eucalyptus amygdalina

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“eucalyptus amygdalina” is listed under Peppermint.

Origin: Pepper + mint.

1. Botany An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (Mentha piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery.

2. A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it.

3. A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.

Peppermint camphor. Chemistry Same as Menthol. — Peppermint tree Botany, a name given to several Australian species of gum tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina, Eucalyptus piperita, E. odorata, etc.) which have hard and durable wood, and yield an essential oil.

Origin: OE. red, reed, AS. reád, reód; akin to OS. rōd, OFries. rād, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. rōt, Dan. & Sw. röd, Icel. rauðr, rjōðr, Goth. ráuds, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr. ἐρυθρός, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. √113. Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy, Russet, Rust.

Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. “Fresh flowers, white and reede.” Geoffrey Chaucer

Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.— William Shakespeare

☞ Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like.

☞ Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced, red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed, red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.

Red admiral Zoology, a beautiful butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta) common in both Europe and America. The front wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and nettle butterfly. — Red ant. Zoology (a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests houses. (b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), native of Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making species. — Red antimony Mineralogy, kermesite. See Kermes mineral (b), under Kermes. — Red ash Botany, an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens), smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. Cray. — Red bass. Zoology See Redfish (d). — Red bay Botany, a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United States. — Red beard Zoology, a bright red sponge (Microciona prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. Local, U.S. — Red birch Botany, a species of birch (Betula nigra) having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored wood. Asa Gray — Red blindness. Medicine See Daltonism. — Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in the service of the state. British — Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam in the time of Henry II. William Thos., and Cox, George William Brande — Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of zinc. — Red bug. Zoology (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and produces great irritation by its bites. (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris, especially the European species (Pyrrhocoris apterus), which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks. (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton. — Red cedar. Botany An evergreen North American tree (Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored heartwood. (b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having fragrant reddish wood; — called also toon tree in India. — Red chalk. See under Chalk. — Red copper Mineralogy, red oxide of copper; cuprite. — Red coral Zoology, the precious coral (Corallium rubrum). See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea. — Red cross. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva cross, under Geneva. — Red currant. Botany See Currant. — Red deer. Zoology (a) The common stag (Cervus elaphus), native of the forests of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very similar to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See Deer. — Red duck Zoology, a European reddish brown duck (Fuligula nyroca); — called also ferruginous duck. — Red ebony. Botany See Grenadillo. — Red empress Zoology, a butterfly. See Tortoise shell. — Red fir Botany, a coniferous tree (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American Abies magnifica and Abies nobilis. — Red fire. Pyrotech. See Blue fire, under Fire. — Red flag. See under Flag. — Red fox Zoology, the common American fox (Vulpes fulvus), which is usually reddish in color. — Red grouse Zoology, the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under Ptarmigan. — Red gum, or Red gum-tree Botany, a name given to eight Australian species of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See Eucalyptus. — Red hand Heraldry, a left hand appaumé, fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; — called also Badge of Ulster. — Red herring, the common herring dried and smoked. — Red horse. Zoology (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species. (b) See the Note under Drumfish. — Red lead. (Chem) See under Lead, and Minium. — Red-lead ore. Mineralogy Same as Crocoite. — Red liquor Dyeing, a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; — so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant. — Red maggot Zoology, the larva of the wheat midge. — Red manganese. Mineralogy Same as Rhodochrosite. — Red man, one of the American Indians; — so called from his color. — Red maple Botany, a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See Maple. — Red mite. Zoology See Red spider, below. — Red mulberry Botany, an American mulberry of a dark purple color (Morus rubra). — Red mullet Zoology, the surmullet. See Mullet. — Red ocher Mineralogy, a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. — Red perch Zoology, the rosefish. — Red phosphorus. Chemistry See under Phosphorus. — Red pine Botany, an American species of pine (Pinus resinosa); — so named from its reddish bark. — Red precipitate. See under Precipitate. — Red Republican European Politics, originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, — because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. cant — Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. — Red sanders. Botany See Sanders. — Red sandstone. Geology See under Sandstone. — Red scale Zoology, a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. — Red silver Mineralogy, an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver. — Red snapper Zoology, a large fish (Lutjanus aya syn. Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. — Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga (Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. — Red softening Medicine a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, — a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. — Red spider Zoology, a very small web-spinning mite (Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also red mite. — Red squirrel Zoology, the chickaree. — Red tape, (a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc. Hence, (b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic paperwork. — Red underwing Zoology, any species of noctuid moths belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange. — Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an appearance like blood in the urine.

1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.

2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.

Stringy bark Botany, a name given in Australia to several trees of the genus Eucalyptus (as Eucalyptus amygdalina, Eucalyptus obliqua, Eucalyptus capitellata, Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, Eucalyptus piperita, Eucalyptus pilularis, and Eucalyptus tetradonta), which have a fibrous bark used by the aborigines for making cordage and cloth.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54