(n) carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects, Syn.Venus's flytraps, Dionaea muscipula
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
a. [ F. méridional, L. meridionalis, fr. meridies midday. See Meridian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Of or pertaining to the meridian. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Having a southern aspect; southern; southerly. [ 1913 Webster ]
Offices that require heat . . . should be meridional. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Meridional distance, the distance or departure from the meridian; the easting or westing. -- Meridional parts, parts of the meridian in Mercator's projection, corresponding to each minute of latitude from the equator up to 70 or 80 degrees; tabulated numbers representing these parts used in projecting charts, and in solving cases in Mercator's sailing. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. obsidionalis, from obsidio a siege, obsidere to besiege: cf. F. obsidional. See Obsess. ] Of or pertaining to a siege. [ 1913 Webster ]
Obsidional crown (Rom. Antiq.), a crown bestowed upon a general who raised the siege of a beleaguered place, or upon one who held out against a siege. [ 1913 Webster ]
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