wachendorfese (or was v)

pl. [Mod. Lat. wachendorf ( ia ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot.: A tribe of Liliaceae or of Hæmodoracem. wach-en-dor'-fi-a (or wasv), s. [Named after E. J. Wachendorf (1702-1758), Profe or of Botany at Utrecht.] Bot .: The typical genus of Wachendorfee (q. v.). Herbs, often hairy, with a tuberous rhizome; narrowly elliptical leaves, often nerved, the larger ones radical; stem round, with bracts and small leaves; flowers in a terminal panicle, purplish-red or yellow; perianth six-cleft, in two divisions; stamens six theoretically, but three are abortive and sometimes wanting. From the Cape of Good Hope. Wachendorfia thyrsi flora , Tall-flowering Wachen. dorfia, is grown in greenhouses, or, in fine seasons, in the open air. It has fine golden-colored flowers. wăck-ě, s. [See def.] Petrol.: A name in use among German miners and quarrymen, and adopted by Werner. It includes the tuffs of igneous rocks of various geological ages, and also rocks of similar origin so far decomposed as to render them almost earthy, which made their identification before the application of the microscope exceedingly difficult. wack-en-it-Ic, a. [WACKE.] Petrol.: Partaking of the nature of a wacke (q.v.). wack-en-rōd-ite, subst. [Etym. doubtful; prob. after one Wackenrode; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A variety of wad, said to contain 12:33 per cent. of protoxide of lead. [WAD (4.)]