ENTADA  , in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, a woody climber belonging to the See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• LEGUMINOSAE

Leguminosae and See also:

• COMMON

common throughout the tropics . The best-known See also:

• SPECIES

species is Entada scandens, the See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword-See also:

• BEAN (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Bohne)

bean, so called from its large woody pod, 2 to 4 ft. in length and 3 to 4 in. broad, which contains large See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat hard polished See also:

• CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

chestnut-coloured seeds or " beans." The seeds are often made into See also:

• SNUFF (from " to snuff, " i.e. to inhale, to draw in through the nose; cf. Dutch snuf, scent, Ger. Schnupfen, a cold, catarrh, and Eng. " snuffle, " " sniff, " &c.)

snuff-boxes or match-boxes, and a preparation from the See also:

• KERNEL (O.E. cyrnel, a diminutive of " corn," seed, grain)

kernel is used as a See also:

• DRUG
• DRUG (from Fr. drogue, a word common in Romance languages, cf. Span. and Ital. droga; the origin of the word is obscure, but may possibly be connected with Dutch droog, dry)

drug by the natives in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . The seeds will See also:

• FLOAT (in O. Eng. floc and flota, in the verbal form f eotan; the Teutonic root is flut-, another form of flu-, seen in " flow," cf. " fleet "; the root is seen in Gr. a-M e, to sail, Lat. pluere, to rain; the Lat, fluere and fluctus, wave, is not connect

float for a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in See also:

• WATER

water, and are often thrown up on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western coasts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, having been carried by the Gulf-stream from the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies; they retain their vitality, and under favourable conditions will germinate . See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus records the germination of a See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway .