GLOSSARY 



Doubly compound. More than once compound, as in leaves. 

 Doubly toothed. Having the large teeth toothed with smaller teeth. 

 Downy. Covered with short fine hairs. 

 Drooping. Inclined downward. 



Drupe. A fruit usually fleshy with a stony pit or seed in the center, 

 as the cherry, peach, plum, etc. 



Ear. A spike of corn. 



Elliptic. Oblong with rounded ends, shaped like an ellipse. 



Elongated. Longer than the average. 



Embryo. The rudimentary plant within the seed. 



Entire. With a smooth or even edge, not toothed or lobed. 



Epigynous flower. One in which the ovary is surrounded by and 



joined to the receptacle to which the other organs of the flower 



are attached. 

 Epiphytic. Applied to a plant growing upon another plant but 



securing no nourishment from it; an air plant. 

 Equal. Regular. Of the same number. 

 Equilateral. Equal-sided. 

 Erect. More or less perpendicular to the surface to which it is 



attached. 



Even. Without inequalities of surface. 



Evergreen. Having green leaves throughout the entire year. 

 Exserted. Extending beyond, as the stamens beyond the corolla. 



Fan-shaped. Shaped like a fan, somewhat triangular with the outer 



margin usually rounded in outline. 

 Fertilized. Having the nucleus from the pollen fused with a 



nucleus in the ovule. 



Fiber. The slender thread-like cells or hairs used economically. 

 Filament. The stalk of the stamen. 

 Filiform. Like a thread. 



Fleshy. Usually enlarged and somewhat soft. 

 Floating. Applied to plants in which the blades of the leaves remain 



on the surface of the water. 



Flower. The part of the plant which is directly concerned in pro- 

 ducing the seed. 

 Flowering scale. The inner bract in the flower of grasses which 



enfolds the stamens and pistils. 

 Flower stalk. The stem which bears the flowers, especially when 



the leaves are all basal. 

 Foliage. The leaves of the plant. 



Forage. Grass, clover, and such plants, eaten by horses, cattle, etc. 

 Forked. Having two, sometimes more, main stems or stalks arising 



from nearly the same point. 

 Fringed. Bordered by slender appendages. 



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