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name for the pod of the Ceratonia 

 siliqua, supposed to have been the 

 locusts of St. John Baptist, used 

 occasionally for feeding horses; 

 the name of the tree itself, found 

 in S. of Europe and Palestine. 



Alhagi Maurorum, dl-hadf-l 

 mawr-or'-urn (Ar. alhaji, the 

 camel's thorn ; Mauri, the Moors 

 or Mauritanians, Maurorum, of 

 the Moors), the camel's thorn, 

 from the leaves and branches of 

 which a sweet secretion or kind 

 of manna exudes in hot weather, 

 Ord. Leguminosae, Sub-ord. 

 Papilionacese. 



alhenna, n., dl-hen'na, or henna, 

 n., Mn'nd (Ar. al, the ; hinna, 

 henna), the Arabic name for the 

 Lawsonia inermes, a tropical 

 shrub, the leaves of which are 

 used by Asiatics for dyeing the 

 nails, etc. of an orange hue. 



Alismaceae, n. plu., dl'zs-md'-se-e 

 (Gr. alisma, the water plantain), 

 the water plantain family, an 

 Ord. of plants growing in flowing 

 or stagnant water : Alismese, n. 

 plu., dl-is'me-e, a Sub-ord. : 

 Alisma, n., dl-is'-md, a genus: 

 alismaceous, a., dl'-is-ma'shus, 

 having an arrangement of parts 

 as in the water plantain family. 



alkali, n., dl'-kdl-i, alkalies, plu. 

 (Ar. al, the ; gall or kali, the 

 glass wort, the plant from which 

 soda was first obtained), the 

 oxides of certain metals, as potas- 

 sium, sodium, calcium ; a sub- 

 stance which has properties the 

 reverse of an acid, and which 

 combines with an acid so as to 

 neutralise it and form a salt ; an 

 alkali changes vegetable dyes, 

 renders oil miscible with water, 

 and possesses greater solubility 

 than an earth: alkalifiable, a., 

 -fl f -d'bl (L. fio, I am made), 

 convertible into an alkali : alkal- 

 ine, a., alk'-al'ln, having the 

 properties of an alkali : alkalin- 

 uria, n., dlk'-dl-in-ur'.i'd (Gr. 

 ouron, L. urma, urine), an 



alkaline condition of the urine : 

 alkaloid, n., dlfcdl-dyd (Gr. 

 eidos, resemblance), a vegetable 

 principle which acts chemically 

 like an alkali, as quinia, strychnia, 

 morphia: adj., resembling an 

 alkali. 



Allamanda, n., dl^ldm-dnd-d (after 

 Professor Allamand of Leyden), a 

 handsome and free-fl oweringgenus 

 of plants: Allamanda cathartica, 

 kdth-drt f 4k'd (Gr. kathartikos, 

 purifying or cleansing), a species, 

 a native of Ceylon and Java, an 

 infusion of whose leaves is both 

 emetic and cathartic. 



allantoic, a., dl'-ldnt-o'-ik (Gr. 

 alias, a sausage, allantos, of a 

 sausage), of or pert, to the allan- 

 tois: allantois, n., dl'-ldnt-o'-is, 

 a membranous projection near 

 the hinder part of the embryo, 

 continuous with the intestinal 

 cavity, the lower part within the 

 embryo becoming the bladder, 

 and the upper denominated the 

 urachus; the allantoid mem- 

 brane: allantoid, a., al'-lant-dyd 

 (Gr. eidos, resemblance), resem- 

 bling a sausage ; denoting one of 

 the membranes of the foetus com- 

 municating with the bladder and 

 containing the foetal urine : Allant- 

 oidea, n. plu., dl'ldnt-dyd'-e-d, 

 the group of vertebrata in which 

 the foetus is furnished with an 

 allantois, comprising the Reptiles, 

 Birds, and Mammals : allantoin, 

 n., al'dnt-6 f -m, a white crystal - 

 lisable acid obtained from the 

 allantoic liquid. 



alliaceous, a., til'-li-d'-shus (L. 

 allium, garlic), pert, to the 

 allium or garlic family; having 

 a smell like garlic. 



allium, n., dl'-lt-um (L. allium, 

 garlic), a genus of plants, com- 

 prising the onion, leek, garlic, 

 shallot, and chives, etc., Ord. 

 Liliacese : Allium sativum, sat' 

 iv'um (L. sativum, sown or 

 planted), garlic, whose bulb is 

 used as an irritant, stimulant, 



