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MELON 



Megatherium. 



BUNK; pyrus, wiieat.j=L/ow-wneai/. ail iie.ru 

 belonging to Scrophulariaceae. 

 Melania, (me]-a'ni-a). [Gk. melae, black.] 

 A snail-like ani- M. 



only by fossil remains found in Pleistocene 

 rocks of South 

 America. 



Megohm , (meg'om) 

 fGk. me^as,great; 

 Professor Ohm.] 

 = One million 

 ohms: a measure 

 of electric resist- 

 ance. v.Ohm. 

 Meibomian glands, 

 (mi-bo'mi-an). 

 In the eyelids. 

 Meisner's classification of plants: 

 Vascular plants- 

 Dicotyledons. 



Diplochlamyda. 

 Thalamiflorals. 

 Calyciflorala. 

 Monocotyledons. 

 Cellular plants 



Acotyledons. 



Melaconite, (mel-ak'6-nit). [Gk. melas, black; 

 konis, powder. ]=Black copper ore: one of 

 the copper group of minerals, amorphous, 

 chiefly oide of copper=CuO. 

 Melam, (mel'am). [Gk. melas, black.] A 

 grey powder obtained from sulphocyanide 

 . of ammonium. 



Melampyrum, (mel-am-pi'rum). [Gk. melas, 

 black; pyros, wheat.]=Cow-wheat: an herb 



Md, - 

 A 



inal fouhd in 



estuaries; also 



balled blaok 



snail. 

 Melanite, ( mel'- 



an-it). [Gk.melas, 



black.] A black 



variety of garnet. 

 Melanthacese, 



mel - an-tha'se-e). 



[Gk. melas, black, Melania. 



anthos, flower.] | = Melanths : crocus -like 



plants, mostly poisonous, belonging to 



Liliales, named from the dark colour of 



the flowers. 

 Melaphyre, (mel'a-flr). [Gk. melax, black.] 



A dark-coloured variety of basalt, belonging 



to the middle Trias period. 

 Melastomaceae, (mel-as-to-ma'se-e). [Gk. 



melas, black; stoma, mouth. ]=Melastomads: 



herbs, shrubs, and trees, belonging to 

 .Myrtales. 

 Melde and Faraday's 



figures. Regular ^ 



figures formed by^ 



the arrangement of M 



tine sand spread 



over a vibrating 



surface. 

 Meleagris, (mel-e-a/- 



gris). [L. meleag^is, 



guinea fowl. ^Tur- 

 key: a poultry-like 



bird belonging to -** 



Pavonidtc. Meleagris. 



Melene, (meren)=C 3 oH 60 : a paraffin obtained 



from wax. 

 Meles, (me'les). [The Latin name.]=Badger : 



a nocturnal, omnivorous, burrowing animal 



belonging to Carniyora. 

 Melezitose, (mel'e-zi-tos). [F. melfze, larch 



tree.] A variety of sugar obtained from the 



larch tree. 

 Melia, (mel'i-a). [Gk. melia, ash tree.] A 



plant, the type of Meliaceas. M. azedarack 



= White cedar of N. Zealand; also called 



Lilac. 

 Meliaceae, (mel-i-u'se-e). [Melia, q.v. ]=. 



Meliads: trees and shmbs, with small 



flowers, belonging to Rutales. 

 Melilite, (meri-lit). [Gk. meli, honey; lithos, 



stone.] = Hum boldtilite: a mineral, chiefly 



silicate of calcium and aluminum, named 



from its colour resembling that of honey. 

 Mclilotus, (mel-i-15'tus). [Gk. meli, honey; 



Lotus, $.v.]=Melilot: an herb belonging to 



Legumiuaceae. 

 Melinophane, (mel'in-o-fan). [Gk.meli, honey; 



phaino, I show.] A mineral which resembles 



leucophane. 

 Meliphagidse, ( mel-i-faj'i-de ). [Gk. meli, 



honey; phago, I eat. ]= Honey-eaters: birds 



of great variety, belonging to Insessores, 



chiefly Australasian. 

 Melissa, (mel-is'sa). [Gk. melissa, bee.]= 



Balm: an herb belonging to Lamiacese, 



named from bees frequenting it. 

 Melitose, ( mel'i-tos ) = CigH^On-SHsC) '. a 



variety of sugar, which requires hyciratioii 



previous to fermentation. 

 Melittis, (mel'it-tis). [Gk. melissa, bee.]= 



Bastard-balm : an herb belonging to La- 



miaceae. 

 Mellifera, (mel-lifer-a). [L. mel, honey ;fero, 



I bear.]=Honey-bearers=Bees, q.v. 

 Melliphagidae, (mel-li-faj'i-de). [Gk. meli, 



honey; phago, I eat.J=Honey-eaters: used 



for honey-eating birds generally, and espe- 

 cially for the pell-bird and wattle-bird of 



Australia. 

 Mellite, (melllt). [Gk. meli, honey; Jithos, 



stone. ]= Honey -stone: a rare mineral, chiefly 



inellitate of aluminum. 



Mellitates, (mel'li-tats^. [Mellitic, q.v.] Com- 

 pounds of mellitic acid with bases. 

 Mellitic acid, ( mel-lit'tik ). [Mellite, q.v.] 



CgHgOfi: an acid substance found in mellite; 



also called Benzol hexacarbonic acid. Heini- 



M. =C 9 H 6 O 6 : a modified form of M. 

 Mellivora, (mel-liv'6-ra). [L. mel, honey: yoro, 



I eat.] = Honey-badgers = Ratels : animals 



resembling the badger, found in Africa. 

 Mellone, (mel'lon). C 9 N 13 : a radicle, known 



only in combination, obtained from com- 

 pounds of cyanogen. 

 Mellonides, (mel'lo-mdz). 



[Mellon, q.v.] Compounds 



of mellon with bases. 

 Melolontha, (mel-6-lon'tha). 



[The Latin name.] M. vul- , 



gars= 



Melon, (mel'on ). [The French 

 name.]=Cucumis melo ; a 

 plant belonging to Cucur- 



