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Paleontology :: Paleontology (n.) The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life..

Lion''s Tail :: Lion's tail () A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. L. Cardiaca is the common motherwort.

Enter :: Enter (v. i.) To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps..

Leonid :: Leonid (n.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.

Ceylanite :: Ceylanite (n.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste..

Leonine :: Leonine (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity..

Heracleonite :: Heracleonite (n.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church..

Pleonastically :: Pleonastically (adv.) In a pleonastic manner.

Lion''s Leaf :: Lion's leaf () A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap..

Imperial :: Imperial (n.) The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.

Ant-lion :: Ant-lion (n.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius..

Napoleonic :: Napoleonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I..

Paleontographical :: Paleontographical (a.) Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.

Paleobotany :: Paleobotany (n.) That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.

Magdaleon :: Magdaleon (n.) A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster..

Rubiaceous :: Rubiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms..

Motherwort :: Motherwort (n.) A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail..

Pleonasm :: Pleonasm (n.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes..

Leontodon :: Leontodon (n.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's tooth..

Pleonastic :: Pleonastic (a.) Alt. of Pleonastica.

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