Aquilariaceæ ( ak wil ariasee)

pl. (Bot.) An order of plants, alliance Rhamnales, characterized by a top-shaped leathery calyx, downy externally, whose limb is divided into five small oblong, reflexed segments; from the throat of the calyx project ten woolly scales, which adhere to the whole length of the interior of the calyx tube, and alternate with the ten stamens, the filaments of which also adhere for nearly their whole length to the calyx tube, and are attached to the back of the anthers below their middle. Aquilaria Agalloch a, a large tree, inhabiting Silhet, and provided pario , I bring forth.] ( Med .) An epithet for glands, which, like the parotid, secrete much water, in contradistinction to the submaxillary glands, which are muci parous .