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ns. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.

plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.

A thicket of canes. Ellicott.

Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A genus of trees of the order Canellaceæ, growing in the West Indies.

Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.

A very broad and heavy wooden collar which certain offenders in China are compelled to wear as a punishment.

The Dog Star; Sirius.

Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star. Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days. -- Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.

Canicula. Addison.

See Canine, a.

Of or pertaining to the family Canidæ, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.

A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidæ, including the dogs and wolves. Canis major Etym: [L., larger dog], a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star. -- Canis minor Etym: [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first ma…

A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot,

ding gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.

The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.

That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [Obs.] O me! you juggler! you canker blossom! You thief of Love! Shak.

A fly that preys on fruit.

A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.

Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. [Obs.]