Mon"key-bread` (?), n. (Bot.) The fruit of the Adansonia digitata;
also, the tree. See Adansonia.
Mon"key-cup` (?), n. (Bot.) See Nepenthes.
Mon"key-pot` (?), n. (Zoöl.) 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
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.] 1. The character or condition of a
monk. Atterbury.