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n. (Chem.) A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Floss silk, under Floss. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + xy`lon wood. ] An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; slanting, oblique + &unr_; a running, course; cf. F. loxodromique. ] Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loxodromic curve or
Loxodromic line (Geom.), a line on the surface of a sphere, which always makes an equal angle with every meridian; the rhumb line. It is the line on which a ship sails when her course is always in the direction of one and the same point of the compass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. loxodromic. ] The science of loxodromics. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A trademark for an antacid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr. flo`x flame, fr. fle`gein to burn. ] (Bot.) A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Phlox worm (Zool.), the larva of an American moth (Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes. --
Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phyllo- + Gr. xanqo`s yellow. ] (Bot.) A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon leaf + xhro`s dry. ] 1. (Zool.) A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It exists in several forms, some of which are winged, other wingless. One form produces galls on the leaves and twigs, another affects the roots, causing galls or swellings, and often killing the vine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described. [ 1913 Webster ]