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Stimulated by uplift to renewed erosive activity; -- said of streams.

Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn. Tatler.

A rhinoceros. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros. [R.]

alifornia, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus. -- Salmon killer (Zoöl.), a stickleback (Gasterosteus cataphractus) of Western North America and Northern Asia. -- Salmon ladder, salmon stair. See Fish ladder, under Fish. -- Salmon peel, a young salmon. -- Salmon pipe, a certain device for catching salmon. Crabb. -- Sa…

Induration of the tissues. See Sclerma, Scleroderma, and Sclerosis.

The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore.

also, its edible fruit. -- Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant (Ipomoea tuberosa) related to the morning-glory.

snake's head. Dr. Prior. Snake's-head iris (Bot.), an iridaceous plant (Hermodactylus tuberosus) of the Mediterranean region. The flowers slightly resemble a serpent's open mouth.

A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.

A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.

A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.

A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth.

duction of the gametophyte; and by the development of seeds. All the Spermatophyta are heterosporous; fertilization of the egg cell is either through a pollen tube emitted by the microspore or (in a few gymnosperms) by spermatozoids. The phrase "flowering plants" is less distinctive than "seed plants," since the conife…

Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback.

Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose.

ed state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity.

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

- Terra Lemnia Etym: [L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See under Lemnian. -- Terra ponderosa Etym: [L., ponderous earth] (Min.), barite, or heavy spar. -- Terra di Sienna. See Sienna.

A fossil rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septum supporting the nose; the hairy rhinoceros.