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PAL'MAR. fr. lat. palma, the palm of 

 the hand. Belonging or relating 

 to the palm. Also applied tq the 

 feet of web-footed birds. 



PAL'MATE. fr. lat. palma, the palm. 

 Having the form of the palm, 

 from the toes or fingers being 

 united by a membrane. Also, 

 applied to a form of leaf. (fig. 29, 

 p. 37, Book vii). 



PAL'MATED. ) Divided so as to re- 



PALMA'TIFID. semble a hand. 



PALMA'TO-LOBATE. A form of leaf : 

 having lobes which give it some 

 resemblance to the hand, (fig- 28, 

 p. 36, Book vii). 



PALMIXE'RVE. A form of leaf, 



which hasseveral primary nerves, 

 which diverge from each other at 

 the base of the blade, like the 

 ribs of a fan. 



PALMI'PEDES. fr. lat. palma, palm; 

 pcs, pedis, a foot. Systematic name 

 of web-footed birds. 



PAL'PEBRAL. fr. lat. palpebra, the 

 eye-lid. Belonging or relating to 

 the eye-lid. 



PAL'PI. Lat. plur. of palpus. 



PAI/PUS. Lat. A feeler. An or- 

 gan attached in pairs to the labi- 

 urn and maxilla of insects. 



PALUDI'NA. fr. lat. palus, a marsh. 

 A genus of fresh-water gastero- 

 pods. 



PALUDI'ICJE. Lat. plur. of paludina. 



PALU'DIXE. 7 fr- lat.pa/t**, a marsh. 



PALUS'TIUNE. 5 Belongingtoamarsh. 



PAW'CREAS fr. gr. pan, all ; Arms, 

 flesh. All fleshy. A gland deeply 

 seated in the abdomen, which re- 

 sembles the salivary gland in its 

 structure, and has been called the 

 abdominal salivary gland. 



PAXCREA'TIC. Belonging to the pan- 

 creas. 



PAN'DION. Generic name of the os- 

 preys. 



PANDU'RATE. ) fr. lat. pandus, bent 



PANUU'RIFORM. inward at the 

 middle. Fiddle-shaped. Applied 

 to a form of leaf. (fig. 38, p. 39, 

 Book vii). 



PA'NICLE.-A loose irregular bunch of 

 flowers with subdivided branches. 



PAPA. Sp. The Pope. Specific 

 name of a vulture. 



PAPA'VER. Lat. A poppy. 



PAPAVERA'CE^. Name of a family 

 of plants. 



PAPIL'LA. Lat. A nipple. A nip- 

 ple-like eminence. 



PAPII/L.K. Lat. plur. of papilla. 



PAP'ILLATED. Covered with papillae. 



PAPI'LIO. Lat. A butterfly. 



PAPILIONA'CE^. fr. lat. papilio, a 

 butterfly. Name of a family of 

 plants whose flowers are sup- 

 posed to resemble a butterfly. 



PAPILIOWA'CEOUS. Applied to a 

 form of corolla resembling a but- 

 terfly, (fig. 94, p. 75, Book vii). 



PA'PILLOSE. Pimpled, dotted. 



PA'PILLOUS. 7 Having the surface 



PA'PILLARY. 3 covered with pim- 

 ples or dots. 



PAPPUS. fr. gr. pappos, the down of 

 the cheek. The leathery append- 

 age which crowns the fruit of 

 many composite plants, being, in 

 fact, a reduced calyx. 



PAP'ULOSE. Producing small glands 

 like pimples. 



PAPYRA'CEOUS. fr. lat. papyrus, a 

 sort of paper. Thin as paper. 



PAPTRIFE'RA. fr. lat. papyrus, a 

 kind of paper; fero, I bear. Spe- 

 cific name of a plant. 



PAPT'RUS. Lat. A genus of plants 

 of the family of cyperacese. The 

 papyrus antiquorum yields the sub- 

 stance used as paper by the an- 

 cient ^Egyptians. 



PARA. Gr. A prefix, denoting 

 through, near, for, about, &c. 



PARACHUTE. fr. gr. para, against, 

 and fr. fr. chute, a fall. A machine, 

 somewhat in the form of the top 

 of an umbrella, used to moderate 

 the descent of those who ascend 

 in balloons, and guarantee them 

 against the effects of a sudden 

 fall. 



PARADI'S^SA. Generic name of the 

 Birds of Paradise. 



