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DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENTS 



Brandungswelle /. breaker; surging bil- 

 low. 



Brandimgszone /. surf zone. 



Brandwirtschaft /. broadcast burning 

 practice. 



Brauereihefe /. brewer's yeast. 



Braimalgen f.pl. Phaeophyceae. 



Braunerde /. brown soil type. 



Braunheil in. selfheal. 



Braunkette /. medullary spot; pith fleck. 



Braunkohl m. Brassica oleracea L. 



Braunkohle /. lignite. 



Braunelle /. Brunella. 



Braunrost m. brown rust caused by 

 Puccinia dispersa Eriks, and P. 

 triticina. 



Braunspat m. dolomite. 



Braunstein m. manganese dioxide. 



Braunwurzgewächse n.pl. Scrophula- 

 riaceae. 



Braunkraut n. Phlomis. 



Brechung /. refraction. 



Brechung (geringe) /. low refractive 

 index. 



Brechungsebene /. plane of refraction. 



Brechungsexponent m. refractive index. 



Brechungsindex m. refractive index. 



Brechungskraft /. refractive power. 



Brechungsvermögen n. refractivity. 



Brechtmgswinkel m. angle of refraction. 



Brechweinstein m. tartar emetic. 



breiig a. pulpy. 



breitblättrig a. latifoliate. 



Breite /. width. 



Breitenwahmehmung / space percep- 

 tion. 



breitköpfig a. brachycephalic. 



Breitriissler m. pi. (ent.): Anthribidae. 



breitzehig a. platydactylous. 



Bremsen f.pl. (ent.) : Tabanidae. 



brennbar a. combustible. 



Brennblatt n. leaf with stinging hairs. 



Brennebene /. focal plane. 



Brennerei /. distillery. 



Brennereihefe /. distillery yeast. 



Brennessel /. Urtica. 



Brennfleckenkrankheit /. anthracnose. 



Brenngeschwindigkeit /. rate of com- 

 bustion. 



Brennglas n. burning-glass. 



Brennhaar n. stinging hair. 



Brennhülse /. Mucuna pruriens. 



Brennlinie /. focal line; line of rays. 



Brennpalme /. Caryota. 



Brennpunkt m. principal focus; focal 

 point. 



Brennstrahl m. focal ray. 



Brennweite /. focal length; focal dis- 

 tance. 



Brennwert m. caloric value. 



Brennwinde /. Cajophora lateritia Presl. 



Bretterwurzel /. buttress root. 



Brillenglaskondensor m. spectacle-lens 

 condensor. 



Brillenlupe /. spectacle magnifier. 



Brom n. bromine. 



Brombeere /. Ruhus hedycarpus Focke. 



Brotbrei m. breadpaste (used for culture 

 media). 



Brotgärung /. leavening of yeast. 



Brotgetreide n. cereal crop; cereals. 



Brotpalmfam m. Encephalartos. 



Brotschimmel m. bread mould. 



Bruch m. swamp; brake; fracture. 



Bruchast m. brittle lateral branch for 

 vegetative reproduction. 



Bruchfestigkeit /. modulus of rupture. 



Bruchfrucht /. loculicidal fruit; meri- 

 carp. 



brüchig a. brittle; friable. 



Bruchknospe /. little branch breaking 

 ofif below terminal bud. 



Bruchkraut n. Herniaria. 



Bruchstämmchen n. brittle stem. 



Bruchstück n. fractional part. 



Bruchwaldtorf m. forest peat. 



Brücke /. bridge; pons; yoke. 



Brückenarm m. median cerebellar pe- 

 duncle. 



Brückenbeuge /. pontal flexure. 



Brückenechsen /.pL (zo.): Rhynchoce- 

 phalia. 



Brückenschenkel m. median cerebellar 

 peduncle. 



Brunnenfaden m. Crenothrix. 



Brunnenkresse /. water cress. 



Brunnenpest /. Crenothrix. 



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