See Also: Darlingtonia(medicine)

isolative (iou) and Darlingtonia (medicine)


isolative (iou)



isolative adjective. L19.
[from ISOLATE verb + -ATIVE.]
Philology. Of a sound-change: taking place independently of adjacent sounds. Opp. COMBINATIVE 2. L19.
gen. Tending to isolate something or someone. M20.

Darlingtonia (medicine)


darlingtonia
<botany> A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

Origin: NL. Named after Dr. William Darlington, a botanist of West Chester, Penn.

Source: Websters Dictionary