JEQUIRITY
\d͡ʒɛkwˈɪɹɪti], \dʒɛkwˈɪɹɪti], \dʒ_ɛ_k_w_ˈɪ_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]\
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Prayer-beads, jumble-beads, crab's-eyes, chicken-eyes, love-peas; the seeds of Abrus precatorius; employed in 0.5 per cent. infusion in the treatment of trachoma and pannus.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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parthenocarpy
- (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds