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- English Word Oregon grape Definition An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries.
- English Word Oreide Definition See Oroide.
- English Word Oreodon Definition A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less related to the camel, hog, and deer.
- English Word Oreodont Definition Resembling, or allied to, the genus Oreodon.
- English Word Oreographic Definition Of or pertaining to oreography.
- English Word Oreography Definition The science of mountains; orography.
- English Word Oreoselin Definition A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly from the root of an umbelliferous plant (Imperatoria Oreoselinum), and yields resorcin on decomposition.
- English Word Oreosoma Definition A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface.
- English Word Oreweed Definition Same as Oarweed.
- English Word Orewood Definition Same as Oarweed.
- English Word Orf Definition Alt. of Orfe
- English Word Orfe Definition A bright-colored domesticated variety of the id. See Id.
- English Word Orfgild Definition Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle.
- English Word Orfray Definition The osprey.
- English Word Orfrays Definition See Orphrey. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
- English Word Orgal Definition See Argol.
- English Word Organ Definition An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.
- English Word Organ Definition A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.
- English Word Organ Definition A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.
- English Word Organ Definition A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.