girardinia

[Named by Gaudichaud, in 1826, after S. Girardin.] Bot.: A genus of Urticacem. Sir Joseph Hooker says that a kind of cloth, and also a sort of cordage, are made from fiber furnished by Girardinia hetero phylla , common in Sikkim and other parts of the Him a lay as. Thread is made in Southern India from the closely allied species G. leschenaultiana. gir-a-sōl, gir-a-sole, s . [Fr. girasol , from Lat. gyro to turn, and sol =the sun.] 1. Min .: A variety of opal. It is bluish white, and is translucent, with reddish reflections in a bright light. †2. Bot .: A plant - Heliotropium europœum , more commonly called the Turnsole. giraumont (as zhër-ō-mon'), s. [Fr. giraumont, giraumon; remote etym. unknown.] Botany : 1. A cucurbitaceous plant, Cucurbit a pеро. 2. Another cucurbitaceous plant of unknown species, the seeds of which are said by Endlicher to destroy the tapeworm.