10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BYSSACEOUS»
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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
It seems odd to the modern ear to think of adultery as something you do to
someone else, instead of with someone else. byssaceous [bi-say-shus] an
adjective meaning 'composed of fine tangled threads.' It is usually used in
botanical contexts ...
2
An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and ...
buccineus, a, um; trumpet-like. buccinoidea; buccinum-like. bullatus, a um;
bossed. byssaceus, a, um; byssaceous, divided into fine pieces like wool. C
CADMIUM (xa5;1e1a, kadmeia, a term applied to calamine, and to the volatile
matters ...
3
Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
... subject: To the naked eye, the vine-mildew (Oidium Tucken'), presents itself in
a form of a byssaceous mould, which covers the stalks, leaves, and grapes, with
a white powdery substance, and imparts a disagreeable musty odor to the parts.
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly, 1861
4
Supplement to An enumeration of North American lichens: part ...
The anamorphoses of the hypothallus are especially fallacious, since herein the
whole lichenose habit disappears, and that of a Byssus is counterfeited (the
hypothallus, considered per se, being itself a byssaceous development). In
places ...
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A Glossary of Technical Terms Used in Botany
Bursicula, (adj. Bursiculatus.) — A small purse. The pouch-like expansion of the
stigma, into which the caudicle of some Orchids is inserted. (Ixxv.) Butterfly-
shaped. — See Papilionaceous. Byssus. — The stipe of certain Fungals.
Byssaceous.
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The British florist: Or, Lady's journal of horticulture : ...
Bulbo-tuber. Synonym for cormus. Bulbus. A bulb. Bulbulus. A young bulb.
Bullatus. Having a bubbled or blistered appearance. Byssaceous. Composed of
delicate cotton-like filaments, as the roots of some mushrooms. LIST OF NEW
PLANTS.
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An Enumeration of North American Lichenes: With a ...
So in Umbilicaria pustulata, it is matter of doubt whether the byssaceous
pulvinules occurring on it are to be referred to abortive apothecia, or to
prolifications of a degenerate hypothalline state of the thallus. 1 In the third paper
of the writer's ...
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Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany: And ...
Burmanniaceac, 490. Burseraceaa, 406. Bursiculate : provided with pouch~like
appendages (bursiculw). Butomaceaa, 487. Butterfly—shaped corolla, 253, 277.
Butternut, 476. Byssaceous : composed of fine entangled threads (byssus, or fine
...
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A Dictionary of Entomology
... of variable composition, but including at least Byrrhidae, Callirhipidae,
Chelonariidae, Elmidae, Heteroceridae, Limnichidae, Psephenidae and
Ptilodactylidae. See Coleoptera. BYSSACEOUS Adj. (Greek, byssos I fine cotton
+ -ous I full of.) ...
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An introduction to botany
Bulbi solidi, i 175 Bulbotuber, i 180 Bulbus squamosus, i 175 Butterfly-shaped, i
335 Byssaceous, ii 362 Cachrys, ii 9, 24 Caducous, ii 206, 369 Ca;ruleus, ii 371
Ctcsious, ii 366, 372 Caespitose, ii 381 Ca;tonium, i 312 Calamus, i 183 Colathis,
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