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f r angle'- o> ads (after Franco, a 

 botanist of the 16th century), an 

 Order of herbaceous plants with- 

 out stems, natives of Chili; the 

 species regarded in Chili as cool- 

 ing and sedative, and their roots 

 are used to dye black ; the Order 

 is sometimes included under the 

 Ord. Saxifragacese : Francoa, n., 



frangk'd'-a, a genus of plants 

 beautiful when in flower. 



Frankeniaceae, n. plu.,frangk-en'- 

 t-d'-sfre, or Frankeniads, n. plu., 



frangk-en'-i'ads (after Frankenius, 

 of Upsal, 1661), the Frankeniad 

 family, an Order of herbaceous 

 plants : Frankenia, n., frangk- 

 en' t'd, a genus of beautiful ever- 

 green shrubs or herbs, said to 

 be mucilaginous and slightly 

 aromatic. 



Frasera, n., fraz-er'-d (after 

 Fraser, a collector of N. American 

 plants), a genus of curious little 

 plants, Ord. Gentianacese : Fras- 

 era Walter!, wdlt'&r-i ( Walter, a 

 proper name; Walteri, of Walter, a 

 Latinised spelling), a species 

 sometimes called the American 

 calumba, found in the morasses 

 of N. America; the root is said to 

 furnish an excellent bitter. 



Fraxinella, see 'Dictamnus.' 



Fraxinus, n.,fraks f -m'US (L.frax- 

 mus, an ash tree), a genus of trees, 

 Ord. Oleacese: Fraxinus excelsior, 

 ek-sels'i-fir (L. excelsior, loftier 

 from excelsus, lofty), the common 

 ash, whose tough, elastic wood 

 is much used by coachmakers, 

 wheelwrights, and implement 

 makers ; the 'weeping ash ' is a 

 pendulous variety ; the wood of 

 the roots is beautifully veined ; 

 for 'manna ash,' see 'Ornus.' 



freckle, n., frtttt (Icel. frekna, 

 Norse yfaj&r, freckles; Ger. fleck, 

 a spot), congenital pigmentation 

 of the rete mucosum, the spots 

 being the size of split peas or less, 

 occurring on the skin beneath the 

 clothing, as well as on the skin 

 when exposed to light ; lentigo ; 



also minute coloured specks 

 often seen on the skin, generally 

 the face ; any small discoloured 

 spot ; ephelis. 



Freycinetia, n., fra'sm-ef-shi-a 

 (after Captain Freycinet, a 

 French circumnavigator), a 

 genus of ornamental tree-like 

 plants, some having a climbing 

 habit, Ord. Pandanaceae : Frey- 

 cinetia Banksii, ~banks'-i>l (after 

 Sir Joseph Banks), the kie-kie 

 or screw pine of New Zealand, 

 whose fleshy bracts, called ' taw- 

 hara,' are eaten by the natives, 

 and made into a luscious jelly by 

 the colonists. 



Freziera, n., friz'-wr'-a (after 

 Frezier, a French traveller), a 

 genus of tall ornamental trees, 

 Ord. Ternstroemiacese : Freziera 

 theoides, ihe-oyd'-ez (fhea, the 

 tea-plant; Chin, tshd, Russ. tshai, 

 tea ; Gr. eidos, resemblance), a 

 species whose leaves are used as 

 tea in Panama. 



Fritillaria, n., frit'41'lar'.i-a (L. 



fritillus, a dice-box, a chess-board, 

 alluding to the chequered sepals 

 of the flowers), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Liliacese, having singular 

 and showy flowers : Fritillary, 

 n., frit'-il'tir-i, the name of a 

 common showy garden flower. 



frond, n., frond (L. frons, a leaf, 

 frondis, of a leaf), the peculiar 

 leafing of palms and ferns ; the 

 union of a leaf and branch : frond- 

 escence, n., frond -Zs'sgns (L. 

 frondesco, I shoot forth leaves), 

 the time or season of putting forth 

 leaves ; the conversion of petals 

 or other organs into leaves : 

 frondlet, n., frdnd'-lZt, a little 

 frond : frondose, a., frdnd>dz', 

 having a foliaceous or leaf-like 

 expansion. 



frugivorous, a., frd'jiv'or'tis (L. 

 frux, fruit, frugis, of fruit ; voro, 

 I devour), applied to animals 

 that feed upon fruits. 



frustules, n. plu., frustf-ulz, alsc 

 frustula, n. plu.,/r#s^w-a (dim. 



