achimanes

[Etym. doubtful. Probably à priv.; χεῖμα ( cheima ) = winter-weather, cold, frost, winter.] A genus of plants belonging to the order Gesneraceæ, or Gesnerworts. It consists of erect herbs, with axillary flowers of great beauty. They have underground tubers by which they are propagated. They are cultivated in hot-houses, the original country of most of them being Central America. ā'-ching, pr. par., a., & s. [ACHE.] As adjective: That aches. "Each aching nerve refuse the lance to throw." Pope: Homer's Iliad , bk. ii., 464. Long fellow: Golden Legend, ii. "The aching heart, the aching head." "What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill." As substantive : Cowper: Olney Hymns. IMG:content-0111.png:[blocks in formation] 59 species resemble soles, but are totally destitute of pectoral fins.