a. [ Gr.
a. (Bot.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. bel ami fair friend. ] Good friend; dear friend. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. chlamydatus dressed in a military cloak. See Chlamys. ] (Zool.) Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a coccoid rickettsia which may infect birds and mammals; it causes infections of eyes and lungs and the genitourinary tract. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
prop. n. A natural family of gram-negative bacteria which are parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates.
prop. n. A natural family of green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome.
prop. n. The type genus of the
n. a genus of frilled lizards.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; cloak +
‖n.;
n. a thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ Gr.
n.;
a. [ From Flame. ] Flaming; blazing; flamelike; flame-colored; composed of flame. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; fawn + &unr_; mouse. ] (Zool.) See
a. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, cloak: cf. F. monochlamydé. ] (Bot.) Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]