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n. 1. 1 dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to S and SE Africa: yellowwood2; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus.
Syn. -- genus Afrocarpus [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Perh. fr. Brocardica, Brocardicorum opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by Burkhard, Bishop of Worms, called, by the Italians and French, Brocard. ] An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics. [ 1913 Webster ]

The legal brocard, “Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, ” is a rule not more applicable to other witness than to consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; with two wings + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fibra a fiber + E. cartilage. ] (Anat.) A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. -- Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in the hog peanut Amphicarpaea bracteata (photo by Daniel Reed (daniel@2bnthewild.com) from http://www.2bnthewild.com), in which besides the usual pods produced from flowers above ground, there are others underground. In the hog peanut the above-ground flowers are all creamy white or tinged with purple, as in the photo. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

a. (Bot.) Characterized by heterocarpism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydro-, 2 + carbon. ] (Chem.) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hydrocarbon burner,
furnace,
stove, a burner, furnace, or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature, or containing, hydrocarbons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (a) (Old Chem.) A hydrocarbon. [ Obs. ] (b) (Chem.) A hydrous carbonate, as malachite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydro-, 2 + carbostyril. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C9H9NO, obtained from certain derivatives of cinnamic acid and closely related to quinoline and carbostyril. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydro-, 2 + carburet. ] (Chem.) Carbureted hydrogen; also, a hydrocarbon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Nitro- + carbon + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) See Nitromethane. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. fanero`s evident + karpo`s fruit (but taken to mean, ovary). ] (Zool.) Same as Acraspeda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pleuro- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Any pleurocarpic moss. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; -- opposed to acrocarpous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Spore + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. (b) A sporangium. [ 1913 Webster ]