- viscin
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Viscin — Vis cin, n. (Chem.) A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe ({Viscum album}), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Viscin — Viscin, ein klebriger Pflanzenstoff, ist Hauptbestandtheil des aus den Beeren der Mistel od. den Blättern von Ilex aquifolium bereiteten Vogelleims; findet sich ferner in Atractylis gummifera, im Safte der jungen Zweige von Ficus elastica u.a.… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Viscīn — Viscīn, s. Vogelleim … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
viscin — noun A material extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe and used to make bird lime … Wiktionary
viscin — ˈvisən noun ( s) Etymology: French, from visc + in : a clear viscous tasteless substance from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe or holly compare birdlime, viscum … Useful english dictionary
Viscum album — Viscin Vis cin, n. (Chem.) A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe ({Viscum album}), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
orchid — /awr kid/, n. 1. any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers. Cf. orchid family. 2. the flower of any of these plants. 3. a bluish to reddish purple. [1835 45; < NL … Universalium
Misteln — Weißbeerige Mistel (Viscum album) Systematik Klasse: Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Vogelleim — (Fliegenleim, Viscin), der wasserhelle kleberige Stoff, der sich in den Beeren der Mistel, vielleicht auch in den grünen Zweigen von Ficus elastica findet, ist in Wasser und Alkohol unlöslich, löslich in Äther, ätherischen Ölen und Alkalien. Man… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Ericales — ▪ plant order Introduction rhododendron order of flowering plants, containing 25 families, 346 genera, and more than 11,000 species. The relationships of the order are unclear. It belongs to neither of the two major asterid groups… … Universalium
