Meletian (meleshan)

[ bishop in his stead. Among the Orthodox some were adherents of Meletius, and therefore known as Meletians; others remained separate, and were known (from the last canonically ordained bishop, Eustathius, then dead) as Eustathians, Further difficulty was occasioned by the two orthodox parties using the word hypostasis (which see) in different senses. The schism between them continued till the end of the century. mele-tidet, n. See meal - tide. Melia (me'li-ä), n. [NL. (Linnæus), so called from the resemblance of the leaves to those of the ash, IMG:content-0442.png:[blocks in formation] lary panicles of medium-sized flowers, which are white or purple, and are either 5- or 6-parted. There are 12 spe cies, found in eastern India, Australia, and Ocean i a. M. Azedarach, variously known as pride - of - India, bead-tree, false sycamore, etc., is native in sub-Him a lay an India, Per sia, and China, and widely cultivated for ornament in warm countries. It is from 30 to 50 feet high, and has bipinnate leaves, and large clusters of fragrant lilac-colored blo oms, whence it is sometimes called Indian lilac. Its wood, hard and finely marked, is sometimes called bastard cedar. A decoction of its bark is cathartic and emetic, and sometimes used also as a vermifuge. (See azedarach, bead -tree, Melia china-tree, and holy tree, under holy.) Also called hill-margosa. The tree long known as M. Azadirachta, but now cla ed as Azadirachta Indica, is the margosa or nim-tree, common in India, often planted there and elsewhere. (See margosa.) M. Azedarach, var. Austral a sic a, is an elegant tree of India, the Malayan archipelago, and Australia, called in the last-named country white cedar. M. sempervirens, now considered to be the same as M. Azedarach, been called hoop - tree in the West Indies. [NL. (A. L. de Meliaceæ (me-li-a'sē-ē), n. pl. Ju ieu, 1817), (817), cludes 37 genera and about 550 species, found throughout the warmer but rare in the temperate regions of the globe. meliaceous (me-li-a's hi us), a. Belonging to or resembling the Meliacea. Also cedrelaceous. Meliad (me'li-ad), n. [ The Meliads, who here for lack of flocks Must tend the fruit. R. H. Stoddard , The Search for Perse phone. Melianthaceæ (mel i-an-tha'sē-ē), n . pl . [NL. (Bentham and Hooker, 1888), Mel i an thus + -aceæ.] A small order of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants lants of the cohort Sap in dales , characterized by irregular polygamodiœcio us flowers, stamens which are inserted at the base of the disk, albuminous seeds, and alternate stipulate leaves. Mel i an thus is the type genus. Mel i an thus (mel-i-an'thus), n. [NL. (Tournefort, 1700), μέλι , honey, + ἄνθος , a flower.] A genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants, type of the order Melianthaceæ , characterized by a calyx which is very oblique at the base, and by having from two to four ovules in each cell. They are shrubs with alternate odd-pinnate leaves (the leaflets one-sided and decurrent on the stalk), and bear terminal or axillary racemes of curious irregular flowers, the lower ones sometimes imperfect. There are 5 species, natives of the Cape of Good Hope, one of which has been introduced into the Him a lay as. The common name is ( Cape ) honey - flower , or honey - plant , the blo oms abounding in honey. Melibean, Melibean (mel-i-bē'an), a. [L. Melibœus, name of a shepherd in Virgil's first eclogue (a dialogue), amœbean.