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of plants, Ord. Filiaceae, having 

 elm-looking leaves : Grewia mic- 

 rocos, mik'rolC'OS (Gr. mikros, 

 little ; Tcosmos, a world); and G. 

 Asiatica, azUi-at'-ik-a, (from 

 Asia), species whose fruits are 

 agreeable, and are largely em- 

 ployed in making sherbet in 

 N.W. India : G. oppositifolia, 

 dp'pdz'-it-l'fol^'a (L. oppositus, 

 placed before or opposite ; folium, 

 a leaf), a species whose fibres are 

 used in making paper. 



groin, n., groyn (F. groin, snout 

 of a hog), in the human body, 

 the depressed part between the 

 belly and the thigh. 



grossification, n., gros'-si-fik-a'- 

 shun (L. grossm, thick ; facio, 

 I make), in hot., the swelling of 

 the ovary after impregnation. 



Grossulariacese, n. plu., gros'-u- 

 Idr-$'d's8'e (mid. L. grossula, a 

 gooseberry ; grossulus, a small 

 unripe fig from grossm, an un- 

 ripe fig), the Gooseberry and 

 Currant family, natives of 

 temperate regions, and many 

 yield edible fruits. 



grumous, a., grdm'-us (L. grumus, 

 a little heap or hillock), clotted ; 

 knotted ; in bot. , collected into 

 granule masses. 



Guaiacum, n . , gwa'-yd'lcum or gwd> 

 ya'-kiim (Sp. guayaco, S. Amer. gua- 

 iac, the name of the tree), a genus 

 of lofty ornamental trees, Ord. 

 Zygophyllacese : Guaiacum offic- 

 inale, of-fis'm-al'-e (L. offidnalis, 

 officinal), a beautiful W. Indian 

 tree, whose wood, lignum vitae, 

 is prized for its hardness, yields 

 the resinous substance known as 

 guaiac or gum-guaiac, gwl'dk or 

 gwaf-yak, the gum and wood used 

 medicinally as a stimulant and 

 diaphoretic : G. sanctum, sangkf- 

 turn (L. sanctus, holy), a species 

 which also yields gum-guaiac. 



guano, n., gdo>dn'6 or gwdn'6 

 (Sp. guano or huano from Per- 

 uvian huanu, dung), the vast 

 accumulations of the droppings 



of sea-fowls found on islands on 

 the coast of S. America, much 

 used as a manure. 



guaranine, n., gwdr^dn-in (after 

 a tribe of American Indians so 

 named), a bitter crystalline sub- 

 stance obtained from the Guarana 

 bread or Brazilian cocoa, identical 

 with caffeine. 



guard, a., n., gdrd (F. garder, to 

 keep ; It. guardare, to guard), 

 in bot., applied to sister cells 

 bounding a stoma, formed by 

 bipartition of a mother cell ; in 

 zool., the cylindrical fibrous 

 sheath with which the internal 

 chambered shell of a Belemnite is 

 protected. 



Guatteria, n., gwdt-ter'-i'd (after 

 Guatteri, an Italian botanist), a 

 splendid genus of plants, Ord. 

 Anonacese : Guatteria virgata, 

 verg'dt'd (L. virgdtus, made of 

 twigs or osiers from virga, a 

 twig), a species yielding the 

 lance-wood of commerce. 



gubernaculum, n., gobb'-er-ndlff-ul- 

 um (L. gubernaculum, a helm, a 

 rudder from guberno, I steer), 

 a conical-shaped cord, attached 

 above to the lower end of the 

 epididymis, and below to the 

 bottom of the scrotum. 



Guilandina, n., </# aw -c?m'a (after 

 the Prussian traveller and botan- 

 ist, Guilandina), a genus of pretty 

 shrubs, Ord. Leguminosse, Sub- 

 ord. Caesalpiniese : Guilandina 

 bonducella, bond'-u-sttf-la (unas- 

 certained), the nicker tree, yields 

 a bitter and tonic, and its seeds 

 are said to be emetic. 



Guinea- worm, n., g%n'%-werm (of 

 or from Guinea, in Africa), a worm 

 which infests the skin of man in 

 certain warm countries ; the Dra- 

 cunculus, which see. 



gullet, n., gul'-let (F. goulet, the 

 gullet from gpule,^ the mouth ; 

 L. gula, the windpipe), the pas- 

 sage in the neck of an animal 

 down which food and drink pass 

 into the stomach ; the oesophagus. 



