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Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Onagraceæ or Onagrarieæ), which includes the fuchsia, the willow- herb (Epilobium), and the evening primrose ().

Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceæ) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often…

A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.

Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.

Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly. The crustaceous or ostreaceous body. Cudworth.

To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave. Shak. Having outfaced all the world. South.

To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind. [R.] Lamb.

Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous.

Same as Ovate-cylindraceous.

To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid.

One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces.

Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house. Palace car. See under Car. -- Palace court, a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [Eng.] Mozley & W.

Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleæ, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.

A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians. J. F. Cooper.

Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms.

edy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.

Having the properties of a panacea. [R.] "Panacean dews." Whitehead.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceæ) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.