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Itik'i-d'-s&'e (Gr. aristos, best; 

 locheia, child - birth, delivery), 

 the Birth-wort family, a small 

 Order of climbing herbaceous 

 plants, bearing mottled and 

 singularly-shaped flowers : Aristo- 

 lochia, n., ar-ist'-o-m'-i-a, a 

 genus whose flowers have more 

 or less the appearance of a horn ; 

 the names Birth-wort and Aristo- 

 lochias have been given this 

 genus of plants from their sup- 

 posed action on the uterus : 

 Aristolochia serpentaria, serp' 

 ent'dr'i-d (L. serpens, a serpent, 

 serpentis, of a serpent), the Vir- 

 ginian snake-root, a native of 

 the United States, formerly used 

 as an antidote to snake poison : 

 arist'olochia'ceous, a., -d'shus, 

 having an arrangement of parts 

 as in the Aristolochia. 



armature, n., drm'-at-ur (L. arma, 

 arms, weapons), in bot. , the hairs, 

 prickles, etc. covering an organ; 

 a piece of iron used to connect 

 the poles of magnets. 



Armeria, n., dr^mer'-i-d (armeria, 

 the Latin name of sweet-william), 

 a genus of plants, Ord. Plurnbag- 

 inacese, which, though dwarf, are 

 handsome, and well adapted for 

 ornamenting rock-work : Armeria 

 maritima, mdr-U'ini'a (L. marit- 

 imus, belonging to the sea from 

 mare, the sea), thrift or common 

 sea-pink, grows on the sea-shore, 

 and on the top of the highest 

 mountain of Scotland. 



arnatto, n., ar-nat'to, also spelt 

 arnotto and annotto (perhaps a 

 corruption of arnot, the 'earth- 

 nut,' from a mistaken notion of 

 its origin), a red colour obtained 

 from the reddish pulp which 

 surrounds the seeds of the tree 

 Bixa orellana, used for dyeing 

 cheese and butter, imported into 

 this country in three forms, viz. 

 leaves, eggs, and rolls. 



arnica, n., drtnik-d, or arnica 

 xnontana, mon-tdn'd (Gr. arnion, 

 a little lamb ; montdnm, belong- 

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ing to a mountain so called from 

 the resemblance of the leaf to the 

 soft coat of a lamb), mountain 

 tobacco or leopard's bane, the ex- 

 pressed juice of the root of which 

 is used in medicine ; Sub-ord. 

 Corymbiferse, Ord. Compositse. 



AroidesB, n. plu., ar-oyd'-e-e (arum, 

 the plant wake-robin ; Gr. eidos, 

 resemblance), an Order of plants 

 having an arrangement of parts 

 as in the Arum now called Ord. 

 Aracesft, which see. 



Arracachaesculenta,ar<ra-Mfe/i-a 

 Zs f 'kul-ent f 'a(arracacha, the South 

 American name ; L. esculentus, fit 

 for eating), a native of Grenada 

 having large and esculent roots, 

 resembling a parsnip in quality, 

 which have been recommended as 

 a substitute for the potato ; Ord. 

 Umbelliferse. 



arrack, n., dr'-rak (Arab, araq, 

 sweat, juice), a distilled impure 

 spirit, much used in the East, 

 obtained from fermented rice, 

 betel nuts, and the sap and fruit 

 of palms. 



Artanthe, n., ar-tanth'e (probably 

 artaOj I make ready ; anthos, a 

 flower), a genus of wooded plants 

 with jointed stems, Ord. Piper- 

 acea3: Artanthe elongata, e'-lting- 

 gdt'-a (L. elongatus, made long 

 from e, out ; longus, long), a 

 shrub of S. America, from which 

 the substance, consisting of the 

 leaves and unripe fruit, called 

 matico or matica is obtained ; 

 it possesses aromatic, fragrant, 

 and astringent qualities. 



Artemisia, n., dr'tZm-izh't-d (from 

 Artemis, one of the names of 

 Diana, who presided over women 

 in childbed), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Compositae, and Sub-ord. 

 Corymbiferse, the species of which 

 are remarkable for their strong 

 odour and bitter taste : Artemisia 

 absinthium, db-smth'-t-um (L. 

 absinthium, wormwood), worm- 

 wood, the heads of the flowers of 

 which, as well as other species, 



