margarin, margarine (margarin)

[ palm at in. margarita (mär-ga-ri tä), n. [NL. (in def. 1 LGr. μαργαρίτης, a crumb of the sacramental bread, lit. a pearl), seas. Mar gari tace a (märga-ri-ta'sē-a), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of mar gari tace us, pearly: see marg a ritaceous.] In old systems, a family of bivalves whose shells are pearly or nacreous inside; the pearl-oysters: same as Aviculidæ or Pteriidæ. În De Blainville's cla ification (1825), this family con sisted of the genera Vulsella, Malleus, Perna, Crenatula, Inoceramus, Catillus, Pulvini tes, Gervillia, and Avicula, thus corresponding somewhat to the Malleacea of Lamarck. Also Mar gari taceæ. mar gari tace an (märga-ri-ta'sē-an), a. and n. [As margarita ceo us + -an.] I. a. Margarita ceo us; margaritiferous; specifically, of or pertaining to the Mar gari tace a. II. n . A member of the Mar gari tace a . margarita ceo us (märga-ri-ta's hi us), a . [ mar gari tace us , pearly, margarita , a pearl: see margarite .] Resembling mother-of pearl; pearly; glo y-white with purple, green, and blue reflections. Mar gar it an a (marg a-ri-ta'nä), n. [NL., Also called A las mod on. margarite (mär'ga-rīt), n. [ a pearl, forms simulating AS. mere, etc., sea, + greōt, etc., sand, gravel, grit), 3628 marguerete, F. margarite, marguerite = Sp. Pg. margarita = It. margarita, marg her it a, a pearl, Turk. mervarid ), a pearl.] 1. A pearl. [Obsolete or poetical.] Rich orient pearl, More bright of hue than were the margarites That Cæsar found in wealthy Albion. Greene, Orlando Furioso. 2. A mineral of micaceous structure, separable into thin lamine which are rather brittle. It has a grayish or reddish color and a pearly luster on the cleavage-surface (hence called pearl - mica ). In composition it is a silicate of aluminium and calcium. It is a common a ociate of corundum. It is one of the so called brittle micas. 3. In lithol., an arrangement of the devitrification products (globulites) of a gla y material into forms resembling strings of beads: a term introduced by Vogelsang.-4. Same as mar garita, 1. [ margaritic (mär-ga-rit'ik), a. IMG:content-0237.png:[blocks in formation] Be not deceav'd, Readers, by men that would overawe your eares with big names and huge Tomes that contradict and repeal one another, because they can cram me a margent with citations. Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. By the margent of the sea I would build myself a home. R. H. Stoddard , By the Margent of the Sea. -ic.] Pertaining to or resembling pearl or margarite; margaric. - Margaritic acid, one of the 2. Glo ; marginal comment. fatty acids which result from the saponification of castor oil. margaritiferous (märga-ri-tif'e-rus), a. [L. margaritifer , pearl-bearing, margarita , a pearl (see margarite ), + ferre = E. bear1 .] Pearl- bearing; producing pearls; margarita ceo us. mar gari tite (märga-ri-tīt), n. [NL. Margari- tites , a generic name of such shells, marg a- rit a , a pearl: see margarite .] A fo il pearl- oyster or some similar margaritiferous shell. Marg a rodes (mär-ga-rō'dez), n. [NL., μάργαρον , a pearl (see margarite ), + εδίος , form.] 1. A genus of scale- insects of the family Coccid a . M. formic arum , so named from its pearly appearance and from its living with ants, is known in the Bahamas as the ground pearl. Its scaly covering has caused it to be mistaken for a mol- lusk. These insects are sometimes strung like beads in necklaces. The genus is probably the same as Porphy- Guilding. rophora of Brandt (1833); it was named the same year by 2. A genus of pyralid moths, vralid moths, typical of the fam- ily Margarodida , erected by Guen Guenée in 1854, having the wings ngs immaculate, neither fasciate nor marginate, and nate, and the body stout. They occur in most parts of the world, more abundantly in tropical countries. M. quadristigmalis of the States feeds in the larval state on the privet. Margarodidæ (mär-ga-rod'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Marg a rodes + -ida .] A family of pyralid IMG:content-0238.png:[ocr errors] moths named from the genus Marg a rodes, hav ing ample, entire, silky, semi-hyaline, iridescent or pearly wings, often bordered and seldom marked. The abdomen of the male has an apical tuft which is often bifid. It is a large wide-spread family of some 20 genera, as Phacellura, which contains the moths whose larvæ are known in the United States as melon caterpillars and pickle - worms.