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BERRY. A juicy fruit with the seeds 

 imbedded in the pulp, without 

 any intermediate covering. 



BB'KUS. Specific name of the com- 

 mon viper, given by Linnaeus. 

 This name was only used by au- 

 thors of the middle century. 



BE'RYL. A variety of emerald. 



BE'VEL. One side of a solid body 

 is said to be bevelled with respect 

 to another, when the. angle con- 

 tained between their two sides, 

 is greater or less than a right 

 angle. 



BJE'ZOAR. From the Persian beaza- 

 har, antidote. A stone formed in 

 the bodies of certain animals, to 

 which Arabian physicians have 

 attributed great virtues, chiefly 

 that of resisting the effects of poi- 

 son. An ancient chemical pre- 

 paration to which the same pro 

 perties were attributed. Mineral 

 Bezoar, an oxyd of antimony. 

 Vegetable Bezoar, a stony concre- 

 tion found in cocoa trees. The 

 word is also applied to other na- 

 tural stony concretions. 



t*i. 1 Lat. Two; twice; a pair. 



BINUS. > A prefix. Also used to 



Bis. ) form the names of cer- 

 tain saline compounds, into which 

 two proportions of acid enter for 

 one of base, as bi-carbonate. 



BIAIT'GULATED. Having two angles 

 or corners. 



BIARTI'CULATE. Having two joints. 



BIAURI'CULATE. Having two auri- 

 cles. 



BICOLOR. Lat. Particoloured. 



BICO'RDATE. fr. lat. bis, twice ; cor, 

 cordis, the heart. Double heart- 

 shaped. 



BICOHDA'TUS. Lat. Bicordate. 



Biron'ifES. fr. lat. bis, two; cornu, 

 horn. Anthers with two horns. 



BICRE'NATE. fr, lat. bis, two; crena, 

 a notch, a slit. Doubly crenate. 



Bictr'spiUATE. .fr. lat. bis, two; cus- 

 pis, a point. With two points. 



BIDA'CTYLE. fr. lat. bis, twice; dac- 

 tylus, finger. Two-fingered. Ap- 



plied to the chelae, or claws of crus- 

 taceans. 



BID'EXS. ") fr. lat. bis, two ; dens, 



BIDEXTATE. 3 tooth. Having two 

 teeth. 



BIE'NNIAL. fr. lat. bis, two ; annus, 

 year. A term applied to plants 

 which grow one year and flower 

 the next, after which they perish; 

 they only differ from annuals in 

 requiring a longer time* to pro- 

 duce fruit. 



BIFA'RIOUS. Parting in opposite di- 

 rections. Arranged in two rows. 



BJ'FID. fr. lat. bis, twice; findere,to 

 split. Split or divided into two 

 separate parts. 



BIFO'LIATE. Conjugate. When two 

 leaflets are developed at the end 

 of a petiole. 



BIFO'RATE. fr. lat. bis, two ; foro, I 

 pierce. Having two perforations. 



BI'FOHINES. fr. lat. bis, two; foro, I 

 pierce. Minute oval bodies found 

 in the leaves of some araceous 

 plants. When placed in water, 

 they discharge innumerable spi- 

 culse from each extremity, until 

 they become entirely emptied. 



BI'FURCATE fr. lat. bis, twice ; fur- 

 ca, fork. To divide or separate 

 into two branches. Divided or 

 separated into two branches. 



BIFURCATION. fr. lat. bis, twice; 

 furca, a fork. The point where 

 two branches separate. 



BIGLA'XDULAR. Having two glands. 



BIJU'OATE. ) fr. lat. bis, two ; jugum, 



BIJUGOUS. $ yoke. A leaf formed 

 of two pairs of leaflets. 



BILA'BIATE. fr. lat. bis, two ; labium, 

 lip. A corolla with two lips. In 

 conchology, furnished with both, 

 an outer and inner lip. 



BILE. A yellow, greenish, viscid, 

 bitter, nauseous fluid, secreted by 

 the liver, to aid in the process of 

 digestion. The gall. 



BILO'BATE. Having two lobes. 



BILO'CDLAR. fr. lat. bis, two; loru 

 lus, partition. Having two cells. 



BI'MAXA. fr. lat. bin, two ; manut t 



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