| amphictyony | (n) an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center |
| dictyophera | (n) closely related to genus Phallus distinguished by an indusium hanging like a skirt from below the pileus, Syn. genus Dictyophera |
| dictyoptera | (n) in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera, Syn. order Dictyoptera |
| dictyopteran | (adj) of or relating to or belonging to the order Dictyoptera |
| dictyopterous insect | (n) cockroaches and mantids |
| eriodictyon | (n) small genus of evergreen shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico, Syn. genus Eriodictyon |
| golgi body | (n) a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions), Syn. Golgi apparatus, dictyosome, Golgi complex |
| potemkin | (n) a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791), Syn. Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potyokin, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin |
| yerba santa | (n) viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses, Syn. Eriodictyon californicum |
| Amphictyonic | a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Amphictyons | n. pl. [ L. Amphictyones, Gr. &unr_;. Prob. the word was orig. &unr_; dwellers around, neighbors. ] (Grecian Hist.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Amphictyony | n.; pl. Amphictyonies [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Grecian Hist.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dictyogen | n. [ Gr. &unr_; a net + -gen. ] (Bot.) A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenæ, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceæ, Smilaceæ, Trilliaceæ, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
