n. [ L. amarus bitter. ] (Chem.) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Min.) A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Convallaria + L. amarus bitter. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3
n. A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
n. [ From the native name in Cayenne. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus
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n. [ It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhindī, literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin. Cf. Hindu. ] (Bot.)
Tamarind fish,
Velvet tamarind.
Wild tamarind (Bot.),
a. [ Pref. ultra- + marine. ] Situated or being beyond the sea. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Sp. ultramarino. So called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from beyond the sea, -- from Asia. ] (Chem.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]
Green ultramarine,
Ultramarine ash
Ultramarine ashes