epileptoid

[Gr. epilēptikos =one afflicted with epilepsy, an epileptic, and eidos =form.] Med.: Resembling an epileptic seizure. ( The Scotsman in Ogilvie.) ěp-I-lōbe, s. [EPILOBIUM.] Bot.: The genus Epilobium ( Bentham : British Flora , p. 273). Bentham enumerates nine common species, viz., the Willow Epilobe ( Epilobium angus tifolium ), the Great Epilobe ( E. hirsutum ), the Hoary Epilobe ( E. parviflorum ), the Broad Epilobe ( E. montanum ), the Pale Epilobe ( E. roseum ), the Square Epilobe ( E. tetragonum ), the Marsh Epilobe ( E. palustre ), the Chickweed Epilobe ( E. als i næfolium), and the Alpine Epilobe ( E. alpinum ). [EPILOBIUM.] ěp-1-10-bě-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. epilobium ), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot .: A tribe of Onagracese, sometimes called Epilobiaceae (q. v.). *ěp-1-10-bi-ā-çe-æ, s. pl . [Mod. Latin epilo bi (um), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ .] Bot .: An order of plants now generally called, following Lindley, On a graceæ, Enethera, formerly called by Tournefort Onagra, being regarded as more typical of it than the genus Epilobium is. IMG:content-1079.png:[blocks in formation] corolla, ., on the pod.1 .. Bot.: Willow-herb or Epilobe. A genus of plants, the typical one of the tribe Epilobese. Calyx tube slender, limb four-partite, deciduous; petals four, usually two-lobed; stamens eight, the alternate over the shorter. Ovary four-celled, style filiform, stigma obliquely clavate or four-lobed. Fruit a long four-valved capsule, seeds many, each with a long pencil of hairs. About fifty species are known. They have leafy spikes, generally pink or purple flowers, and are tall and beautiful plants. [EPILOBE, WILLOW-HERB.]