dicky

[Etym. doubtful.] Not in a perfectly sound or safe state; doubtful, questionable. ( Slang .) "It [meat] couldn't do any one much harm if it was ever so dicky ."-London Daily Telegraph . di-clē'-şi-ŭm, s. [Gr. diklis = folding two ways.] Bot.: A small, dry, indehiscent pericarp, having the indurated perianth adherent to the carpel, and forming part of the shell, as in Marvel of Peru. di-clin-āte, di-clin-ic, a. [Gr. dis = twice, Crystal log.: A term applied to crystals in which two of the axes are obliquely inclined, as in the oblique rectangular prism. di-clin-ous, a . [Gr. dis twice, twofold, and kline a bed; klino =to bend, to incline.] 1. Bot .: A term given to plants which have the stamens in one flower and the pistils in another. 2. Crystal log.: The same as DICLINIC (q. v.). twofold, and kokkosa berry.] di-coc-cous, a . [Gr. dikokkos , from dis =twice, Bot.: Two-grained; consisting of two cohering grains or cells, with one seed in each. IMG:content-2445.png:[blocks in formation] to 190 to 200° with concentrated hydrochloric acid. Chem. C9H1006. Obtained by heating citric acid heating aconitic acid with fuming hydrochloric acid. It crystallizes in small crystals, which melt at 200°, and are soluble in water, alcohol, and ether. dicruridæ embryo. The majority of flowering plants have this structure. When therefore seed is sown, in most cases the future plant first appears above the ground as a tiny two-leaved existence, and in certain cases the next pair of leaves which appear, and all the future ones, are of a different structure from the first. The primordial pair of leaves are the two cotyledons. Their use in the economy of nature is to shelter the ordinary leaves situated inside. 2. ( Pl .): The highest cla of the vegetable kingdom, containing orders of plants with the structure of seed described under 1. It is a natural division and has other characteristics than that now mentioned; specially, new wood is added to the old externally, whence these plants are very often termed Exogens (q.v.). The Dicotyledons comprise at least two-thirds of all known plants. di-cot-y-le-don-ous, a. [Mod. Lat., ., dicoty led on, and Eng., ., suff. -ous.] Bot. Having two cotyledons; pertaining to the cla Dicotyledones.