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GENEALOGIES |
Family trees |
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BARK LOUSE |
An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark
of trees and vines. |
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SIGILLARID |
One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees,
including the genus Sigillaria and its allies. |
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LAURINOL |
Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family
name (Lauraceae) of the camphor trees. See Camphor. |
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LEPIDODENDRID |
One of an extinct family of trees allied to the
modern club mosses, and including Lepidodendron and its allies. |
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ERYTHROXYLON |
A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family,
growing in tropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine. See
Coca. |
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BARK BEETLE |
A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae),
which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often
doing great damage. |
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YACCA |
A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus
coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is
much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks. |
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ASH |
A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate
leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European
ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana). |
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HORNTAIL |
Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous
insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees.
So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females. |
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CUPULIFEROUS |
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of
plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing
a smooth, solid nut inc... |
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LANCEWOOD |
...and Cuba),
and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae). ... |
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CALAMITE |
...general
form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush
family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having th... |
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KINKAJOU |
...s. It is the only representative
of a distinct family (Cercoleptidae) allied to the raccoons. Called
also potto, and honey bear. ... |
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STORAX |
...ained from
the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family. The most
common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray semifluid subst... |
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POLYPHEMUS |
A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging
to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large,
bright green, with... |
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KANGAROO |
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the
family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent
islands, They ha... |