See Also: Testudinata(medicine)

lapageria (iou) and Testudinata (medicine)


lapageria (iou)



lapageria noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie (1763-1814), empress of France: see -IA1.]
A climbing Chilean shrub, Lapageria rosea (family Smilacaceae), bearing large bell-shaped pendulous red or white flowers.

Testudinata (medicine)


testudinata
<zoology> An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates.

Origin: Nl. See Testudo.

Source: Websters Dictionary