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Having five leaflets. Gray.

Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous. Gray.

Having five leaves or leaflets. Gray.

llied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.

Having the form of a raceme. Gray.

(Anat.) the racemose glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered like a raceme. Gray.

s enlarged and radiating but not ligulate, as in the capitula or heads of the cornflower, Gray.

Same as Ramal. Gray.

leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns. Gray.

To brace again. Gray.

but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard.

dolent of spring." Dryden. -- Red"o*lent*ly, adv. Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth. Gray.

Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade. Yon gray is not the morning's eye, 'Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow. Shak. On the depths of death there swims The reflex of a human face. Tennyson.

e; rely On what thou hast of virtue. Milton. On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Gray.

Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems. Gray.

The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off. Gray.

A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.

come. Do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air till you know what you are worth. Gray.

g the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam. [Written also raphe.] Gray.

ialitis, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover (Æ. semipalmata) and the piping plover (Æ. meloda) are common North American species. Called also ring plover, and ring-necked plover.