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47 words match “TANA”

woody clambing plant (Smilax glycyphylla). -- Brazilian tea. (a) The dried leaves of Lantana pseodothea, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea. (b) The dried leaves of Stachytarpheta mutabilis, used for adulterating tea, and also, in Austria, for preparing a beverage. -- Labrador tea. (Bot.) See under Labrador. --…

tanic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous powder, Ti.(OH)4, obtained by decomposing certain titanates; -- called also normal titanic acid. By extension, any one of a series of derived acids, called also metatitanic acid, polytitanic acid, etc. -- Titanic iron ore. (Min.) See Menaccanite.

ic crystals imbedded in limestone near Warwick, New York. It consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron.

WATER CHICKWEED n.

A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.

y. "A wayfaring man." Judg. xix. 17. Wayfaring tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum lantana) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of small white flowers. -- American wayfaring tree (Bot.), the (Viburnum lantanoides).

WHITTEN TREE n.

Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish branches.

A species of elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm.