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acchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities. Till Hymen brought his love-delighted hour, There dwelt no joy in Eden's rosy bower. Campbell.

Of or pertaining to marriage; as, hymeneal rites. Pope.

The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.

The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former.

One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed. M. J. Berkley.

That part of a fungus which is covered with the hymenium.

One of the Hymenoptera.

An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc.

Like, or characteristic of, the Hymenoptera; pertaining to the Hymenoptera.

One of the Hymenoptera.

Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.

A liquid terpene obtained from oil of thyme.

A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenæa courbaril), and much used by varnish makers. Ure.

A hymenopterous insect of the Linnæan genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.

A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie. "To join in Hymen's bands." Shak.

An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidæ (the honeybees), or family Andrenidæ (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.

e of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.

One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididæ. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects.

Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrocosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. Ur