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OLEORESIN n. 2 definitions
A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin.
OMNICORPOREAL a.
Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance. [R.] Cudworth.
OOPHORE; OOEPHORE n.
ntheridia and archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless number. In ferns the oöphore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant.
OOPHORECTOMY; OOEPHORECTOMY n.
Ovariotomy.
OOSPORE; OOESPORE n. 2 definitions
A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oösphere by antherozoids.
OUTWHORE v.
To exceed in lewdness.
OVERMORE adv.
Beyond; moreover. [Obs.]
OVERSTORE v.
To overstock. Sir. M. Hale.
PALAMPORE n.
See Palempore.
PALEMPORE n.
A superior kind of dimity made in India, -- used for bed coverings. [Written also palampore, palampoor, etc.] De Colange.
PANDORE n.
An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore. [Written also pandoran.]
PARTICOLORED a.
Same as Party-colored.
PARTY-COLORED; PARTI-COLORED a.
Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower. "Parti-colored lambs." Shak.
PEACH-COLORED a.
Of the color of a peach blossom. "Peach-colored satin." Shak.
PERISPORE n.
The outer covering of a spore.
PHAEOSPORE n.
A brownish zoöspore, characteristic of an order (Phæosporeæ) of dark green or olive-colored algæ. -- Phæ`o*spor"ic, a.
PHLORETIC a.
to, or derived from, or designating, an organic acid obtained by the decomposition of phloretin.
PHLORETIN n.
A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a substitute for quinine.
PHOSPHOREOUS a.
Phosphorescent. [Obs.]
PHOSPHORESCE v.
To shine as phosphorus; to be phosphorescent; to emit a phosphoric light.
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