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n. One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem., Bot.) A plant hormone (C10H9NO2) recognized as the principle growth regulator in higher plants; called also heteroauxin. Abbreviated IAA. Chemically it is 1H-indole-3-acetic acid. [ PJC ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of linoleic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Mausoleus. See Mausoleum. ] Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L. olive. See Olive. ] (Bot.) A genus of trees including the olive. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Chinese Olea fragrans, noted for its fragrance, and the American devilwood (Olea Americana) are now usually referred to another genus (Osmanthus). [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; the olive family; sometimes placed in the order Oleales; it includes the olive; ash; jasmine; privet; and lilac.
Syn. -- family Oleaceae, olive family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. oléaceus of the olive tree. ] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (Oleaceae), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. oleaginus, oleagineus, belonging to the olive, fr. olea olive: cf. F. oléagineux. See Olive, Oil. ] Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Oiliness. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Med.) A soft ointment prepared from oil. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. oléandre (cf. It. oleandro, LL. lorandrum), prob. corrupted, under the influence of laurus laurel, fr. L. rhododendron, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; rose + &unr_; tree. ] (Bot.) A beautiful evergreen shrub (Nerium oleander) of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red, white, or pink flowers. It is a native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occurred from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns; also classed as the family Polypodiaceae.
Syn. -- genus Oleandra. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
Syn. -- family Oleandraceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) One of several cardiac glycosides (C32H48O9) found in oleander (Nerium oleander). [ PJC ]

n. (Chem.) One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander (Nerium oleander). [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers.
Syn. -- genus Olearia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., fr. olea olive tree. See Olive, Oil. ] (Bot.) (a) The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris). (b) Any species of the genus Elaeagus. See Eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species (Elaeagnus hortensis) are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. oléate. ] (Chem.) A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To fell with or as if with a poleax; -- often used figuratively; as, the entire department was poleaxed after the takeover. [ WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]

2. Stunned; astonished;; as, we couldn't speak, poleaxed by the sight in fronnt fo us. [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ OE. pollax; cf. OD. pollexe. See Poll head, and Ax. ] Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]