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genus of plants, Ord. Chenopodi- 

 acese, many of which are used as 

 esculent pot-herbs : Beta vul- 

 garis, vulg>dr'4s (L. vulgaris, 

 common), the common beetroot 

 of our gardens and fields ; also 

 called B. campestris, kam-pest'ris 

 (L. campestris, belonging to a 

 field), field beet or mangold- 

 wurzel. 



betel-nut, betfl (F. betel, Sp. betel), 

 the fruit of the Areca catechu, 

 an elegant palm from 40 to 56 

 feet high ; the powdered nut is 

 used for tape-worm, and as an 

 ingredient along with Piper-betle 

 in the stimulating Eastern mastic- 

 atory pan or betel. 



Betulacesa, n. plu., bet'-ul'd'-sZ-e 

 (as if a Latin word batula f a 

 stroke from bdtuo, 1 strike, I 

 beat ; betu, said to be Celtic name 

 of the birch), the Birch family, 

 an Ord. of trees* consisting of the 

 various kinds of birch and alder : 

 Betula, bet'-ul-a, a genus of birch 

 trees, in the sap of which a 

 saccharine matter exists : Betula 

 alba, alb' a (L. albus, white), and 

 B. glutinosa, gloot'm-oz'd (L. 

 glutinosus, gluey, glutinous), the 

 common birch, the oil from the 

 bark of which gives the peculiar 

 odour to Russia leather : B. 

 papyracea, pap'ir-a'se-a (L. 

 papyrus, the paper reed), the 

 canoe birch, whose bark is em- 

 ployed in making boats in North 

 America : B. lenta, lentf-a (L. 

 lentus, tough, hard), the black 

 birch of America, called also 

 'mountain mahogany :' B. bhaja- 

 paltra, badj'd'paU f >r<% (an Indian 

 name), a tree whose bark is used 

 in India in the manufacture of 

 paper. 



bhang, n., bang, and bangue or 

 bang (Sans, bhangga, hemp), a 

 plant, the Cannabis Indica, Indian 

 hemp, used in India for intoxica- 

 tion, in some parts, the dried 

 larger leaves and seeds of fruit ; 

 in others, the whole plant dried 



after flowering, and the tops 

 and tender parts of the plant 

 dried. 



bi-acmninate, a. (bis, twice), two- 

 pointed with the points diverg- 

 ing. 



bi-articulate, a. (bis, twice), two- 

 jointed. 



biceps, n., bleeps (L. biceps, having 

 two heads from bis, twice ; 

 caput, the head; bicipitis, of 

 having two heads; biclpites, plu.), 

 in anat., a muscle that divides 

 into two portions, or that has two 

 distinct origins; applied to a 

 muscle of the arm and of the thigh: 

 bicipital, a., bl-sip^t-al, having 

 two heads or origins; pert, to the 

 biceps muscle : bicipital groove, 

 the groove in the bone through 

 which the biceps muscle passes : 

 biceps anconeus, bi'seps an'-kon- 

 e'-us (L. biceps, two-headed ; L. 

 ancon, Gr. angkon, an elbow), the 

 double-headed muscle at the elbow 

 which assists in extending the 

 fore -arm : b. femoris, fem'-or-is 

 (L. femur, the thigh, femtiris, of 

 the thigh), the two-headed muscle 

 of the thigh; a large muscle of 

 considerable length, situated on 

 the posterior and outer aspect of 

 the thigh, arising by two heads : 

 b. flexor cubiti, fleks'-or Mb'-it-i 

 (L. flexor, that which bends; 

 cubitus, the elbow, cubiti, of the 

 elbow), the double-headed muscle 

 that bends the elbow : b. flexor 

 cruris, kroor'is (L. crux, the leg, 

 cruris, of the leg), the two-headed 

 muscle which assists in bending 

 the leg. 



bicuspid, a., bi-kusp'id (L. bis, 

 twice ; cuspis, a spear, a point, 

 cuspidis, of a spear), having two 

 points; applied to teeth that 

 have two fangs or points, as the 

 first two molars on each side of 

 the jaw; in bol., ending in two 

 points, as leaves. 



bidental, a., bi-dtnt'-al (L. bis, 

 twice ; dens, a tooth, dentis, of a 

 tooth), having two teeth: bi- 



