simmondsia

[Named after a naturalist, T. W. Simmonds, who accompanied Lord Sea forth to the West Indies.] Bot .: A genus of Acalyphese ( Lindley ), of Garryacee ( Nuttall ) . Only known species, Simmondsia californica . The nuts taste like filberts, but leave a nauseous after-taste, and cause purging. *sim-nel, *simenel, *sim-nell, subst . [O. Fr. simenel bread or cake of fine wheat flour; from Low Lat. siminellus , prob. for similellus , from Lat. simila=fine wheat flour.] 1. A cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; "By simony, the right of presentation to a living is forfeited and vested pro hac vice in the crown. Simony , so called from the resemblance it is said to bear to the sin of Simon Magus, is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or reward, and is by the canon law a very grievous crime. With us, however, the law has established so many exceptions that there is no difficulty whatever in avoiding the forfeiture." - Black stone: Comment., bk. ii., ch. 15.