A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.
A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.
n.
A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.
Rostrulum
etc. See under Cabbage , China , etc. -- (Bot.) See Corn poppy , under Corn . -- (Med.) , a variety of roseola. -- (Bot.) See under Jamaica . -- (Bot.) , a low American leguminous shrub (Robinia hispida ) with handsome clusters of rose-colored blossoms. -- (Chem.) Same as Rosaniline . -- (Bot.) , the fruit of the tropical myrtaceous tree Eugenia Jambos . It is an edible berry an inch or more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong roselike perfume. -- (Zo'94l.) (a) A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle (Macrodactylus subspinosus ), which eats the leaves of various plants, and is often very injurious to rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also rose bug , and rose chafer . (b) The European chafer. -- (Zo'94l.) same as Rose beetle , Rose chafer . -- a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped flame. -- (Chem.) , a solid odorless substance which separates from rose oil. -- (Bot.) See under Campion . -- (Med.) , rose cold. -- (Zo'94l.) (a) A common European beetle (Cetonia aurata ) which is often very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also rose beetle , and rose fly . (b) The rose beetle (a) . -- (Med.) , a variety of hay fever, sometimes attributed to the inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See Hay fever , under Hay . -- the color of a rose; pink; hence, a beautiful hue or appearance; fancied beauty, attractiveness, or promise. 1252 -- names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S'8avres porcelain. -- a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. Brilliant , n. -- See under Ear . -- (Bot.) , the Guelder-rose. -- a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. Craig. -- (Bot.) the Rosece'91 . See Rosaceous . -- (Med.) , rose cold. -- (Zo'94l.) , a rose betle, or rose chafer. -- (Zo'94l.) , any gall found on rosebushes. See Bedeguar . -- a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. -- a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. Fairholt. -- (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus Hibiscus , with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock . -- a nail with a convex, faceted head. -- an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. Sir W. Scott. -- (Bot.) See China rose (b) , under China . -- (Bot.) , a Syrian cruciferous plant (Anastatica Hierochuntica ) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also resurrection plant . -- (Bot.) , an ornamental malvaceous shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus ). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. -- (Chem.) , the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. -- a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. -- a variety of quartz which is rose-red. -- (Med.) Same as Roseola . -- (Zo'94l.) , the small green larva of a black sawfly (Selandria ros'91 ). These larv'91 feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. -- (Arch.) , a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also Catherine wheel , and marigold window . Cf. wheel window , under Wheel . -- (Med.) , a variety of roseola. See Roseola . -- [a translation of L. sub rosa ] , in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. -- (Eng. Hist.) , feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster. >
Ros"tru*lum , n.; pl. Rostrula . [NL., dim. of L. rostrum a beak.] A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.
Rostrum
Ros"trum , n.; pl. L. Rostra , E. Rostrums . [L., beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere , rosum , to gnaw. See Rodent .] 1. The beak or head of a ship.
2. pl. (Rostra ) (Rom. Antiq.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.
3. Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker.
Myself will mount the rostrum in his favor.
4. (Zo'94l.) (a) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds. (b) The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera. (c) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina . (d) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn.
5. (Bot.) Same as Rostellum .
6. (Old Chem.) The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic.
Quincy.
7. (Surg.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form. [Obs.]
Coxe.
A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.
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