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A monkey (Semnopithecus nemaeus), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.

• Monkey-pot
  The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. 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 m
• Varicella
  Chicken pox.
• Varisse
  An imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses, different from a curb, but at the same height, and frequently injuring the sale of the animal by growing to an unsightly size.
• Monkey's puzzle
  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 pion by the Chilians.
• Variform
  Having different shapes or forms.
• Brilliant
  Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.
• Monkeytail
  A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery.
• Variciform
  Resembling a varix.
• Variformed
  Formed with different shapes; having various forms; variform.
• COCHINEALFIG
  A plant of Central and Southern Anerica, of the Cactus familly, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.
• Brilliantly
  In a brilliant manner.
• Varicocele
  A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum.
• COCHINFOWL
  A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam).
• Brilliantness
  Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.
• Natively
  By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.

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