BOTOCUDOS Bo`to*cu"dos, n. pl. Etym: [Pg. botoque stopple. So called because they wear a wooden plug in the pierced lower lip.]
Defn: A Brazilian tribe of Indians, noted for their use of poisons; - - also called Aymborés.
BO TREE
Bo" tree`. (Bot.)
Defn: The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at
Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which
Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have
become Buddha.
The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which is
planted close to every temple, and attracts almost as much veneration
as the status of the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan
(Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its branches. Tennent.
BOTRYOGEN
Bot"ry*o*gen, n. Etym: [Gr. cluster of grapes + -gen.] (Min.)
Defn: A hydrous sulphate of iron of a deep red color. It often occurs in botryoidal form.
BOTRYOID; BOTRYOIDAL
Bot"ry*oid, Bot`ry*oid"al, a. Etym: [Gr. cluster of grapes + -oid.]
Defn: Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small spherical or spheroidal prominences.
BOTRYOLITE
Bot"ry*o*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. cluster of grapes + -lite.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.