"Sebesten" is a word in ENGLISH
The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian
trees (Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in
pectoral diseases.
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
WORD SUGGESTIONS
A college student in a philosophy class was taking his first examination. On the paper there was a single line which simply said: "Is this a question?" - Discuss. After a short time he wrote: "If that is a question, then this is an answer." The student received an "A" on the exam. A Boston brokerage house advertised for a "young Harvard graduate or the equivalent." Among the inquiries received was one from a Yale grad. He said, "Do you mean two Princeton men, or a Yale man part time?"
anúnang n k. o. small tree with a yellow-white fruit like a cherry, round and with a single pit: Cordia …
Read the complete definitionA mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.
Read the complete definitionA gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.
Read the complete definitionA gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc.
Read the complete definitionThe flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia).
Read the complete definitionA peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince (Cydonia vulgaris), and regarded as a variety of amylose.
Read the complete definitionA substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or …
Read the complete definitionA genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when …
Read the complete definitionAny liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a …
Read the complete definitionA genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which …
Read the complete definitionA soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.
Read the complete definitiona sweet, demulcent, acidulous, or mucilaginous mixture, used as a vehicle.
Read the complete definitionTo make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.
Read the complete definitionA genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous.
Read the complete definitionSoluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants.
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands.
Read the complete definitionPartaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.
Read the complete definitionA substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same …
Read the complete definitionA soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the …
Read the complete definitionThe bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
Read the complete definition