hydatoid

. [ Gr.hydōr =water, and eidos = appearance, likene .] A. As adj .: Resembling water in quality, nature, appearance, or consistency. B. As substantive : Anat.: The membrane surrounding the aqueous humor of the eye or that humor itself. hyd-ně-1, s. pl. [Mod. Latin hydn (um); Latin masc. pl. adj. suff. -ei.] Bot . A sub-order of hymenomycetous fungi having the basidia spores on tubercles or spine-like proce es on the under side of a discoid cup shaped, or funnel-shaped, stalked or se ile pileus. hyd-no-car-pŭs, s. [Gr. hydnon an esculent fungus, perhaps the truffle, and karpos =fruit.] Bot. A genus of Pangiacese, the Took. Hydno carpus venenatus is described as a beautiful evergreen tree with tufts of yellow blo oms on the trunk. Its fruit is as large as an orange, and is used to poison fish. An oil is expre ed from its seeds. (Hooker: Him a lay an Journ., ii. 7.)