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PETROSA OSSA

Volume 17 · 57 words · 1810 Edition

Anatomy, a name given to the fourth and fifth bones of the cranium, called also os temporum and os squamosa; the substance whereof, as their first and last names express, is squamose and very hard. See Anatomy Index.

Petroselinum (Apium petroselinum, Lin.) Parsley, a plant which is commonly cultivated for culinary purposes. See Botany and Gardening Index.