| capsella | (n) shepherd's purse, Syn. genus Capsella |
| francisella | (n) a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans), Syn. genus Francisella |
| francisella tularensis | (n) the type species of the genus Francisella and the causal agent of tularemia in humans; can be used as a bioweapon |
| pilosella | (n) genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium, Syn. genus Pilosella |
| tessella | (n) a small tessera |
| tessellate | (v) fit together exactly, of identical shapes, Example: triangles tessellate |
| tessellate | (v) tile with tesserae, Example: tessellate the kitchen floor |
| tessellation | (n) the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern, Example: a tessellation of hexagons |
| tessellation | (n) the act of adorning with mosaic |
| common wood sorrel | (n) Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers, Syn. cuckoo bread, shamrock, Oxalis acetosella |
| marketable | (adj) fit to be offered for sale, Syn. merchantable, vendable, vendible, sellable, Example: marketable produce |
| mouse-ear hawkweed | (n) European hawkweed having soft hairy leaves; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium, Syn. Hieracium pilocella, Pilosella officinarum |
| orange hawkweed | (n) European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium, Syn. Hieracium aurantiacum, Pilosella aurantiaca |
| sheep sorrel | (n) small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places, Syn. sheep's sorrel, Rumex acetosella |
| shepherd's purse | (n) white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed, Syn. shepherd's pouch, Capsella bursa-pastoris |
| woolly alder aphid | (n) attacks alders, Syn. Prociphilus tessellatus |
| Damoiselle | { ‖, n. See Damsel. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Damosella, Damosel |
| Rosella | ‖n. [ NL., dim. of L. rosa rose. ] (Zool.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sellenders | { } n. pl. (Far.) See Sallenders. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Sellanders |
| Tessellata | ‖n. pl. [ NL. See Tessellate. ] (Zool.) A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tessellate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tessellated p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating. ] [ L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar. ] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. [ 1913 Webster ] The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tessellate | a. [ L. tesselatus. ] Tessellated. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tessellated | a. 1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Bot. & Zool.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tessellation | n. The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed. J. Forsyth. [ 1913 Webster ] |
