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n. [ It., literally fine lady; bella beautiful + donna lady. ] (Bot.) (a) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade. (b) A species of Amaryllis (Amaryllis belladonna); the belladonna lily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also graybeard, longbeard. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + flabellate. ] (Zool.) Flabellate on both sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the cerebellum; as, the cerebellar artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from L. clarus clear + bellus fine. ] (Mus.) A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. of L. columba a dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species. ] (Zool.) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. debellatus, p. p. of debellare to subdue; de- + bellum war. ] To subdue; to conquer in war. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. debellatio. ] The act of conquering or subduing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Fabellae [ NL., dim. of L. faba a bean. ] (Anat.) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flabellatus, p. p. of flabellare to fan, fr. flabellum. See Flabbel. ] (Bot.) Flabelliform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Glabellæ [ NL., fr. L. glabellus hairless, fr. glaber bald. ] (Anat.) The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. -- Gla*bel"lar a. [1913 Webster]

{ n., . [ Said to be named from the Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from 1601 to 1604, in consequence of a vow made by her. ] A brownish yellow color. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A favorite sweet American grape of a purple color. See Fox grape, under Fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., dim. of libra balance. See Level, n. ] 1. A small balance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A level, or leveling instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. rubellus reddish. ] (Med.) An acute but mild viral infection characterized by a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but attended by only mild respiratory problems or fever; -- called also German measles. The infective virus is called Rubella virus, or Rubivirus. If contracted by a woman during the first several months of pregnancy, rubella may cause serious abnormalities in the fetus. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. The virus that causes rubella. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. sabulum gravel. ] (Zool.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., dim. fr. L. turbo a whirling. ] (Zool.) An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdocœla and Dendrocœla. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel. [ 1913 Webster ]