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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Cuvier's system of classification, the simple acalcphs; the first order of his Acalepha, distinguished from
Hydrostatica . It was an artificial group of medusans and etenophorans.
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Examples
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Cum simplicia non possunt neccessitas cogit ad composita.
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Quaecunque regio producit simplicia, pro morbis regionis; crescit raro absynthium in Italia, quod ibi plerumque morbi calidi, sed cicuta, papaver, et herbae frigidae; apud nos Germanos et Polonos ubique provenit absynthium.
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Quum in villam venit, consideravit quae ibi crescebant medicamenta, simplicia frequentiora, et iis plerunque usus distillatis, et aliter, alimbacum ideo argenteum circumferens.
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Verba bilinguis quasi simplicia, et ipsa perveniunt ad interiora ventris.
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Quae quoniam non sunt simplicia, nec esse omnino poterant, nisi ea id quod solum bonum est esse uoluisset.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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_Fructus_ 5-coccus, rostratus; _rostra_ simplicia nec spiralia nec barbata.
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 6 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772
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_Fructus_ 5-coccus, rostratus: _rostra_ simplicia, nuda, (nec spiralia nec barbata).
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 6 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772
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And lest you should doubt whether he means by the vertues of things those that are Medical; he has in one place [27] this ingenuous confession; _Credo_ (sayes he) _simplicia in sua simplicitate esse sufficientia pro sanatione omnium morborum.
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Verba bilinguis quasi simplicia, et ipsa perveniunt ad interiora ventris.
The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593
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Habitu et colore Dicksoniis ac - cedit, sed indusia simplicia mtus dehiscentia.
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