juglang

[Lat.=a walnut, from Jovis glans =the nut of Jove.] 1. Bot .: The typical genus of the order Juglandaceæ. Males: calyx with five or six scales, with eighteen to thirty-six stamens. Females: calyx adhering to the ovary. Fruit with a fleshy husk, bursting irregularly. The rind of Juglans regia , the Walnut (q. v.), is acrid and purgative. J. ca thartica - the butter-nut, oil-nut, or white walnut an American species, is purgative. J. regia and nigra furnish a wood which, when polished, is of a rich deep brown color. 2. Palæobot.: The genus is believed to occur in the Upper Cretaceous rocks of Europe. ju-gu-lar, a . & s . [From Lat. jugulum =(1) the collar bone, (2) the part of the throat just above it, (3) the throat itself.] A. As adjective: Anatomy: 1. Human : Of or belonging to the throat. Thus there is a jugular eminence, a jugular foramen, . 2. Compar .: Of or belonging to the lower throat, (Used of the ventral fins when placed in advance of the attachment of the pectorals.) B. As subst.: One of the jugular veins. "The wound was so deep and wide, that being cut through the gullet, wind-pipe, and both the jugulars , it reached to the vertebræ."- Evelyn : Memoirs (1683).