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Zabucajo), which have for
their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious
nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top.
Vases and pots are made of this capsule.

Mon"key's puz"zle (?). (Bot.) A lofty
coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of
which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to
climb." The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called
piñon by the Chilians.

Mon"key*tail` (?), n. (Naut.)
A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery.
Totten.

Monk"fish (?), n. (Zoöl.)
(a) The angel fish (Squatina).
(b) The angler (Lophius).

Monk"flow`er (?), n. (Bot.)
A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of
flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to be
sexually different forms of the same genus (Catasetum
tridentatum, etc.).

Monk"hood (?), n. [Monk + -
hood.

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