Horse-chestnut

n.

The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes.

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Neuter

n.

An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

Aggravating

a.

Exasperating; provoking; irritating.

Untime

n.

An unseasonable time.

Nare

n.

A nostril.

Readmit

v. t.

To admit again; to give entrance or access to again.

Gastroscopic

a.

Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.

Verrucous

a.

Verrucose.

Rill

n.

See Rille.

Fascia

n.

The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.

Flawter

v. t.

To scrape o/ pare, as a skin.

Sandalwood

n.

Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood.

Kakoxene

n.

See Cacoxene.