ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THYMELAEACEOUS
Via New Latin, from Greek thumelaia, from thumonthyme + elaia olive.
WHAT DOES THYMELAEACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of thymelaeaceous in the English dictionary
The definition of thymelaeaceous in the dictionary is of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THYMELAEACEOUS»
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Poisonous Plant Contamination of Edible Plants
A number of euphorbiaceous and thymelaeaceous plant species were described
earlier in this chapter that are used by human populations throughout the world.
Many of these plants have been reported to contain toxic phorbol esters (see ...
Dr. Abdel-Fatta Rizk, 1990
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The Journal of the Linnean Society of London: Botany
Octolepis is so far removed in floral structure from any other Thymelaeaceous
genus with which I am acquainted, that I am at a loss to know what are its nearest
aflimties. "With its quadripartite perianth, squama), and four-celled ovary, it does ...
Octolepis is so far removed in floral structure from any other Thymelaeaceous
genus with which I am acquainted, that I am at a loss to know what are its nearest
affinities. With its quadri- partite perianth, squama), and four-celled ovary, it does
...
Linnean Society of London, 1864
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American Journal of Science: The First Scientific Journal in ...
We may here append the remark that the Thymelaeaceous genus Leu- eosmia is
dimorphous, and some species of Drymispermum exhibit one if not both of the
two forms. a. q. 2. Observations upon Dimorphous Flowers ; by H. von Mohl ...
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Handbook of Natural Toxins: Toxicology of Plant and Fungal ...
Furthermore, it has also been demonstrated that soil samples taken from areas
under which euphorbiaceous and thymelaeaceous plants known to contain
phorbol esters are growing can also possess Epstein-Barr virus- inducing activity,
and ...
6
The Seeds of Dicotyledons
Celastraceous affinity lies, if at all, with Proteaceae; there is no Thymelaeaceous
(exotegmic palisade). The seeds of Rhamnaceae and Elaeagnaceae are fairly
well known. Degenerate trends can be detected, e.g. Ventilago (Rhamnaceae), ...
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society
Octolepis is so far removed in floral structure from any other Thymelaeaceous
genus with which 1 am aequainted, that I am at a loss to know what are its
nearest affinities. With its quadripartite perianth, squamae, and four-celled ovary,
it does ...
8
Panbiogeography : Tracking the History of Life: Tracking the ...
The thymelaeaceous plant genus Kelle- ria, with an Indo-Australian distribution
from Borneo to subantarctic Auckland Islands is represented by six species — the
most at any locality within the entire generic range (Heads 1991). Using track ...
Robin C. Craw, John R. Grehan, Michael J. Heads, 1999
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The American Journal of Science and Arts
We may here append the remark that the Thymelaeaceous genus Leu- cosmia is
dimorphous, and some species of Drymispermum exhibit one if not both of the
two forms. A. e. 2. Observations upon Dimorphous Flowers ; by H. von Mohl ; in ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... from garden and other thymes; water thyme Canadian pondweed. [Fr thym.
from L ihymum, from Gr thymon, from thyein to burn a sacrifice] thymectomy. See
under thymus. thymelaeaceous thim-a-li-a'shas, adj of the Thyme- laea'ceae i ...
