| AEROBIUM | • AEROBIUM n. (Latin) an organism that requires free oxygen, also AEROBE. |
| ANAEROBIUM | • ANAEROBIUM n. an organism not requiring oxygen for its life processes, also ANAEROBE, ANAEROBIONT. |
| CAMBIUM | • cambium n. (Botany) A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth… • cambium n. (Anatomy) Periosteum, a membrane that covers the outer surface of bones. • cambium n. (Obsolete) One of the humours formerly believed to nourish the bodily organs. |
| COENOBIUM | • coenobium n. (Biology) An arranged colony of algae that acts as a single organism; coenobe. • coenobium n. Alternative spelling of cenobium (“monastic community”). • cœnobium n. Obsolete spelling of cenobium. |
| COLUMBIUM | • columbium n. (Obsolete) A former name of niobium. • COLUMBIUM n. a rare element of the vanadium group, now more commonly called niobium. |
| DENDROBIUM | • dendrobium n. (Botany) Any plant of the genus Dendrobium. • Dendrobium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – the dendrobiums. • DENDROBIUM n. a kind of epiphytic orchid. |
| EPILOBIUM | • epilobium n. Any plant of the genus Epilobium. • Epilobium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Onagraceae – principally willowherbs. • EPILOBIUM n. a genus of plants that includes willowherb. |
| ERBIUM | • erbium n. A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found… • erbium n. (Countable) A single atom of this element. • ERBIUM n. (Swedish) a metallic element. |
| EUPHORBIUM | • euphorbium n. An acrid dull yellow or brown resin consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia… • EUPHORBIUM n. the resinous gum of certain succulent plants of the genus Euphorbia, formerly used as an emetic and purgative. |
| EXCAMBIUM | • excambium n. Alternative form of excambion. • EXCAMBIUM n. in Scots law, exchange of lands, also EXCAMBION. |
| LABIUM | • labium n. (Anatomy, usually in the plural) A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin… • labium n. (Botany) The lip of a labiate corolla. • labium n. (Entomology) A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line. |
| NELUMBIUM | • nelumbium n. (Botany) Any member of the former plant genus Nelumbium. • NELUMBIUM n. (Tamil) a plant of the Nelumbium genus of waterlilies that includes the sacred lotus, also NELUMBO. |
| NIOBIUM | • niobium n. A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition… • niobium n. (Countable) A single atom of this element. • NIOBIUM n. a metallic element, formerly called columbium. |
| PROCAMBIUM | • procambium n. (Botany) A meristem that lies just inside the protoderm and develops into primary xylem and primary phloem. • PROCAMBIUM n. the young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated. |
| RHIZOBIUM | • rhizobium n. (Biology) Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen. • rhizobium n. (Biology, by extension) Any diazotrophic bacterium that can fix nitrogen and form root nodules in legumes. • Rhizobium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – soil bacteria that fix nitrogen in association with… |
| STIBIUM | • stibium n. (Chiefly obsolete, rare) antimony. • stibium n. Kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt and Rome for eye cosmetics. • STIBIUM n. (Latin) antimony. |
| TERBIUM | • terbium n. A metallic chemical element (symbol Tb) with an atomic number of 65: a soft, silvery-white, rare earth… • TERBIUM n. (Swedish) a metallic element. |
| UNUNBIUM | • ununbium n. The former systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 112 (symbol Uub), which… • UNUNBIUM n. a synthetic chemical element. |
| YTTERBIUM | • ytterbium n. A metallic chemical element (symbol Yb) with an atomic number of 70. • ytterbium n. A single atom of this element. • YTTERBIUM n. (Swedish) a rare element of the boron group. |