Vocabulary : Phillipsite to Philologian
Phillipsite : A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also christianite.Phillygenin : A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin.
Phillyrea : A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.
Phillyrin : A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.
Philo- : A combining form from Gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached to; as, philosophy, philotechnic.
