अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

Alt. of Agallochum

A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.

A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.

A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.

A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.

Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs.

Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.

In an agamic manner.

of Agami

An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage.

Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

Reproducing or produced without sexual union.

Having no visible sexual organs; asexual.

cryptogamous.

Without ganglia.

of Agape

Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.

The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.

A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).

An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.