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D. aculeata, ak-ul^-dM (L. 

 acuUdtus, thorny, prickly from 

 aciil&us, the sting of a bee), are 

 the species which produce the 

 tubers called Yams, used as 

 potatoes. 



Diosma, n., di-os'md (Gr. diosmos, 

 transmitting odours from dios, 

 godlike ; osme, smell), a genus 

 of very beautiful heath-like shrubs, 

 Ord. Rutaceae. 



Diospyros, n., di-ds'-pir-tis (Gr. 

 diospuros, the fruit that caused 

 oblivion from dios, godlike ; 

 puros. wheat, fruit ; or piiren, a 

 kernel, a berry), a genus of orna- 

 mental and very valuable timber 

 trees, Ord. Ebenacese, remarkable 

 for the hardness and durability of 

 their wood : Diospyros lotus, 

 lot' us (Gr. lotos, L. lotus, the 

 water-lily of the Nile), a species 

 which is said to have produced 

 the fruit which caused oblivion : 

 D. reticulata, re-tik'ul-dt'd (L. 

 reticuldtus, made like a net from 

 rete, a net) ; D. ebenum, eb'$n-um 

 (L. ebenus, the ebon-tree), along 

 with other species furnish ebony, 

 which is the black duramen of 

 the tree : D. virginiana, verj-in' 

 i-dn'-d (L. virgmeus, belonging 

 to a virgin from virgo, a virgin), 

 the persimon tree, yields a fruit, 

 sometimes called the date-plum, 

 which is sweet and eatable when 

 ripe, especially after frost, and 

 the bark has been employed as a 

 febrifuge : D. kaki, kdk'i (a native 

 name), the Keg fig of Japan, the 

 fruit resembling a plum : D. em- 

 bryopteris, ^m-bri-dp'ter-is (Gr. 

 embruo, an embryo ; pteris, a fern 

 from pteron, a wing), yields a 

 succulent fruit, the pulp of which 

 is astringent and very glutinous: 

 D. qusesitus, kwes-U'us (L. quces- 

 Itus, sought out, select), a species 

 which supplies the Coromandel 

 wood of Ceylon. 



dipetalous, a., dl-ptt'-cil-us (Gr. 

 dis, twice petalon, a petal), 

 having two petals. 



diphtheria, n., dif-ther'-i-d (Gr. 

 diphthera, skin, leather), a dis- 

 ease characterised by the forming 

 of a leathery, false membrane on 

 a diseased surface ; a disease of the 

 pharynx and tonsils, so named, 

 having a croupous, false mem- 

 brane : diphtheritis, n., dif-ther- 

 It'ts (itis, inflammation), same 

 sense as * diphtheria ' : diphther- 

 itic, a., dtf'-ther-tt'.ik, pert, to 

 diphtheria. 



diphyodont, n., dif-i'-V-dtint (Gr. 

 dis, twice ; phuo, I generate ; 

 odous, a tooth, odontos, of a 

 tooth), one of the Mammals 

 which have two sets of teeth. 



diphyozooids, n. plu., dif-l'd-zd' 

 oyds (Gr. dis, twice ; phuo, I 

 generate ; zoon, an animal ; eiclos, 

 resemblance), detached reproduct- 

 ive portions of Calycophoridse, 

 an Order of ocean Hydrozoa. 



diplecolobesB, n. plu., dip'le-ko- 

 lob'-e-e (Gr. dis, twice ; pleko, I 

 twine, I plant ; lobos, the lobe of 

 the ear), in bot., cotyledons twice 

 folded transversely. 



diploe, n., dip'-lo-e (Gr. diploe, a 

 fold), in bot., the cellular tissue 

 surrounding the vessels of the 

 leaf, and enclosed within the 

 epidermis sometimes called the 

 'diachyma' and 'mesophyllum'; 

 in anat., the network of bone 

 tissue which fills up the interval 

 between the two compact plates 

 in the bones of the skull : diploic, 

 a., dip-Id' ik, of or pert, to the 

 diploe. 



diploperistomi, n. plu., dip'-ld* 

 per-is'tdm-i (Gr. diploos, double ; 

 peri, about ; stoma, a mouth), 

 mosses which have a double per- 

 istoine : diploperistomous, a. , 

 dip'-lo-per-is'tdm-us, having a 

 double peristome. 



diplostemonous, a., dtp' Id-stem' 

 tin-us (Gr. diploos, double; stem- 

 on, the thread called the warp, 

 stemtinos, of the warp from his- 

 temi, I cause to stand, the ancient 

 looms being upright), in bot., 



