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A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.

Native iron carbonate; -- usually called siderite.

mpute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge. No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime On native loth and negligence of time. Dryden.

The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff. [Written also choy root.]

A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceaæ., natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.

A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru.

A native or resident of Chile; Chilian.

A native or citizen of Chili.

A native of China; a Chinese.

rrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.

A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.

A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.

A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian]

A native or inhabitant of Cilicia.

A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants; also (sing.),

ylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.

A native or inhabitant of Circassia.

A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.

ts and preserves. -- Citron tree (Bot.), the tree which bears citrons. It was probably a native of northern India, and is now understood to be the typical form of Citrus Medica.

A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.