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A Japanese evergreen rose (Rosa wichuraiana) with creeping branches, shining leaves, and single white flowers. It is often planted in cemeteries.

One who writes or signs a memorial.

To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature. T. Hook.

One who petitions by a memorial. T. Hook.

Containing advice or admonition.

ng to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament. A mercurial man Who fluttered over all things like a fan. Byron.

The morbid condition produced by the excessive use of mercury, or by exposure to its fumes, as in mining or smelting.

One under the influence of Mercury; one resembling Mercury in character.

To affect with mercury.

In a mercurial manner.

In a minatory manner; with threats.

or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant. Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames. Prior.

A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.

In a ministerial manner; in the character or capacity of a minister.

A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result.

Of or pertaining to monastery, or to monastic life. -- Mon`as*te"ri*al*ly, adv.

Done or performed by a monitor; as, monitorial work; conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial school; monitorial instruction.

In a monitorial manner.

Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; - - applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.

Arranged in many rows, or series, as the scales of a pine cone, or the leaves of the houseleek.