n. Indoleacetic acid, a plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots. [ Acronym ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, medicine + -logy. ] (Med.) Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. iambe. See Lambus. ] An iambus or iambic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. iambicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. iambique. ]
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☞ The following couplet consists of iambic verses. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame
In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Iambic. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To satirize in iambics; to lampoon. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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☞ It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus. [ 1913 Webster ]