me lamp odium

[Gr. mel am pod i on, from melas, neut. mel an =black, and podion, dim in. of pous (gen. podos )=a foot.] Bot .: The typical genus of the tribe Melampodiese (q. v.). About twenty species are known; they are from tropical America. měl-ăm-pyr-in, měl-ăm-pyr-īte, s. [Mod. Lat. melampyr (um); -in, -ite.] Chem.: [DULCOSE.] měl-ăm-pěr-ite, s. [MELAMPYRIN.]