Bactrian (baktrian)

and n. [L. Bactri anus (Gr. Βακτριανός), ern Balkh. It became a province of the Persian empire under Cyrus, and from about to about 126 B. was a separate kingdom under a Greek dynasty. - Bactrian camel. See camel. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Bactria. Bactris (bak'tris), n. [NL., βάκτρον , & staff: see bacterium .] A genus of slender about rivers and in marshy places in America palms, consisting of about 40 species, found within the tropics. The stems are generally covered Bactris a can tho carp a, with fruit, and nut deprived of its husk, the dots upon the latter showing position of embryos. with spines, and the leaves are pinnate, though occasion- ally simple or 2-lobed. The fruit is small, with a thin fibrous pulp inclosing a hard black nut. The kernel of B. major is eaten in Cart a gena. The stems of B. minor are used for walking-sticks, under the name of Tobago canes. baculi, n. Plural of baculus . bacteriotherapy (bak-teri-o-ther'a-pi), NL. bacterium + Gr. θεραπεία , medical treat- ment.] In med ., the introduction of bacteria into the system for the cure of disease. Thus in phthisis inhalations containing Bacterium termo have been employed, with the idea that the bacterium de- + -ine1.] Of or pertaining to the rod, or to its use in punishment by flogging.