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An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36º.

The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south.

An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.

An extract got from a body by boiling it in water. If the plant be boiled in water, the strained liquor is called the decoction of the plant. Arbuthnot. In pharmacy decoction is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping. Latham.

hat which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.

Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.

A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla. Wood.

Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.

Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc. A man of great defense. Spenser. By how much defense is better than no skill. Shak.

e. Milton. Degenerate from their ancient blood. Swift. These degenerate days. Pope. I had planted thee a noble vine . . . : how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me Jer. ii. 21.

A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular or organs; hereditary degradation of type.

To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera.

or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts. Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. Dana.

Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant.

Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness, n.

A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.

an not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading. If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles. Madison.

Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose. Any departure from a national standard. Prescott.

To take up (plants); to transplant. [R.]

Act of taking up plants from beds.