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Pertaining to a natural order (Magnoliaceæ) of trees of which the magnolia, the tulip tree, and the star anise are examples.

A peacemaker. [R.] Shak.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceæ), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvaceæ), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.

Same as Menace. [Obs.]

Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.

Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.

Pertaining to, or like, marble.

Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads.

The Irish elk.

A family of fungi constituting the order Melanconiales. -- Mel`an*co`ni*a"ceous (#), a.

Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.

Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacæ) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.

Same as Membranous. Arbuthnot.

of a probable evil or catastrophe to come. His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces. Milman. The dark menace of the distant war. Dryden.

One who menaces.

Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermaceæ) of climbing plants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type.

point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.

of sugar and lime; -- so called because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone.

Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime; -- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of lime.