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n. A native or resident of Alabama.
Syn. -- Alabaman [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a kind of tunny. ] (Zool.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every excellency is a degree of amiability. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. amiable, L. amicabilis friendly, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to love. Cf. Amicable, Amorous, Amability. ] 1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So amiable a prospect. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Done out of love. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being amiable; amiability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an amiable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Amianthus. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Amianthus + -form. ] Resembling amianthus in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Amianthus + -oid: cf. F. amiantoïde. ] Resembling amianthus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amiantus, Gr. &unr_; &unr_; (lit., unsoiled stone) a greenish stone, like asbestus; 'a priv. + &unr_; to stain, to defile; so called from its incombustibility. ] (Min.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Cryptogamiæ [ NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret + ga`mos marriage. ] (Bot.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The following arrangement recognizes four classes: -- I. Pteridophyta, or Vascular Acrogens. These include Ferns, Equiseta or Scouring rushes, Lycopodiaceæ or Club mosses, Selaginelleæ, and several other smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal plants called Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, and Calamites. II. Bryophita, or Cellular Acrogens. These include Musci, or Mosses, Hepaticæ, or Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly Characeæ, the Stoneworts. III. Algæ, which are divided into Florideæ, the Red Seaweeds, and the orders Dictyoteæ, Oosporeæ, Zoosporeæ, Conjugatæ, Diatomaceæ, and Cryptophyceæ. IV. Fungi. The molds, mildews, mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped into several subclasses and many orders. The Lichenes or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature, each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL.; of uncertain origin. ] (Med.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are several varieties derived from different plants, esp. from a species of Turnera and from Bigelovia veneta. Wood & Bache. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; power. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. Didynamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unamiable. [ Obs. ] -- In*a"mi*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Class. Myth.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any tree of the genus Macadamia, especially Macadamia ternifolia.
Syn. -- macadamia tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A macadamia nut. [ PJC ]

n. The hard-shelled nut of the Macadamia ternifolia, or the delicious edible nut without its shell; large quantities are produced in Hawaii and sold commercially. [ PJC ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Monogamous. ] (Bot.) A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Monogamous. ] 1. Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. fai`nein to show + ga`mos marriage. ] (Bot.) The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Same as Phænogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. fanero`s visible (fr. fai`nein to bring to light) + ga`mos marriage. ] (Bot.) That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Phanerogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. (Bot.) Same as Phænogamia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Same as Phænogamian, Phænogamic, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Polygamous. ] (Bot.) (a) A Linnæan class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant. (b) A name given by Linnæus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Polygamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Polythalamous. ] (Zool.) A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; river. ] (Zool.) A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See Trionyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Samius. ] Of or pertaining to the island of Samos. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fill high the cup with Samian wine. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Samian earth, a species of clay from Samos, formerly used in medicine as an astringent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Samos. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a distributer. ] (Zool.) A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. te`tra- (see Tetra-) + &unr_; power. ] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant of the order Tetradynamia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being unamiable; moroseness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive. -- Un*a"mi*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]