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barbate, a., bdrb'dt (L. barba, a 

 beard), in bot., bearded; having 

 tufts of hair-like pubescence : 

 barbs, n., bdrbs, hooked hairs: 

 barbed, a., bdrbd, terminating 

 in the sharp shoulders of a hook 

 or arrow -head: barbula, n., 

 bdrb'-ul-d (L. diminutive, a little 

 beard), the teeth of the peristome 

 of mosses. 



barilla, n., bar-il'la (Sp. barrilla, 

 the plant glasswort; barrillar, 

 the ashes of the plant), a crude 

 soda extracted from the ashes of 

 the plants Salsola and Sali- 

 cornia, found growing in salt 

 marshes on the Mediterranean 

 and other shores, Ord. Chenopod- 

 iacese. 



bark, n., baric (Dan. baric, IceL 

 borkr, bark), the outer cellular 

 and fibrous covering of the stem, 

 called the Cortex: bark-bound, 

 a., having the bark too firm or 

 close. 



Barosma, n., bar-os'ma (Gr. 

 barus, heavy ; osme, smell), a 

 genus of plants, so called from 

 the powerful scent of their leaves: 

 Barosma crenulata, kren'-ul-dftd 

 (L. crenulatus, slightly notched 

 from crena, a notch), as also 

 B. serratifolia, ser-rdt^i-foV-i-d 

 (L. serratus, saw-shaped from 

 serra, a saw ; folium, a leaf), and 

 B. betulina, bet'ul-m'd (L. betula, 

 the birch), the leaves of these and 

 other species are used in medicine 

 under the name of 'buchu,' and 

 contain a yellowish oil having a 

 powerful odour. 



Barringtonise, n. plu., bar'ing- 

 ton'-l-e (after Harrington), a tribe 

 of plants of the Ord. Myrtacese, 

 having a fleshy, one-celled fruit : 

 Barringtonia, n., barring -ton'-i- a, 

 a genus of plants, many of which 

 yield an aromatic, volatile oil. 



baryta, n. , bar-lt'-a, or barytes, n. , 

 bar'it'-ez (Gr. barutes, weight, 

 heaviness from barus, heavy), 

 the heaviest of all the alkaline 

 earths. 



BAS 



basal, a., bds f -dl, also basilar, a., 

 bas'-il-dr (L. and Gr. basis, the 

 foundation), in bot., attached to 

 the base of an organ usually the 

 embryo when situated at the 

 bottom of the seed : basal pla- 

 centa, pld'Sent f 'd (L. placenta, a 

 cake), in bot. , the placenta at the 

 base of the ovary j in anat. , the 

 placenta at the base of the uterus : 

 basilar, a., in anat., at the base, 

 bottom, or foundation of a part ; 

 applied to several bones ; also to 

 a process of the occipital tons, 

 and to the artery running over 

 it. 



basidium, n. , bds-id'<i-&m, basidia, 

 plu., bds-id f 'i-d (L. basidium, a 

 little pedestal from basis, a 

 pedestal), in some Fungi, a cell 

 bearing on its exterior one or more 

 spores : basidiospore, n., bds-id'- 

 i'd-spor (Gr. spora, a spore), a 

 spore borne upon a basidium: 

 basid'iospcrous, a. , -spor'-us, 

 bearing spores upon a basidium. 



basilar, see under * basal:' basilar 

 aspect, in anat., that which is 

 towards the base of the head: 

 basilar artery, so named from 

 its position at the base of the 

 skull. 



basilic, a., bds-il'-ik (Gr. basilikos t 

 royal from basileus, a king), 

 denoting parts supposed to hold 

 a chief place in the animal func- 

 tions : basilic vein, a vein of the 

 upper extremity of considerable 

 size, formed by the coalescence 

 of the anterior and posterior ulnar 

 veins: basilicon, n., bas-il'-ik^n, 

 'royal ointment,' an old name 

 for old-fashioned remedies for 

 wounds, etc., of three kinds now 

 restricted to that made of wax, 

 resin, and lard. 



basio-glossus, bdztt-d'-glos'us (Gr. 

 basis, a base; glossa, the tongue), 

 the muscle extending from the 

 base of the os hyoides to the 

 tongue; one of the three supposed 

 muscles of the hyo-glossus. 



basipetal, a., bas-zp^t-dl (Gr. 



