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vernation, the arrangement of 

 the leaves of the bud on a branch 

 which burst in spring. 



etserio, n., e-ter'-i-o (Gr. etairia, 

 fellowship, society), the aggregate 

 drupes which form the fruit of 

 such as the strawberry and 

 bramble. 



ether, n., eth'er (L. cether, Gr. 

 aither, the upper or pure air), a 

 very light, volatile, and inflam- 

 mable liquid, obtained from 

 alcohol and an acid by distil- 

 lation. 



ethmoid, a., Vih'-moyd, also eth- 

 moidal, a., Wi-mdyd'-al (Gr. 

 ethmos, a sieve ; eidos, resem- 

 blance), in anat., a sieve -like 

 bone which projects downwards 

 from between the orbital plates 

 of the frontal bone, and enters 

 into the formation of the cranium ; 

 the bone of the nose which is 

 perforated like a sieve for the 

 passage of the olfactory nerves. 



ethnography, n., ^th-ndg'rdf-i 

 (Gr. ethnos, a race, a nation; 

 grapho, I write), an account of 

 the origin, dispersion, connection, 

 and characteristics of the various 

 races of mankind. 



etiolation, n., et'-i-ol-a'shiin (mid. 

 L. etioldtus, blanched, deprived 

 of colour : F. ttioler, to grow up 

 long-shanked and colourless, as 

 a plant), in lot, the process of 

 blanching plants by excluding 

 the action of light; absence of 

 green colour : etiolated, a., et'4' 

 ol-atf-Zd, blanched; deprived of 

 colour. 



etiology, n., et't-ffi-ti-ji (Gr. aitia, 

 a cause ; logos, discourse), in med. , 

 the doctrine of causes, particul- 

 arly with reference to diseases. 



Eucalyptus, n., uttaUp'-tus (Gr. 

 eu, well; kalupto, I cover), a 

 genus of tall, handsome, fast- 

 growing plants, Ord. Myrtacese, 

 so called from the limb of the 

 calyx covering the flower before 

 expansion, which afterv arls falls 

 off in the shape of a lid or cover; 



the species yield an astringent 

 matter used for tanning ; some of 

 the species constitute the gigantic 

 gum trees of Australia : Eucal- 

 yptus amygdalinus, am-ig'-dal- 

 in f 'US (L. amygdalinus^ of or 

 made from almonds from amyg- 

 dala, an almond), an Australian 

 gum tree which attains the 

 height of 400 feet : E. mannifera, 

 mdn-mf'%r'ti, (Eng. manna; L. 



fero, I bear), a species which fur- 

 nishes a saccharine exudation 

 resembling manna : E. globus, 

 glob' Us (L. gltibus, a ball, a 

 sphere), the blue gum tree, or 

 fever gum tree, furnishes good 

 timber, an astringent bark, and 

 a fragrant oil : E. dumosa, dilm- 

 oz'a (L. dumosus, bushy from 

 dumus, a thorn bush), a species 

 on whose leaves is found a 

 saccharine substance mixed with 

 cellular hairs, produced by the 

 attacks of a species of insect : E. 

 perfoliata, per'-foli-at'-a (L. per, 

 through; foliatus, leaved from 



folium, a leaf), a handsome 

 species, having hoary, bluish 

 foliage, and a neat growth of the 

 branches : E. resinifera, r^in- 

 if-er'O, (L. reslna, resin; f$ro, 

 I produce), the brown gum tree 

 of New Holland, yields an 

 astringent, resinous - like sub- 

 stance, called 'kino,' which ex- 

 udes from incisions in the bark 

 as a red juice, a single tree pro- 

 ducing as much as sixty gallons : 

 Eucalypti, n. plu., uk'-dl-ip'-tl, a 

 general name for all the species 

 of Eucalyptus. 



Eugenia, n., U'jen'-i-a (in honour 

 of Prince Eugene of Savoy), a 

 very ornamental and highly use- 

 ful genus of plants, Ord. Myrt- 

 acese : Eugenia caryophyllata, 

 k&r'.f.d'ftl'C&d (Gr. karuon, a 

 nut; phullon, a leaf), yields the 

 cloves of commerce ; also called 

 Caryophyllusaromaticus: E. pirn- 

 enta, pim-Zntf-a (Sp. pimiento, 

 Indian pepper), a tree of the W. 



