zeysoum

[An Egyptian word.] Bot.: The flower heads of Santolina fragrant is sima , sold in the shops of Cairo as a substitute for Camomile. zib-ět, zibeth, s. [French zibet; Ital. zibet to; Low Gr. zapetion.] [CIVET.] Zool.: Viverra zibeth a , a Sumatran civet. Length about two feet six inches, tail eleven inches; head rounded, bulging before the ears, and then rapidly contracting into a short muzzle; fur close, soft, and downy, with black and white lines on the back, and spots in transverse undulations on the back and sides; tail faintly ringed. In Travancore, in India, there was a government establishment for the rearing of these animals, the civet obtained from them being used in perfumery and in Hindu medicine. zi-be-thum (th as t), s. [ZIBET.] The civet derived from the Zibeth (q. v.). zie-ga, s . [Etym. doubtful.) Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, and after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation. ( Brande & Cox .) zië-tris-i-kite, s. [After Zietrisika, Moldavia, where found; suff. -ite ( Min. ).] Min.: A member of the group of hydrocarbons resembling ozocerite in its physical characters, but differing from that substance in its almost complete insolubility in ether. A mean of three analyses gave: Carbon, 84'64; hydrogen, 14.63.