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cation. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also spore fruit.

opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.

The harvest or fruits of autumn. Milton.

r peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant. Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa. Milton.

The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow. Called also French berry.

The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

The Neapolitan medlar (Cratægus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit.

The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.

Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits. Gray.

The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally.

nt ( Momordica balsamina), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. -- Balsam fir (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, Abies balsamea, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived. -- Balsam of copaiba. See Co…

A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.

dos cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. -- Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. -- Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acri…

Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. Brilliant but barren reveries. Prescott. Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter. Swift.

Unfruitfully; unproductively.

That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support.

Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax.

The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.

Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.