Zizyphus, ziz′i-fus, n. a genus of shrubs or trees of the buckthorn family, mostly native to tropical Asia and America—the jujube-tree. [L.,—Gr. zizyphos.]
Zoantharia, zō-an-thā′ri-a, n.pl. a division of Actinozoa, including the sea-anemones, &c.—adj. and n. Zoanthā′rian.
Zoanthropy, zō-an′thrō-pi, n. a form of mental delusion in which a man believes himself to be a beast—the devout divine, Simon Browne (1680-1732), under this belief devoted himself to the making of a dictionary—'I am doing nothing,' he says, 'that requires a reasonable soul: I am making a dictionary.'—adj. Zōanthrop′ic. [Gr. zōon, an animal, anthrōpos, a man.]
Zoanthus, zō-an′thus, n. the typical genus of Zoanthidæ, a family of hexacoralline actinozoans. [Gr. zōon, an animal, anthos, a flower.]
Zoarium, zō-ā′ri-um, n. the colony of the polypides of a polyzoan. [Gr. zōarion, dim. of zōon, an animal.]
Zobo, zō′bō, n. a name used in the semi-Tibetan tracts of the Himalaya for hybrids between the yak bull and the ordinary hill cow, much used in transport and agriculture.—Also Zhō′bo, Dsō′mo. [Tibetan.]
Zocco, zok′ō, n. a socle.—Also Zocc′olo. [It.,—L. soccus, a sock.]
Zodiac, zō′di-ak, n. an imaginary belt in the heavens, having as its mesial line the ecliptic or apparent path of the sun, and containing the twelve constellations, called signs of the zodiac. The constellations, with the appropriate symbols of the corresponding signs, are as follows: Aries (Ram),
