menyanthol

[English menyanth ( in ), and Lat. ol ( eum ).] Chem.: An oily body obtained by distilling menyanthin with dilute sulphuric acid. It is heavy and colorle , smells of bitter almond oil, and has a faint acid reaction. měn-yiě, měn-ziě, měn-ře, s. [MEINY.] měn-zi-e-şi-a, s . [Named after Archibald Menzies, a Scotch botanist, surgeon, and naturalist to Vancouver's expedition.] Bot.: A genus of Ericacese (Heaths), tribe Andro med ide. Menziesia cærule a is called by Sir Joseph Hooker Phyllodoce cærule a , and M. polifo lia , Dabeocia polifolia . IMG:content-1105.png:[blocks in formation] Mercat or's Měph-Is-toph-e-lēs, *Měph-is-toph - 1 - lis, *Měph-is-toph – oh-I-lus, s. [Supposed to be a corruption of Gr. Nep hos top heles , from nephos =acloud, and phileo =to love.] The name of a familiar spirit who plays a principal part in Marlowe's play of Dr. Faustus.