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The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.

Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter.

A retired or private place.

Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algæ.

Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.

consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.

Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Camponulaceæ) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass.

Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor. Dunglison.

Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliacæ.

shell or sheild which cover the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.

Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon.

Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink.

Of the nature of an onion, as in odor; alliaceous.

Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy.

Another suborder (Zeuglodontia) is extinct. The Sirenia were formerly included in the Cetacea, but are now made a separate order.

One of the Cetacea.

Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.

See 3d Chase, n., 3.

Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery.