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Cycloganoidei :: Cycloganoidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin (Amia calva) is a living example..

Cryptogamiae :: Cryptogamiae (pl. ) of Cryptogami.

Amiability :: Amiability (n.) The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.

Polygamia :: Polygamia (n. pl.) A name given by Linnaeus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.

Poonga Oil :: Poonga oil () A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra)..

Gracious :: Gracious (a.) Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent..

Phenogamian :: Phenogamian (a.) Alt. of Phenogamou.

Amiable :: Amiable (a.) Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas..

Amianthoid :: Amianthoid (a.) Resembling amianthus.

Tetradynamian :: Tetradynamian (a.) Alt. of Tetradynamou.

Bryophyta :: Bryophyta (n. pl.) See Cryptogamia.

Spaad :: Spaad (n.) A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus..

Epithalamia :: Epithalamia (pl. ) of Epithalamiu.

Cryptogam :: Cryptogam (n.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.

Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..

Amia :: Amia (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin..

Samian :: Samian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Samos.

Bowfin :: Bowfin (n.) A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish..

Vinegary :: Vinegary (a.) Having the nature of vinegar; sour; unamiable.

Phanerogamian :: Phanerogamian (a.) Phanerogamous.

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