the gout , dropsy , and retention of urine . There are seven species . ANDRY ALA , a genus of plants , whose flower is monopetalous , and the seed ...
... seeds affixed to a placenta . It belongs to the pentandria monogynia class , and is good in the gout , dropsy , and retention of urine . There are seven species . ANDRY ALA , a genus of plants , whose flower is monopetalous , and the seed ...
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... seed - capsules of a tree called vixa . The annotto is prepared by throw ng the contents of the capsules into a wooden bowl conta ning a much hot water as will suspend he red mater or pulp . When the seeds become naked they are taken ...
... seed - capsules of a tree called vixa . The annotto is prepared by throw ng the contents of the capsules into a wooden bowl conta ning a much hot water as will suspend he red mater or pulp . When the seeds become naked they are taken ...
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acid anatomy angle animal annual plant antient antimony astronomy axis bees birds body bones botany branches brown called calyx capsule centre circle class and order class of plants cloth colour common consists containing corolla decandria degrees denotes diameter digynia divided draw drupe earth ecliptic electricity ellipsis equal equation feet figure fish five flowers fluid fluxion four fruit genus genus of plants given glass globe grows head heat height heraldry herbaceous hyperbola inches Indies inserted kind leaves legs length meridian metal monogynia class monogynia order muscles native natural method ranking parabola pentandria class petals piece plane plate polygamia Prob proportion quantity resembles rises root round seeds shrub side species square stalk star stone substance surface tail term thick tion transverse processes tree triandria tural umbellate upper vessel West Indies yellow