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Malvaceous (medicine)


malvaceous
<botany> Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.

Origin: L. Malvaceus, from malva mallows. See Mallow.

Source: Websters Dictionary


ass(1) (iou)



ass noun1. [as]
[Old English as(s)a from Celtic (Welsh asyn = Old Irish asan, Old Cornish asen, Breton azen) from Latin asinus.]
A quadruped, Equus asinus, smaller than a horse, with long ears, tufted tail, and dark stripe across the shoulders; a donkey. (Proverbially regarded as the type of clumsiness, ignorance, and stupidity.) OE.
make an ass of make (someone, oneself) look absurd or foolish.
b. In full wild ass. A wild animal of the genus Equus. ME.
An ignorant or stupid person. LME.
asses' bridge Math. = PONS asinorum. silly ass: see SILLY adjective.
Comb.: ass-head colloq. a fool.
? Except in particular contexts (e.g. scripture, history, fable), ass has been largely superseded as the name of the domestic animal by donkey.
assifi'cation noun (rare) the action of making an ass of a person, an asinine act E19.
assify verb trans. (joc.) make an ass of, turn into an ass E19.
assish adjective asinine, stupid L16.
assishness noun L16.
asslike adverb & adjective (a) adverb in the manner of an ass; (b) adjective resembling (that of) an ass: M16.