Diatonic – Didier
Diatonic
a term used in the science meaning "by-tones," or "from tone to
Diaz Del Castillo
BERNAL (dē'äth del käs-tē yō), a Spanish chronicler of the conquest of Mexico; born about 1498; died in Mexico about 1593.
His "True History of the Discovery and Conquest of New Spain" was published at Madrid in 1632.
Dicentra
a genus of plants, order Fumariaceæ, tribe Fumarieæ. Cucullaria has been employed as a medicine to expel intestinal worms, and as an emmenagogue. It is a tree growing in Brazil and Guiana.
DICHLAMYDEOUS DICKINSON
Dichlamydeous
a term in botany "Nicholas Nickleby" (1839); "Master applied by De Candolle to distinguish Humphrey's Clock" (1840-1841), those dicotyledonous flowers possessed of both calyx and corolla from his Mononot more than one floral envelope is present.
Dichogamy
a provision in hermaphrodite flowers to prevent self -fertilization, the stamens and pistils within the same flower not being matured at the same time.
Dickinson College
a coeducational institution in Carlisle, Pa.; founded in 1783, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the end of 1919: Professors and instructors, 15; students, 375.
Dickson City
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna co. It is on the Delaware and Hudson Company, and the New York, Ontario and Western railroads. It is the center of an important coal mining region and has foundries, silk mills, and machine shops. Pop. (1910) 9,331; (1920) 11,049.
Dicranacee
a family of apocarpous operculate mosses, branching by innovations or with the tops of the fertile The branches several times divided. leaves are lanceolate or subulate; cells prosenchymatous, rarely papillose; capsule oval or cylindrical, arched or straight.
Dicranum
a genus of mosses, the typical one of the family Dicranacex.
Dictamnus
a genus of plants, belonging to the order Rutaceæ, and found in southern Europe, Asia Minor, etc. D.
Fraxinella, false dittany, abounds in volatile oil to such a degree that the atmosphere around it becomes inflammable in hot, dry, and calm weather.
Dictynna
a nymph of Crete, and one of the attendants of Diana. class Dictyogenæ.
Didier
CHARLES (dēd-yā'), French poet and novelist (1805-1864); born in Geneva. He wrote some novels designed to awaken patriotic sentiment in Italy, and to make known the struggles of the carbonari and other revolutionists against Austrian and papal dominion. Among these novels were: "Underground Rome" (2 vols. 1833); "The Roman Campagna" (1842); and "Fifty Years in the Wilderness" (1857). unimportant.