Ailantus: alternatives and connections

A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and…

A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.

Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at…

A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up t…

A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a med…

To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two l…

A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ri…

Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…

A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.

A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some di/cious trematodes carry the female. See Illust. of Haematozoa.

The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.

Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.

The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.

A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe…

A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madei…