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A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology.
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a.
Alt. of Podophthalmous
a.
Situated under the podophyllous tissue of the horse's foot.
n.
The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May apple under May, and Podophyllum.
n.
The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.
n. pl.
An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura.
n.
The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.
n.
A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.
n.
A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks.
n.
The stalk of a seed or ovule.
n.
A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi.
pl.
of Podotheca
n.
A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.
pl.
of Podobranchia
a.
Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans.
n. pl.
The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia.
n.
The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug.
n. pl.
An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura.
n.
Same as Podobranch.
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