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21 words match “PALO”

PALO n.
A pole or timber of any kind; -- in the names of trees. [Sp. Amer.]
PALO BLANCO n. 2 definitions
A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata), having light- colored bark.
PALOLA n.
An annelid (Palola viridis) which, at certain seasons of the year, swarms at the surface of the sea about some of the Pcific Islands, where it is collected for food.
PALOLO; PALOLO WORM n.
A polystome worm (Palolo viridis) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific Islands. A little before the last quarter of the moon in October and November, they swarm in vast numbers at the surface of the sea for breeding, and are gathered and highly esteemed as food by the natives. An allied species inh…
PALOMETA; PALLOMETA n.
A pompano.
ANTISEPALOUS a.
Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.
DISEPALOUS a.
Having two sepals; two-sepaled.
EPISEPALOUS a.
Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.
GAMOSEPALOUS a.
Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.
MONOSEPALOUS a.
e sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous.
OLIGOSEPALOUS a.
Having few sepals.
OPALOTYPE n.
A picture taken on "milky" glass.
OPPOSITISEPALOUS a.
Placed in front of a sepal.
POLYSEPALOUS a.
Having the sepals separate from each other.
RHOPALOCERA n.
A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennæ.
SEPALODY n.
The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.
SEPALOID a.
Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx.
SEPALOUS a.
Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal.
SYNSEPALOUS a.
Having united sepals; gamosepalous.
TETRASEPALOUS a.
Having four sepals.
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