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53 words match “OLIO”

OLIO n. 3 definitions
A dish of stewed meat of different kinds. [Obs.] Besides a good olio, the dishes were trifling. Evelyn.
ADVERSIFOLIATE; ADVERSIFOLIOUS a.
Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem.
ANGUSTIFOLIATE; ANGUSTIFOLIOUS a.
Having narrow leaves. Wright.
ASPERIFOLIATE; ASPERIFOLIOUS a.
Having rough leaves.
BIFOLIOLATE a.
Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves.
CENTIFOLIOUS a.
Having a hundred leaves.
DOLIOFORM a.
Barrel-shaped, or like a cask in form.
DOLIOLUM n.
A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations.
FOLIO n. 8 definitions
The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
FOLIOLATE a.
Of or pertaining to leaflets; -- used in composition; as, bi- foliolate. Gray.
FOLIOLE n.
One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.
FOLIOMORT a.
See Feuillemort.
FOLIOSE a.
Having many leaves; leafy.
FOLIOSITY n.
The ponderousness or bulk of a folio; voluminousness. [R.] De Quincey.
FOLIOUS a. 2 definitions
Foliose. [R.]
GRAMINIFOLIOUS a.
Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.
LATERIFOLIOUS a.
Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious flower.
LATIFOLIATE; LATIFOLIOUS a.
Having broad leaves.
MELANCHOLIOUS a.
Melancholy. [R.] Milton.
OPPOSITIFOLIOUS a.
ode with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
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