diapason (diapazon)

[= D. G. F. Sp. It. diapason = Pg. diapasão, octave. 1594 diapedetic (di"a-pe-detʼik), a. [ nica. A small order of gamopetalous dicotyledons, somewhat allied to the Ericacea, including 6 genera and 8 or 9 species, widely separated in their distribution. Diapensia, of 2 species, alpine or arctic in eastern North America, northern Europe and Asia, and Tibet, and Pyxi danthera, of the pine-barrens of New Jersey, are dwarf heath-like evergreens. Diapensia Lappo- The other genera, Shortia, Galax, etc., of the Alleghany mountains, Japan, and Tibet, are acaulescent scapigerous plants with creeping rootstocks and evergreen leaves. diapente (di-a-pen'tē), n. [L. diapente,