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furnishes Yerba mate, or Paraguay 

 tea : I. vomitoria, vowf-it-or'-i-d 

 (L. vomitorius, that provokes 

 vomiting), a species from whose 

 leaves the black drink of the 

 Creek Indians is prepared. 



iliac, a., il'-l-ak (L. and Gr. ileos, a 

 severe kind of colic from Gr. eitto, 

 I turn or twist: L. ilia, the flanks, 

 the entrails), pert, to the ileum, 

 or to the bone called ilium : iliac 

 passion, a vomiting of bilious and 

 faecal matter in consequence of 

 obstruction in the intestinal 

 canal ; colic : iliac regions, the 

 sides of the abdomen between the 

 ribs and the hips : iliac crest, an 

 eminence on the ilium resembling 

 lines, but broader and more 

 prominent: iliacus, n.., il'i'-ak'Us, 

 a flat radiated muscle which fills 

 up the whole of the internal iliac 

 fossa : iliacus interims, m*tern' 

 us (L. internus, that which is 

 within), a muscle situated in the 

 cavity of the ilium : iliacum os, 

 another name for the 'os innomin- 

 atum,' which see : ilium os, il'-l* 

 tim os (L. ilia, the flanks ; os, a 

 bone), the large, partly-flattened 

 bone, forming the principal part 

 of the pelvis, and entering into 

 the composition of the hip-joint : 

 ilia, n. plu., M'-i-d, the flanks, 

 the loins ; the part extending 

 from the lowest ribs to the groin: 

 ilio, il'-i'O, a word denoting con- 

 nection with the ' iliacum os. ' 



Hicine8B, n. plu., tl'i-stn'fre (L. 

 ilex, a kind of oak, iticis, of an 

 oak), the Holly family, an Order 

 of plants, now generally called 

 Aquifoliacese. 



mecebrese, n. plu., iV-U-sW-r^-e 

 (L. ill%c$bra, an attraction, an 

 allurement ; plants so named by 

 Pliny), a section or sub-order of 

 plants, Ord. Paronychiacese: Illec- 

 ebrum, n., &*4Jo<r#m, a genus 

 of pretty and interesting dwarf 

 plants. 



Blicmm, n., tt4jff&<Mfc (L. illicio, 

 I allure or attract), a genus of 



useful plants, Ord. Magnoliacese, 

 so named from the agreeable 

 perfume of the species : Hlicium 

 anisatum, an'-is-atUm (L. an- 

 Isum, Gr. anison, the anise plant), 

 the star anise, so called from its 

 carpels being arranged in a star- 

 like manner, and having the 

 taste and odour of anise. 



imago, n., tm-dg'o (L. imago, an 

 image, an apparition), the third 

 or perfect state of an insect, the 

 first being the 'larva, 'and the 

 second the ' pupa. ' 



imbecile, n., im'-bZs-el (L. imbec- 

 illus, feeble, weak), an idiot of a 

 higher grade ; a weak-minded or 

 facile person : imbecility, n., im r > 

 bes-il'-i-ti, a deficiency of mental 

 and moral powers ; a state short 

 of idiocy. 



imbibition, n., im'-bib-tsh'tin (L. 

 imbibo, I drink in from im, in- 

 to ; bibo, I drink), the action by 

 which the passage of a fluid, or 

 of gaseous matters, is affected 

 through dead and living tissues ; 

 endosmosis. 



imbricate, a., trn'-brik-at, also im- 

 bricated, &.,-dt'ed(L. imbricatum, 

 to form like a gutter tile from 

 imbrex, a tile), in hot., having 

 parts overlying each other like 

 tiles on a house ; in zooL, applied 

 to scales or plates which overlap 

 one another like tiles : imbric- 

 ative, a., im'bri&dt>fo, over- 

 lapping at the edge : imbricated 

 aestivation, in bot., the parts of 

 the flower-bud alternatively over- 

 lapping each other, and arranged 

 in a spiral manner. 



immarginate, a., im-mdrf-zn-dt 

 (L. im, not; margo, a border, 

 marginis, of a border), in bot. t 

 not having a border or margin. 



impaction, n., im-pak'shun (L. 

 impactus, driven into from im, 

 into ; pango, I drive), a disease 

 in cattle, sheep, horse, fowls, etc., 

 a fatal case of indigestion in 

 which the food becomes closely 

 impacted in the stomach ; be- 



