Cauterization: Definition and part of speech

Cauterization

  1. n. The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Caulocarpous: Definition and part of speech

Caulocarpous

  1. a. Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.