vegetable oils

pl. [OIL, I., 2.] vegetable-parchment, s. [PARCHMENT-PAPER.] vegetable-pathology, s. Biol .: The branch of pathology or of botany which treats of the diseases of plants. vegetable-physiology, 8. Bot .: The physiology of plants, the branch of physiology or of botany which treats of the functions which the several organs of plants perform. vegetable-sheep, s . Bot.: Raoulia eximia , a New Zealand plant. So called because from its growing in large, white tufts on elevated sheep-runs it is liable to be mistaken for the sheep itself. It is a composite flower -one of the Helichrysee. vegetable-silk, s. Bot., .: A cotton-like fiber obtained from the seed pods of a tree, Chorisia speciosa , used by the Brazil i ans for stuffing pillows and cushions. It is a Sterculiad, akin to the Silk Cotton-tree, 1. & 2. (q. v.). vegetable-sulphur, subst. [VEGETABLE-BRIM STONE.] vegetable-tallow, subst. A fatty substance obtained from Stilling i a sebifera, Vateria indica, and other plants.