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se>e (Arabic name gasmtri), the 

 jasmine or jessamine family, an 

 Order of plants, much esteemed 

 from the delicious fragrance 

 emitted by several of the species, 

 from which an essential oil is 

 obtained, natives of the tropics : 

 Jasminum, n., jas-mln'-um, an 

 elegant and familiar genus of 

 plants : Jasminum officinale, #/ 

 JW'fn-dl'8 (L. afficindlis, officinal); 

 J. grandiflorum, grand'-i-flor'-um, 

 (L. grandis, great, large ; flos, a 

 flower, floris, of a flower) ; J. 

 odoratissimum, dd'or-at-is'sim- 

 tim (L. odoratissimum, very frag- 

 rant from odordtus, sweet smel- 

 ling, fragrant); and J. sambac, 

 samf'bak (a native name), are 

 species from which the essential 

 oil of jasmine is procured : J. 

 angustifolium, dng-gust^i-fol'-i- 

 tim (angustus, small, narrow ; 

 folium, a leaf), a species whose 

 bitter root, ground small, and 

 mixed with powdered Acarus 

 calamus root, is considered good 

 in India as an external application 

 for ringworm : Jasmine, n. , jds f - 

 min, the English name for the 

 genus ; also spelt Jessamine. 

 Jateorhiza, n., jat'-Z-o-rlz'-a, (Gr. 

 later, a physician ; rhiza, a root), 

 a genus of plants, closely allied 

 to Cocculus, Ord. Menispermacese : 

 Jateorhiza palmata, pal-mat'-a 

 (L. palmdtus, marked with the 

 palm of the hand from palmus, 

 the palm of the hand), a plant of 

 East Africa whose root, known as 

 Calumba root, is used in the form 

 of infusion or tincture, as a pure 

 bitter tonic. 



Jatropha, n., jal<rof-a (Gr. later 

 or iatros, a physician ; troplie, 

 food), a genus of valuable medic- 

 inal plants, Ord. Euphorbiacese, 

 so named in allusion to their 

 medicinal properties, and their 

 use as food : Jatropha curcas, 

 kerk'ds (S. American name), 

 physic or purging nut, a plant 

 from whose seeds an oil is pro- 



cured which has cathartic proper- 

 ties : J. multifida, mult-fy'id-a 

 (L. multifidus, cleft or split into 

 many parts from multus, many; 



jindo, I cleave or divide), a species 

 from whose seeds a purgative oil 

 is obtained, said also to be good 

 as an external application for 

 itch : J. manihot, produces tapi- 

 oca, now called JanipLa manihot, 

 which see. 



jaundice, n. , ja/wnd'is (F. jaunisse, 

 the yellow disease from jaune, 

 yellow), a disease, or rather a 

 symptom of disease, characterised 

 by yellowness of the eyes, skin, 

 etc., and general languor. 



jejunum, n.,je-jun'iim (L.jejunus, 

 fasting, empty), the second por- 

 tion of the small intestines, fol- 

 lowing the 4 Duodenum, ' so named 

 as supposed to be empty after 

 death. 



jigger, n., jig'ger, another name 

 for ' chigoe,' which see. 



juga, n. plu. , jdg'-a (L. jugum, a 

 yoke), in bot., the ribs or ridges 

 on the fruit of the umbelliferse : 

 jugate, a. , J6g f -dt, having pairs of 

 leaflets, as in compound leaves : 

 jugum, n., jdg'um, a pair of 

 opposite leaflets. 



JuglandacesB, n. plu., j6g'-land-a r - 

 se-e (L. juglans, a walnut said to 

 be a corruption of jovis glans 

 from jovis, of Jupiter ; glans, 

 a nut), the Walnut family, an 

 Order of trees, yielding edible, 

 oily nuts, and a valuable timber : 

 Juglans, n., jdgtlanz, an orna- 

 mental genus of tall, stately trees: 

 Juglans regia, redf-i-d (L. 

 regms, royal from rex, a king), 

 the common walnut tree whose 

 seeds yield a bland oil, used for 

 olive oil : J. nigra, nlg'-rd (L. 

 nigra, black), the black walnut 

 whose wood when polished is of a 

 fine dark-brown colour. 



jugular, a,, j6g''ul-ar (F.jugulaire, 

 jugular ; L. jugulum, the collar- 

 bone, the neck), pert, to the neck 

 or throat ; applied to the large 



