American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... petals three , fringed , spreading ; germ pedicelled , with a membranaceous wing at top ; le- gume . There is but one species , viz . G guianensis , a shrub about fifteen feet high ; a native of the forests of Guiana . GINGER , in ...
... petals three , fringed , spreading ; germ pedicelled , with a membranaceous wing at top ; le- gume . There is but one species , viz . G guianensis , a shrub about fifteen feet high ; a native of the forests of Guiana . GINGER , in ...
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... petal led ; stamens six ; pistil one , le- gume . There is only one species , with several varieties . GLEE , in music , a vocal composition in three or more parts , generally con- sisting of more than one movement , the subject of ...
... petal led ; stamens six ; pistil one , le- gume . There is only one species , with several varieties . GLEE , in music , a vocal composition in three or more parts , generally con- sisting of more than one movement , the subject of ...
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... petals five , with a strap at the tip of each berry . There are two species , both lofty trees , natives of Guiana and Cayenne . GLOTTIS , in anatomy , the mouth or aperture of the larynx , through which the air ascends and descends in ...
... petals five , with a strap at the tip of each berry . There are two species , both lofty trees , natives of Guiana and Cayenne . GLOTTIS , in anatomy , the mouth or aperture of the larynx , through which the air ascends and descends in ...
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... petals five , glued at bottom to the column of the germ ; filaments in- serted into the tip of the column ; germ sitting on an oblong column . There is only one species , viz . G. benghas , a native of Java . GLUTEN . With the fecula ...
... petals five , glued at bottom to the column of the germ ; filaments in- serted into the tip of the column ; germ sitting on an oblong column . There is only one species , viz . G. benghas , a native of Java . GLUTEN . With the fecula ...
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... petals four , inserted into the calyx ; seed one , somewhat ber- ried . There are eleven species . GNOMON , in dialing , the style , pin , or cock of a dial ; which , by its shadow , shows the hour of the day . The gno- mon of every ...
... petals four , inserted into the calyx ; seed one , somewhat ber- ried . There are eleven species . GNOMON , in dialing , the style , pin , or cock of a dial ; which , by its shadow , shows the hour of the day . The gno- mon of every ...
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