Anthoxanthum

[Gr. anthos, a flower, zantos, yellow.] ( Bot. ) A gen. of plants, ord. Gram in a cee. The A. odoratum, or sweet-scented Vernal Gra , is an early flowering, deliciously fragrant gra , 10-18 inches high, flowering in May. Found in the U. States and Canada. Anthracite, n. [From Gr. anthrax, charcoal.] ( Min.) beast.] (Pal.) A gen. of fo il mammal i a, belonging to the ord. Pachyderm at a . Five species have been described. They are found in the lignites and coals of Cadibara. Anthracom'eter, n. [From Gr. anthraz , carbon, and metron, measure.] (Chem.) An instrument used for measuring the carbonic acid of the air. Anthranilic Acid. ( Chem . ) Yellowish translucent regular plates, with a fine lustre, soluble in alcohol, and having then the taste of benzoic acid. Form . C14HNO3HO. Anthrax, n . [Gr., charcoal.] ( Med .) A hard and circumscribed inflammatory tubercle like a boil, which sometimes forms on the cheek, neck, or back, and in a few days becomes highly gangrenous. It then discharges an extremely fetid sanies from under the black core, which, like a burning coal, continues destroying the surrounding parts. It is supposed to arise from a peculiar miasma, is most common in warm climates, and often attends the plague. ( Far .) See SPLENIC APOPLEXY. Anthren'idsæ, n. pl. ( Zool.) The beetles in Dr. Gray's arrangement. - See COLEOPTERA.