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desiccate
▪ I. ˈdesiccate, ppl. a. arch. [ad. L. dēsiccāt-us dried up, pa. pple. of dēsiccāre: see next.] Desiccated, dried.c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 179 But daies thre this seede is goode bewette In mylk or meth, and after desiccate Sette hem; thai wol be swete. 1626 Bacon Sylva §842 Bodies desiccate, by H...
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desiccate
desiccate/ˈdesɪkeɪt; `dɛsəˌket/ v[Tn]remove all the moisture from (esp solid food) to preserve it 除去(尤指食物的)水分; 使脱水 desiccated fruit/coconut 水果[椰子]乾.
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Albuca setosa
Sometimes they can desiccate in the summer when the flowers appear.
The compact peduncle terminates in a lax raceme.
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Albuca longipes
They often desiccate in the dry Spring and Summer when the flowers appear.
It has white flowers with thick darker central lines.
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desiccated
desiccated, ppl. a. (dɪˈsɪkeɪtɪd, ˈdɛsɪkeɪtɪd) [f. desiccate v. + -ed.] Deprived or freed of moisture; dried; (of food) dried for preservation.1677 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. vii. 193 By elevation..from the Sea or some desiccated places thereof. 1847–8 H. Miller First Impr. xvii. (1857) 330 The livin...
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desiccator
desiccator (dɪˈsɪkətə(r), ˈdɛsɪkeɪtə(r)) [agent-n. in L. form from dēsiccāre to desiccate.] One who or that which desiccates or dries; a name given to a chemical apparatus used to dry substances which are decomposed by heat or by exposure to the air (= exsiccator); and, in later commercial use, to c...
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Cavaticovelia
Like other lava tube endemic arthropods in Hawaii, C. aaa requires nearly saturated humidity to survive and will desiccate and die if the local humidity
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desiccatory
desiccatory, a. (dɪˈsɪkətərɪ) [f. as desiccate v. + -ory.] Desiccative.c 1800 Travels of Anacharsis II. 467 (L.) Pork is desiccatory, but it strengthens and passes easily. 1892 Athenæum 30 Jan. 145/2 Beneath the desiccatory influences to which Central Asia has been subject for centuries.
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Grex (biology)
Cells forming the structural items, such as the stalk and shell, desiccate and die; only the spores in the fruiting body survive to propagate.
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resiccate
† resiccate, v. Obs. rare—1. [f. L. type *resiccāt-, f. re- re- + siccāre to dry: cf. desiccate.] absol. To have a drying effect.1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 338 It calefies moderately, resiccates manifestly, and is somewhat astrictive. So † resiˈccation, drying up. Obs. rare.1615 Crooke Body of Man...
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Rhyacionia duplana
Infested shoots desiccate and drop to the soil. Bush growth or even dying of the crown top may be the results of repeated strong infestations.
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undesiccable
† undesiccable, a. (un-1 7 b; see desiccate v.)a 1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 13 A fistule is noȝt ellez þan ane vlcus vndesiccable, and for it is vndesiccable, þerfore by consequens it is vncurable.
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Oratorio del Carminello, Palermo
The crypt below was used to desiccate cadavers.
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desiccant
desiccant, a. and n. (dɪˈsɪkənt, ˈdɛsɪkənt) [ad. L. dēsiccānt-em, pr. pple. of dēsiccāre: see desiccate, and note there as to stress.] A. adj. Having the property of drying; serving to dry; esp. of a medicinal agent.1775 Ash, Desiccant, drying, drying up humours. 1875 H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 39 Li...
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Anguina tritici
Eggs laid by the female develop and hatch as J2 within the seed gall where they desiccate and become dormant.
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