Vegetable
91vegetable wax — noun a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms) • Hypernyms: ↑wax * * * noun : a waxy product (as Japan wax) that is secreted by various plants commonly in thin flakes by the walls of the epidermal cells… …
92Vegetable kingdom — Kingdom King dom, n. [AS. cyningd[=o]m. See 2d {King}, and { dom}.] 1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy. [1913 Webster] Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Ps. cxiv.… …
93Vegetable Lamb of Tartary — The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Latin: Agnus scythicus or Planta Tartarica Barometz ) is a semi legendary plant of central Asia, believed to growFact|date=October 2008 sheep as its fruit. The sheep were connected to the plant by an umbilical and… …
94vegetable kingdom — noun : plant kingdom * * * vegetable kingdom noun That division of natural objects which consists of vegetables or plants • • • Main Entry: ↑vegetable * * * vegetable kingdom, = plant kingdom. (Cf. ↑plant kingdom) …
95vegetable parchment — noun : a highly grease resistant and water resistant paper resembling parchment, often used as a food wrapper, and made by passing unsized paper through sulfuric acid to gelatinize its surface and then washing and drying it called also parchment… …
96vegetable albumin — Zymome y mome, n. [Gr. ? a fermented mixture.] (Old Chem.) A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; now called {vegetable fibrin}, {vegetable albumin}, or {gluten casein}. [1913 Webster] …
97Vegetable alkalies — Alkali Al ka*li (?; 277), n.; pl. {Alkalis} or {Alkalies}. [F. alcali, ultimately fr. Ar. alqal[=i] ashes of the plant saltwort, fr. qalay to roast in a pan, fry.] 1. Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) One of a …
98vegetable fibrin — Zymome y mome, n. [Gr. ? a fermented mixture.] (Old Chem.) A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; now called {vegetable fibrin}, {vegetable albumin}, or {gluten casein}. [1913 Webster] …
99Vegetable ivory — Ivory I vo*ry ([imac] v[ o]*r[y^]), n.; pl. {Ivories}. [OE. ivori, F. ivoire, fr. L. eboreus made of ivory, fr. ebur, eboris, ivory, cf. Skr. ibha elephant. Cf. {Eburnean}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The hard, white, opaque, fine grained substance… …
100vegetable ivory — Ivory I vo*ry ([imac] v[ o]*r[y^]), n.; pl. {Ivories}. [OE. ivori, F. ivoire, fr. L. eboreus made of ivory, fr. ebur, eboris, ivory, cf. Skr. ibha elephant. Cf. {Eburnean}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The hard, white, opaque, fine grained substance… …
