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Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc. (more
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Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc. (more info) 1. The white of an egg.
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- STORER
One who lays up or forms a store. - EMBRYO SAC
See EMBRYONIC - FLOURY
Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour. Dickens. - EMBRYOTOMY
The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal. - STORY-WRITER
1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. "Rathums, the story-writer." 1 Esdr. ii. 17. - EMBRYON
See EMBRYO - MATTER
1. To be of importance; to import; to signify. It matters not how they were called. Locke. 2. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate. "Each slight sore mattereth." Sir P. Sidney. - EMBRYOGRAPHY
The general description of embryos. - STORMING
from Storm, v. Storming party , a party assigned to the duty of making the first assault in storming a fortress. - STORM
1. To raise a tempest. Spenser. 2. To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms. 3. To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume. The - STORYBOOK
A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false. - EMBRYOTROPH
The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished. - STORED
Collected or accumulated as a reserve supply; as, stored electricity. It is charged with stored virtue. Bagehot. - STORY
1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. Barrow. Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. Ed. Rev. The - EMBRYOPLASTIC
Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells. - STORMGLASS
A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather. - EMBRYONATE; EMBRYONATED
In the state of, or having, an embryonal. - EMBRYOLOGIST
One skilled in embryology. - STORK
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidæ, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork - STORE
Accumulated; hoarded. Bacon. - QUESTORSHIP
The office, or the term of office, of a questor. - QUAESTOR
See QUESTOR - PROEMBRYO
The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo. The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses. - HISTORIC; HISTORICAL
Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- His*tor"ic*al*ness, n. -- His*to*ric"i*ty, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. Pope. Historical painting, that branch of painting - PASTORALLY
1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor. - NESTORIAN
An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ , and, hence, that it was improper to call - RESTORATIVELY
In a restorative manner. - PREPOSTOR
See PREPOSITOR - PASTORSHIP
Pastorate. Bp. Bull. - CASTOR BEAN
The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.) - MONEMBRYONY
The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo. -- Mon*em`bry*on"ic, a. - CONSISTORIAN
Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton.