grewia (ew as o)

[Named after Nehemiah Grew, M. D., F. R. S., a celebrated English physiol. ogist, who died in 1711.] Bot .: The typical genus of Grewide, sepals 5, petals 5; stamens numerous; stylel; stigma 4-lobed, drupe with one to four small nuts, one or two-seeded. About eighty species are known. Grewia sapid a and G. asiatica have pleasant acid berries, used for making sherbet. The wood of G. elastic a , called in India dhamnoo, is strong and elastic; it is used for bows, the shafts of carriages, . grew-I-dæ (ew as ô), s. pl. [Mod. Lat.grew( ia ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.- idæ.] Bot.: A family of plants, order Tiliaceæ, tribe Tilee. grew-some (ewas ô), a. [GREW, v.] Horrible, gruesome. "And sic gruesome wishes, that men should be slaughtered like sheep." -Scott : Rob Roy , ch. xxx.