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HERBS |
Aromatic plants |
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MARRUBIUM |
A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in
medicine; hoarhound. |
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SABIAN |
Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for
producing aromatic plants. |
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AMOMUM |
A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear
cardamoms, and grains of paradise. |
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ORIGANUM |
A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet
marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare). |
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GLAND |
A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular,
which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product. |
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MINT |
The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the
genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See
Mentha. |
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LABIATE |
Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of
which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic
herbs. |
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ARQUEBUSADE |
A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants,
as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in
gunshot wounds. |
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EUGENIA |
A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical
countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which
are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce. |
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CARDAMOM |
The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several
plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere,
and much used as a condiment, and in medicine. |
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TERPENE |
Any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant
aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and
represented by oil of tur... |
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PIPERACEOUS |
...ecies, mostly tropical plants with pungent and
aromatic qualities. ... |
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LATEX |
...ities
(called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar
principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in
many ... |
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MARJORAM |
...about
twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly
aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of
... |