oxyd, oxyde

oxydactyl, oxydactyle (ok-si-dak'til), a. and η. [ II. n. Any member of the Oxy dactyl a . Oxy dactyl a (ok-si-dak'ti-lä), n . pl . [NL.: see oxydactyl .] A division of phaneroglo ate batrachians, containing those which are охуdactyl: distinguished from Platy dactyl a . Oxydendrum (ok-si-den'drum), n. [NL. (A. P. de Candolle, 1839), ὀξύς , sour, + δένδρον , tree.] A genus of the gamopetalous order Eri caceæ and the tribe Andromedeæ , characterized by the needle-shaped seeds and two-bracted persistent unchanged calyx of separate sepals. There is but one species, O. arboreum , a tree from 15 to 40 feet high, native of rich woods from Pennsylvania southward, mostly in the Alleghanies. It bears leaves resembling those of the beech, white egg-shaped flowers in terminal panicles of long one-sided racemes, followed by small woody five-angled capsules, with many minute seeds. Its hard, close-grained wood is used for tool-handles, bearings of machinery, etc. The tree is called sorrel -tree or sour wood , also elk -tree. oxydiact (ok-si-di'akt), a. and n. [ II. n. An oxydiact sponge-spicule. oxy fluoride (ok-si-flö'ō-rid or -rid), n. [