 Saxon hoc,) may, perhaps, be ultimately traced to the word Pak, or Pauk, which in the language of certain Asiatic tribes, such as the Curdes, signifies the leaf (folium) of a vegetable. This will appear the less improbable, when it is recollected, how...  Elements of Botany: Or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables ... - Page 10by Benjamin Smith Barton - 1814Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Smith Barton - Botany - 1803 - 630 pages
...Xiwnj for }.nros< which by changing t into £, became AĞ\ " Tegmcntum tertium memlinr.iaceum succjJum flexile". from its fine and thin plates, which are...perhaps, be ultimately traced to the word Pak, or Pauk, which, in the language of certain Asiatic tribes, such as the Curded, signifies the leaf (folium)... | |
 | Benjamin Smith Barton - Botany - 1827 - 404 pages
...?.£9ro{ for Xiirof. which by changing is into?, becaiM AĞ\ " Tcgmentum tertium membranaceum succidum flexile". from its fine and thin plates, which are...like manner as the English word book (from the Saxon boc), may, perhaps, be ultimately traced to the word Pak, or Pauk, which, in the language of certain... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - Botany - 1832 - 448 pages
...is here only, that the essential vital functions are carried on ; this integument is called liber, from its fine and thin plates, which are thought to bear some resemblance to the leaves of a book, which in Latin is liber. This substance, by its developement, produces new roots, branches, leaves,... | |
 | William Paul Crillon Barton, Benjamin Smith Barton - Botany - 1836 - 414 pages
...often be separated from the bark and from the blea.t This integument has received the name of liber from its fine and thin plates, which are thought to...perhaps, be ultimately traced to the word Pak, or Pauk, which in the language of certain Asiatic tribes, such as the Curdes, signifies the leaf (folium)... | |
 | William Paul Crillon Barton, Benjamin Smith Barton - Botany - 1836 - 416 pages
...often be separated from the bark and from the blea.t This integument has received the name of liber from its fine and thin plates, which are thought to...like manner as the English word book (from the Saxon boc,} may, perhaps, be ultimately traced to the word Pak, or Pauk, which in the language of certain... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - Botany - 1849 - 470 pages
...essential, vital functions, are carried on ; this integument is so called from liber, a book, on account of its fine and thin plates, which are thought to bear some resemblance to the leaves of a bock. This substance, by its development, produces new roots, branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits.... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - Botany - 1850 - 476 pages
...essential, vital functions, are carried on ; this integument is so called from liber, a book, on account of its fine and thin plates, which are thought to bear some resemblance to the leaves of a book. This substance, by its development, produces new roots, branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits. It is... | |
 | John George Wood - Natural history - 1865 - 842 pages
...psalteriunv' ra psalm-book, because it is lined with a number of thin longitudinal plates of membiii! which are thought to bear some resemblance to the leaves of a book. From thence it passes into the fourth compartment, which is the place where the business of digestion... | |
 | John George Wood - Animal behavior - 1870 - 822 pages
...psalterium," or psalm-book, because it is lined with a number of thin longitudinal plates of membrane, which are thought to bear some resemblance to the leaves of a book. From thence it passes into the fourth compartment, which is the place where the business of digestion... | |
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