mahaleb (mahaleb)

[Ar. mahleb.] A species of cherry ( Prunus Mahaleb ) whose fruit affords a violet dye and a fermented liquor resembling kirschwa er. It is found in the middle and south of Europe. Its flowers and leaves are used by perfumers, and its wood by cabinet-makers. Tubes for tobacco-pipes, called cherry - sticks or -stems, are made of its young stems, sometimes several feet long and perfectly straight. See cherry 1, 1. mahaly, n. [Amer. Ind.] A female salmon. IMG:content-0082.png:[graphic] magpie-maki (mag'pi-maki), n. The ruffed lemur, Lemur macaco , having black and white spots. magpie-moth (mag'pi-môth), n. A moth of the genus Abraxas , A. gro ular i at a. Its color is white with black and orange spots, and the same colors appear on it in its larval and pupal states. The larva feeds on currant and gooseberry-leaves, and where abundant is very destructive. See Abraxas , 3. Also called gooseberry -moth. magpie-robin (mag'pi-robin), n. A dayal; any [California.] India. See cut under Copsichus.