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gelatinises on being heated, and 

 becomes fluid on cooling. 



mulberry, n., mul'ber-ri (Ger. 

 maulbeere, L. morns, Gr. mor$a, 

 a mulberry), the fruit of the 

 * Morus nigra ' and the * Morus 

 alba,' Ord. Moracese : mulberry 

 calculus, a stone in the bladder 

 having a rugged surface. 



mullein, n., mul'-lm (F. mouleine 

 or moUne, Dan. md, a moth), a 

 name applied to species of Verb- 

 ascum, Ord, Scrophulariacese ; 

 the woolly leaves of the Great 

 Mullein are emollient and slightly 

 narcotic ; a wild hedge plant 

 whose seed has been used to 

 preserve clothes against moths. 



muller, n., mul'-Ur (L. mola, a 

 mill-stone), a stone held in the 

 hand, used for grinding powders 

 upon a stone slab ; also mullet, 

 n., mul'-Ut (F. molette, Sp. mol- 

 eta), used in same sense. 



multicostate, a., muU'-i-kost'dt 

 (L. multus, many ; costa, a rib), 

 in bot., many-ribbed. 



multicuspid, a., m&lt'J'kfap''id 

 (L. multus, many; cuspis, a spear- 

 head, cuspidis, of a spear-head), 

 having several tubercles or points; 

 applied to the rough, grinding 

 surfaces of the twelve molar 

 teeth : multicuspidati, n. plu., 

 mult'i'kusp'td-at'i, the molar 

 teeth, twelve in number, six in 

 each jaw ; the ' bicuspids ' are 

 the small or false molars, and are 

 eight in number. 



multifid, a., mult'-i-fld, also mult- 

 ifidous, a., mult-ij'.id'us (L. 

 multifidus, cleft or split into 

 many parts from multus, many; 



Jindo, I cleave or split), having 

 many clefts or divisions ; in bot., 

 applied to a simple leaf divided 

 laterally, to about the middle, 

 into numerous portions when 

 the divisions extend deeper it is 

 called * multipartite. ' 



multifidus spinse, mfift*{ft&& 

 spirts (L. multrfidus, many- 

 cleft ; apma t a spine, spina, of a 



spine), the many-cleft part of the 

 spine ; in anat., a number of 

 fleshy and tendinous fasciculi, 

 which fill up the groove on either 

 side of the spinous processes of 

 the vertebrae, from the sacrum to 

 the axis. 



multijugate, a., mult'idf-oog-dt 

 (L. multus, many ; jugum, a 

 yoke), in bot. 9 having many 

 pairs of leaflets. 



multilocular, a., multti'ldk'ul-ar 

 (L. multus, many ; loculus, a 

 small compartment, a cell), 

 having many cells or chambers. 



multipartite, a. , mult - ip'art It 

 (L. multus, many ; partltus, 

 divided), in bot., divided into 

 several strips or portions; divided . 

 into many parts. 



multiple, a., mult'i-pl (L. muUus t 

 many ; plico, I fold), in bot. t 

 numerous ; manifold ; applied to 

 anthocarpous or polygynoecial 

 fruits formed by the union of 

 several flowers : n., a quantity or 

 number which contains another 

 an exact number of times without 

 a remainder, thus 12 is a multiple 

 of 6, 4, 3, or 2. 



multipolar, a., mult-ip'-ol-ar (L. 

 multus, many ; polus, a pole, a 

 point), applied to nerve cells with 

 many tail-like processes or pro- 

 longations. 



multiseptate, a., rnult'$-s$pt'dt (L. 

 multus, many ; septum, a hedge), 

 in bot. , having numerous septa or 

 partitions. 



multivalve, n., mult'-i-val'O (L. 

 multus, many ; valvce, folding 

 doors or valves), a shell composed 

 of more valves or pieces than 

 two. 



multungula, n., mult^ng^gul-d 

 (L. multus, many ; ungula, a 

 hoof), the division of the Peris- 

 sodactyle ungulates, which have 

 more than a single hoof on each 

 foot : multungulate, a. , mult' 

 ting^gul'dt, having the hoof 

 divided into more than two 

 parts. 



