phlegmonous (flegmonus)

[F. phlegmo псих, Ледтопсих = It. flemmonoso; as phlegmon + -ous.] Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of phlegmon: as, phlegmonous inflammation. phlegmy (flem'i), a. Pertaining to, containing, or resembling phlegm. 4448 A phlegmy humour in the body. Chambers's Cyc. phlemet, n. An obsolete form of fleam1 . Phleum (flē'um), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1737), Gr. φλέως, also φλέος , φλοῦς , some water-plant, according to Sprengel Arundo Am pel odes mon .] A genus of gra es of the tribe Agrostideæ , type of the subtribe Phleoidcæ , and characterized by the dense cylindrical or ovoid spike, with the empty glumes wingle , mucronate, or short awned, and much longer than the flowering one. There are about 10 species, natives of Europe, central and northern Asia, northern Africa, and northern and antarctic America. They are erect annual or perennial gra es, with flat leaves, and the flowers usually conspicuously hairy, with a purplish cast in blo om from the color of the abundant anthers, which are large and exserted. (See timothy , also cat's - tail gra (under cat's - tail ) and herd's gra , names for the most valuable species, in common use in the eastern United States.) P. alpinum , the mountain cat's-tail gra , is also an excellent meadow-gra for colder regions.