pedicular

[Lat. pedicular is, from pedic ulus a louse; Fr. pédiculaire.] Lousy; having the lousy distemper. pě-dic-u-lär'-Is, s. [Latin=pertaining to lice, from the idea that sheep feeding upon it became thus affected.] 1. Botany : Lousewort; a genus of Euphrasiee (q. v). Herbs parasitic upon roots; calyx somewhat leafy, inflated, five cleft, or unequally two or three-lobed, jagged; upper lip of the corolla laterally compre ed, and the lower one plane, three lobed; stamens didynamous; ovules many; capsule compre ed, two-celled; seeds angular. Known species more than 100. 2. Palæobot .: The genus occurs in the Pleisto cene. 3044