a. Sour like vinegar; acetous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + setose, setous. ] Having two bristles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Cespitose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caespes turf. ] (Bot.) Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots. [ Written also cæspitose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Coma lethargy. ] Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cretosus, fr. creta chalk. ] Chalky; cretaceous. [ Obs. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cutis skin. ] (Chem.) A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. dumetum a thicket. ] (Bot.) Dumose. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , a. (Med.) Same as œdematous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fructus fruit. ] (Chem.) Fruit sugar; levulose. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso- + Gr. "yeto`s rain.] (Phys. Geog.) Of or pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth's surface which have the same mean annual rainfall. -- n. An isohyetose line; called also isohyet. [1913 Webster]

a. (Zool.) Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Physiol. Chem.) The main sugar present in milk, called also sugar of milk or milk sugar. When isolated pure it is obtained crystalline; it is separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It is a disaccharide with the formula C12H22O11, being chemically 4-(β-D-galactosido)-D-glucose. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin. When hydrolyzed it yields glucose and galactose. In cells it may be hydrolyzed by the enzyme β-galactosidase. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Chem.) See Galactose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A physiological condition in which lactose cannot be hydrolyzed in the intestine, leading to uncomfortable gaseousness, cramps, or diarrhea after eating a lactose-containing food such as milk or ice cream. The symptoms may be prevented by ingesting a preparation of beta-galactosidase before or together with dairy products. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. lutosus, fr. lutum mud. ] Covered with clay; miry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Malt. ] (Biochem.) A crystalline disaccharide (C12H22O11) formed from starch by the action of diastase of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice; called also maltobiose and malt sugar. Chemically it is 4-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucose. It rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right than does dextrose and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Chem.) A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mélèze the larch + melitose. ] (Chem.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix). [ Written also melicitose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. me`li honey. ] (Chem.) A variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, extracted from cotton seeds and from the so-called Australian manna (a secretion of certain species of Eucalyptus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pectic + cellulose. ] (Chem.) An amorphous carbohydrate found in the vegetable kingdom, esp. in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and is converted into substances of the pectin group. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Penta- + -ose. ] (Chem.) Any of a group of sugars of the formula C5H10O5, such as as arabinose or ribose; -- so called from the five carbon atoms in the molecule. They are not fermented by yeast. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. sarmentosus: cf. F. sarmenteux. See Sarment. ] (Bot.) (a) Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem. (b) Bearing sarments; sarmentaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. schisteux. ] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. setosus, saetosus, from seta, saeta, bristle: cf. F. séteux. ] Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ . See Shist, Schistose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Same as Stigmatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tomentum a stuffing of wool, hair, or feathers: cf. F. tomenteux. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Touse ] To tease, or comb, as wool. [ Obs.or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a growth of hair. ] (Med.) Affected with a disease which causes agglutination and matting together; -- said of the hair when affected with plica. See Plica, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. tri- + stigma. ] (Bot.) Having, or consisting of, three stigmas. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A ventouse. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ventosus windy. See Ventilate. ] Windy; flatulent. Richardson (Dict.). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ventôse. See Ventose, a. ] The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See Vendémiaire. [ 1913 Webster ]