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A small spore; a spore.

Same as Squamula.

An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance.

Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages.

The quality or condition of being succulent; juiciness; as, the succulence of a peach.

Full of juice; juicy. Succulent plants (Bot.), plants which have soft and juicy leaves or stems, as the houseleek, the live forever, and the species of Mesembryanthemum.

In a succulent manner.

A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah.

Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [R.] "Their temulency." Jer. Taylor.

Intoxicated; drunken. [R.]

Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink. [R.] R. Junius.

probably Mainland, the largest of the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase ultima Thule, farthest Thule.

Having a title. [Obs.] Fuller.

Tremulous; trembling; shaking. [R.] " With tremulent white rod." Carlyle.

The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of manners; ferociousness.

Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. Ray.

In a truculent manner.

A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney.

A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere.

The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation. Shak. The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued. Southey.