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The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

Dogate. Wright.

Without a doge. Byron.

A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido.

whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great pr…

Endogeny.

Endogenous.

Originating from within; increasing by internal growth. Endogenous multiplication (Biol.), a method of cell formation, seen in cells having a cell wall. The nucleus and protoplasm divide into two distinct masses; these in turn become divided and subdivided, each division becoming a new cell, until finally the original…

By endogenous growth.

Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.

A complex, nitrogenous radical, C8H5NO, regarded as the essential nucleus of indigo.

Any one of the derivatives of indogen, which contain that group as a nucleus.

Reproduction by young or larval animals.

Producing young while in the immature or larval state; -- said of certain insects, etc.

Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.

A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical. Acid amide, a neutral compound formed by the substitution of the amido group for hydroxyl in an acid.

Containing, or derived from, amidogen. Amido acid, an acid in which a portion of the nonacid hydrogen has been replaced by the amido group. The amido acids are both basic and acid. -- Amido group, amidogen, NH2.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.

The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.

Of or pertaining to a doge.[R.]