Search the Dictionary

Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid metameric with malic acid.

Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen.

orless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf. Metamer, and Xylene.

hristian dualists originating in Armenia in the seventh century. They rejected the Old Testament and the part of the New.

olved on amendment of life. Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite. Milton. The pound he tamed, the penitent he cheered. Dryden.

Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden.

A Linnæan class of plants having five separate stamens.

Of or pertaining to the class Pentadria; having five stamens.

Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the molecule.

The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; -- called also the Law of Moses, Book of the Law of Moses, etc.

Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. Perfect cadence (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant. -- Perfect chord (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the unison, octave, fifth…

Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach.

The state or condition of being perpetual. [Obs.] Testament of Love.

To become perverted; to take the wrong course. [R.] Testament of Love.

The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament. [Written also peschito.]

The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.

A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.

Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.

Either of two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon bases, C12H8N2, analogous to phenanthridine, but more highly nitrogenized.

A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. [Called also phloroglucinol.]