oxacalcite

[Eng. oxa ( late ); calc (ium), and suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: The same as WHEWELLITE (q. v.). filaments are slightly combined below, the capsule is angular, five-celled, the seeds with an elastic integument. Known species, 220; chiefly from South IMG:content-0494.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0495.png:[blocks in formation] Chem.: C2CaO4+4H2O. Occurs in the juice of most plants, and in urinary deposits and calculi. It forms microscopic octohedral crystals, insoluble in acetic acid, but very soluble in nitric acid. oxalate of iron, s. [OXALITE.] oxalate of lime, 8. [WHEWELLITE, CALCULUS.) oxalate of pota ium, s. Chem.: C2K2O4+2H2O. The neutral salt crystallizes in transparent rhombic prisms, which di olve in three parts of water. The acid salt, C2KHO4+2H2O, bin oxalate of pota ium, or salt of sorrel, crystallizes in colorle rhombic prisms, requiring forty parts of cold water for solution. It is frequently succe fully employed in removing iron ink-stains. ox-al-Ic, adj. [Lat. oxalis, and suff. -ic.] Of, belonging to, or derived from Oxalis (q. v.). oxalic-acid s. Chem.:CO.HO CO.HO+2H2O. A dibasic acid existing IMG:content-0496.png:[blocks in formation] ox-a-lid, s. [OXALIDACEE.] Bot . (pl.): Lindley's name for the Oxalidacese (q. v.). ox-al-i-dā-çě-æ, s. pl. [Latin oxalis, gen it. oxalid( is ); fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ.] Bot .: Oxalids; an order of Hypogynous Exogens, alliance Geraniales. It consists of herbs, under shrubs, or trees, generally with alternate leaves; five sepals; five unguiculate petals; ten usually more or le monadelphous stamens, the inner *ox-skin, s . A hide of land.