zacintha, zacyntha

[Lat. Zacinthus = Zante, the island in which the genus was first found.] Bot.: A genus of Lactucese, with only one known species, Zacintha verrucosa, an annual, with divided leaves; an involucre, becoming fleshy; the inner scales folded, the outer membranous; pappus hairy; achenes flattened, wingle . The plant is used in the Mediterranean countries as a phagædenic. zădd, s. [An Aby in i an name of the tree described.] Bot.: Juniper us procera, one of the largest trees in Aby in i a, producing a hard and durable wood much employed in that country for building purposes. the rank of a family, Yungide), with five species, characteristic of the Pale arctic region, but extending part into of India North (but and not East to Ceylon), Africa, and over just the reaching greater zăf-fre (re as er), zăf-far, zăf-fir, zaph' the lower ranges of the Him a lay as. There is also