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See also:MANGOSTEEN (Garcinia Mangostana) , a See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree belonging to the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order Guttiferae. It is a native of the See also:Malay See also:Peninsula, and is extensively cultivated in See also:southern See also:Tenasserim, and in some places in the See also:Madras See also:presidency. Poor results have followed the See also:attempt to introduce it to other countries; and A. de See also:Candolle refers to it as one of the most See also:local among cultivated See also:plants both in its origin, habitation and cultivation. It belongs to a See also:family in which the mean See also:area of the See also:species is very restricted. It is an See also:evergreen about 20 ft. high, and is somewhat See also:fir-like in See also:general See also:form, but the leaves are large, See also:oval, entire, leathery and glistening. Its See also:fruit, the much-valued mangosteen, is about the See also:size and shape of an See also:orange, and is somewhat similarly partitioned, but is of a reddish-See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown to See also:chestnut See also:colour. Its thick rind yields a very astringent juice, See also:rich in See also:tannin, and containing a See also:gamboge-like See also:resin. The soft and juicy pulp is See also:snow-See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white or See also:rose-coloured, and of delicious flavour and perfume. It is wholesome, and may be administered in See also:fever.
The genus Garcinia is.a genus of trees containing about fifty species in the tropics of the Old See also:World, and usually yielding a yellow See also:- GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in
gum-resin (gamboge). G. See also:Morelia, a native of See also:India, yields the true gamboge.
End of Article: MANGOSTEEN (Garcinia Mangostana)
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