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APPLE |
Some fruit |
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MANGO |
Some fruit |
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ITCH |
Desire for some fruit chutney |
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CENTRIFUGAL |
Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the
fruit, as some embryos. |
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CENTRIPETAL |
Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the
fruit, as some embryos. |
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MORUS |
A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible
fruit; the mulberry. See Mulberry. |
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BUTTERY |
A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and
refreshments are kept for sale to the students. |
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ACINUS |
One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some
kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. |
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SUTOR |
A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the
fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus). |
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ANTHOCARPOUS |
Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached
to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the
mulberry, and the pineapple. |
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BEGGAR'S LICE |
The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some
species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing
of those who brush by them. |
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DIPTEROCARPUS |
A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some
species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The
fruit has two long wings. |
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SHERBET |
A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice
of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as,
orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc. |
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BLAST |
To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to
stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some
pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel. |
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TURGID |
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent
or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; --
especially applied... |
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BRUISE |
An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit,
etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other
body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit. |
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CHERRY |
...ch several
hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the
begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or mo... |
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TUSSOCK |
A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid
moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form
long tufts or b... |
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CUTWORM |
A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of
cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit
trees and eat off the... |
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LEMON |
...monum). There are many
varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet. ... |
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LONGICORNIA |
...nto the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and
some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple
borer, under Apple, and Loc... |
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MOTMOT |
...e tip,
when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into
this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are fou... |
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CATERPILLAR |
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous
insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other
insects, as the sawflies, ... |
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HORNBILL |
...or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead
animals. ... |
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WEEVIL |
... injurious to cultivated plants.
The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by
eating out the interior, as the plum weevil... |