meditet (med it)

t. [OF. mediter, medium countries or races. - Mediterranean fan-palm, fever, etc. See the nouns. - Mediterranean subregion, in zoogeog., the second of four subregions into which the Pale arctic region is divided. As bounded by Wallace, it includes all the countries south of the Pyrenees, Alps, Balkans, and Caucasus mountains, all the southern shores of the Mediterranean to the Atlas range and beyond to the extratropical part of the Sahara and the Nile valley to the second cataract; while eastward it includes the northern half of Arabia, all Persia and Balu chi stan, and perhaps Afghanistan to the Indus. med i terrane oust (med"i-te-rā'nē-us), a. [ It is found in mountains and med i terrane ous parts. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., іі. 4. meditulliumt (mē-di-tul'i-um), n. [NL., meditullium , meditolium , etc., the middle of a thing, a yolk, hub, etc., medius , middle, + -tullium, -tolium, etc., apparently a mere termination.] In bot ., same as diploë , 2. See cut under diploë .