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A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.

Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah. -- n. sing. & pl.

Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type.

Of or pertaining to the Arachnida.

Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.

Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.

Of or pertaining to arachnology.

Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic. -- n.

Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramæan; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders. -- n.

Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.

Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees. Cowley.

Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss. Quincy.

Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.

Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon.

Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike. Da Costa.

Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs. Bartram.

A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.

Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery.