seed-vessel
121Tweedside burr — Burr Burr (b[^u]r), n. [See {Bur}.] (Bot.) 1. A prickly seed vessel. See {Bur}, 1. [1913 Webster] 2. The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a… …
122Water can — Wa ter can (Bot.) Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; so called from the shape of the seed vessel. See {Nuphar}, and cf. {Candock}. Dr. Prior. [1913 Webster] …
123Hoptree — taxobox name = Hoptree image caption = Hoptree fruit status = secure regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Sapindales familia = Rutaceae genus = Ptelea genus authority = L.… …
124History of biology — For the video game, see History of Biology (video game). The frontispiece to Erasmus Darwin s evolution themed poem The Temple of Nature shows a goddess pulling back the veil from nature (in the person of Artemis). Allegory and metaphor have… …
125Ancient Greek medicine — The Hippocratic Corpus, is a collection of around seventy early medical works from ancient Greece strongly associated with the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates and his teachings. The first known Greek medical school opened in Cnidus in 700 BC …
126boll — /bohl/, n. Bot. a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton. [1400 50; late ME bolle, perh. < MD bolle (D bol), though formally identical with BOWL1] * * * …
127circumscissile — /serr keuhm sis il/, adj. Bot. opening along a transverse circular line, as a seed vessel. [1825 35; CIRCUM + SCISSILE] * * * …
128follicle — /fol i keuhl/, n. 1. Anat. a. a small cavity, sac, or gland. b. one of the small ovarian sacs containing an immature ovum; Graafian follicle. 2. Bot. a dry seed vessel, or pod, consisting of a single carpel, splitting at maturity only along the… …
