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Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey.

Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. Gray.

genus of plants, one species of which (A. Mexicanum) has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters.

State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.

(Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.

A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo. Longfellow.

much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.

To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of. Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator. Dryden.

A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.

l lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Addison.

Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.

A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]

Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].

A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea mouse.

disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.