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Having the flowers arranged in pairs.

A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.

Having flowers like buds.

d, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill.

That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears. In the entire process in which a new being originates . . . two distinct classes of action participate; namely, the act of generation by which the germ is produced;…

t of a chance; the ghost of an idea. Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Poe.

cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift.

a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core. [Written also gilliflower.] Clove gillflower, the clove pink. -- Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi). -- Queen's, or Winter, gillyflower, damewort. -- Sea gillyflower, the thrift (Armeria vulgaris). -- Wall gillyflower, the…

A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form.

ed, as for a journey or for work, in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly active; strenuous; striving. "A severer, more girt-up way of living." J. C. Shairp.

main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double. Bowstring girder, Box girder, etc. See under Bow…

The lap. [R.] There fell a flower into her girdlestead. Swinburne.

The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower.

) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare. One that gives out himself Prince Florizel. Shak. Give out you are of Epidamnum. Shak.

d including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily.

Brightness; splendor. In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen. Pope.

To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet. Wiseman.

A sneer; a flout. [Obs.]

To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. Burns.

.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena (G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. -- Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algæ. -- Globe of com…