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Propagation by seed. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.

The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain.

A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood.

A writer of prose. [Obs.]

The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).

, especially the European H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense. Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum.

Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose.

Affected with sclerosis.

Serous. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Causing sleep; sleepy.

Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged; as:

Having a corky texture.

nd, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type.

A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositæ.

Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.

A monosaccharide derived from a certain alcohol.

Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.

To change from prose into verse; to versify; also, to change from verse into prose. [Obs.] Dryden.

A plant (Polianthes tuberosa) with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful and fragrant white blossoms.