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. (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.

The three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutis tricinctus). See Illust. under Loricata.

A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc.

The early part or springtime of life. His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. Shak.

A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.

struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.

A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome.

A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.

in which the stem is tubercled rather than ribbed, and the flowers sometimes large. See Illust. under Cactus.

rmint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usually arranged in dense axillary clusters.

f dyes. If the yarn or cloth is kept under tension during the process, it assumes a silky luster. -- Mer`cer*i*za"tion (#), n.

Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.

One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. See Illust. of Battlement.

The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm and Ectoderm.

The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect. See Illust. of Butterfly.

The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

and or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

ther in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; a somite. See Illust. of Loeven's larva.

the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.