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The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium.
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A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago.
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Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.
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A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material.
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Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.
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Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.
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A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.
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One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
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The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.
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of Archipelago
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A fruit tree (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.
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Of or pertaining to an archipelago.
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One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.
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of Archipelago
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A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. Garcin.
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A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known.
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A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago.
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