Defn: A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc.
It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water and of many other substances, especially those of animal or vegetable origin.
The colors of vegetable origin used in comparatively recent times were mainly extracts of the wood of certain trees; so the name "wood dyes" has come to be applied generally to the dyes of this class.
During the past thirty years, the long and tedious processes of dyeing seal and seal imitations, involving the use of dyes of vegetable origin, have largely been superseded by what is known as the Aniline Black dye.
The substances of vegetable origin used in modern fur dyeing may be grouped into two classes, one, the tannin-containing materials, and the other, the dyewoods proper.
There is indisputable proof, however, that all coal beds are of vegetable origin.
The lines of cleavage are not as prominent, but there are the same evidences of vegetable origin that we find in the bituminous formations.
The casual observer, because he saw it attached to a rock, jumped to the conclusion that it was of vegetable origin.
The fossils of the coal measures are almost entirely of vegetable origin, and are very abundant.
It contains but few fossils, and those of vegetable origin.
A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.
A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc.
The immensely developed flagstones of Caithness seem to owe their dark color to organic matter mainly of vegetable origin.
Oils of vegetable origin, whether taken in their natural form or pressed out, and used with other foods, are the most valuable nutrients known for the production of heat and energy.
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