vesuvine

[Panza, Robin]

Bismarck Brown (according to DeVries, 'French-English Science and Technology
Dictionary', 4th edition).

Robin K Panza                  panzar at carnegiemuseums.org
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Nelson [mailto:nelson at BIOL.SC.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, 27 October, 1999 11:18 AM
To: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG
Subject: vesuvine


27 Oct Wed 1110a

Friends (or make that "Amis"):

        I am trying to figure out what the French word "vesuvine" means-- it
is
a substance, or maybe a kind of stain, used in cytology-

        Thanks, John Nelson
--
John B. Nelson
A. C. Moore Herbarium
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina
Columbia SC 29208

ph 803-777-8196
fax 803-777-4002
nelson at sc.edu

Non totum difficile est, sed nihil facile.