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A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples.

An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass.

Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass;- said of certain fishes.

A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway. [Written also cummin.] Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. Spenser. Black cumin (Bot.), a plant (Nigella…

Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants ot which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.

Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as:

Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base. Cycloidal engine. See Geometric lathe.

A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.

One who holds views resembling those of the Cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly, a person who believes that human conduct is directed, either consciously or unconsciously, wholly by self- interest or self-indulgence, and that appearances to the contrary are superficial and untrustworthy. He could obtain from…

sect of philosophers called cynics; having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the doctrines of the cynics.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large family of plants of which the sedge is the type.

Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.

Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.

Relatingto, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.

y in stockings. (b) (Zoöl.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings.

Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart. The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. Hannan More.

A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers.