*palo*

n. 1. a hardy breed of horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. di- + sepalous. ] (Bot.) Having two sepals; two-sepaled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + sepal. ] (Bot.) Growing on the sepals or adnate to them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; marriage + E. sepal. ] (Bot.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + sepal: cf. F. monosépale. ] (Bot.) Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The most recent writers restrict this term to flowers having a solarity sepal, and use gamosepalous for a calyx formed by several sepals combined into one piece. Cf. Monopetalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Oligo- + sepal. ] (Bot.) Having few sepals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Opal + -type. ] (Photog.) A picture taken on “milky” glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Opposite, and Sepal. ] (Bot.) Placed in front of a sepal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. See Pale a stake. ] A pole or timber of any kind; -- in the names of trees. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ Sp. blanco white. ] (a) A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata), having light-colored bark. (b) A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candida), the bark of which is used in tanning. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ n., or }. [ From native name. ] (Zool.) A polystome worm (Palolo viridis) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific Islands. A little before the last quarter of the moon in October and November, they swarm in vast numbers at the surface of the sea for breeding, and are gathered and highly esteemed as food by the natives. An allied species inhabits the tropical Atlantic and swarms in June or July. In the 1890 Webster, called palola and Palola viridis. A misspelling? [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. (Zool.) A type of pompano (Palometa simillima) that is smaller than the Florida pompano; it is common in West Indies. Called also the California pompano.
Syn. -- California pompano, Palometa simillima. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. [ Sp. palomino, resembling a dove. ] A horse of light tan or golden color with cream or white mane and tail, and often having white markings on the legs and face. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Poly- + sepal. ] (Bot.) Having the sepals separate from each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a club + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; ahorn. ] (Zool.) A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sepal + Gr. e'i^dos form. ] (Bot.) The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sepal + -oid. ] (Bot.) Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. syn- + sepal. ] (Bot.) Having united sepals; gamosepalous. [ 1913 Webster ]