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The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage.

A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals. Maize eater (Zoöl.), a South American bird of the genus Pseudoleistes, allied to the troupials. -- Maize yellow, a delicate pale ye…

The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian languages, closely related to the Tamil. Yule.

ic acid, a hydroxy acid obtained as a substance which is sirupy or crystallized with difficulty, and has a strong but pleasant sour taste. It occurs in many fruits, as in green apples, currants, etc. It is levorotatory or dextrorotatory according to the temperature and concentration. An artificial variety is a derivati…

ent obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8.

ew and the sumac. It grows to a large size, and produces the mango of commerce. It is now cultivated in tropical America.

Capable of cultivation. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Cultivation. [Obs.] Warner.

Cultivation. [Obs.] Spenser.

To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.] To whom we gave the strand for to manure. Surrey. Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved. Donne.

Cultivation. [Obs.] W. Wotton.

Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.

starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.

a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic. The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having…

ith golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.

d mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. Locke.

Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble. And this is the matter why interpreters upon that passage in Hosea will not consent it to be a true story, that the prophet took a harlot to wife. Milton.

ort, and brachycephallic, and at the time of the discovery had attained a higher grade of culture than any other American people. They cultivated a variety of crops, were expert in the manufacture and dyeing of cotton fabrics, used cacao as a medium of exchange, and were workers of gold, silver, and copper. Their archi…

A genus of grasses (Melica) of little agricultural importance.

ch the small pink flowers are half concealed. M. communis, from the West Indies, is often cultivated, and sometimes called Turk's cap. (b) The related genus Mamillaria, in which the stem is tubercled rather than ribbed, and the flowers sometimes large. See Illust. under Cactus.