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An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove.

An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove.

A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.

A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and A. phalloides is the death cup.…

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the

A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.

Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.

A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceæ), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme.

A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.

An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S. Disp.

A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidæ. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.

A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.

A hymenopterous insect of the Linnæan genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.

The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. Gray.

quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.

A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadruma…

Of or pertaining to the family Aphidæ. -- n.