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Organogenesis.

Of or pertaining to organography.

One versed in organography.

A description of the organs of animals or plants.

Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole.

Of or relating to organology.

The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure. The science of style, as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style. De Quincey.

Metalorganic.

An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title ("Novum Organon") of part of his treatise on philosophical method. Sir. W. Hamilton.

The designation or nomenclature of organs. B. G. Wilder.

The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly. Haeckel.

Having the property of producing the tissues or organs of animals and plants; as, the organoplastic cells.

Phrenology. Fleming.

Relating to the creation, organization, and nutrition of living organs or parts.

One of the essential cells or elements of an organ. See Sense organule, under Sense. Huxley.

See Origan.

A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.

A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare). Spenser.

One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera Ortygis and Hemipodius. They resemble quails, but lack the hind toe. See Turnix.

Too elegant. Johnson.