peltato digitatus 



Pepsin 



pelta'to-digita'tus, a digitate leaf 

 with the petiole much enlarged 

 at the insertion of the leaflets ; 

 peltid'eus, pel'tiform (forma, shape), 

 orbicular or buckler-shaped, as the 

 apothecia of many Lichens or the 

 caps of Agarics ; peltiner'ved, pel- 

 tiner'vis, -vius (nermis, a nerve), 

 with ribs arranged as in a peltate 

 leaf ; peltoi'deus (ddos, resemblance) 

 = PEL/TIDE us. 



pel'viform, pdviform'is(pdiis,& basin, 

 forma, shape), basin-shaped, formed 

 like a shallow cup. 



pen'cilled, marked with fine distinct 

 lines. 



pen'dent, pen' dens (Lat.), hanging 

 down from its support ; Pend'ent, 

 used by Grew for ANTHER. 



pen'dulous, pen'duhis (Lat.), hanging, 

 pendent ; penduli'nus (Lat.), hav- 

 ing the habit of being pendulous 

 (De Candolle) ; Penduliflor'ae (flos, 

 floris, a flower), Delpino's term for 

 wind-fertilized pendulous flowers. 



penic'ellate, an error for the next. 



penic'illate, penicilla'tus (penicillus, 

 a little brush ), pencil-shaped ; 

 penicil'liform, penicittiform'is 



(forma, shape), shaped like an 

 artist's pencil ; Penicil'lium, a tuft 

 of hairs. 



pen'nate, penna'tus (Lat. winged) = 

 PINNATE ; pennaticis'sus ( cissus, 

 cut), with incisions of a leaf in a 

 pinnate manner; pennat'ifid, pen- 

 natif'idus = PINNATIFID ; pen'ni- 

 form (forma, shape), with ribs as 

 in a pinnate leaf, but the upper 

 segments confluent at the apex, as 

 in the date palm ; penniner'ved, 

 penniner'vis (nerrus, a nerve) ; 

 pennive'nius (vena, a vein), pin- 

 nately veined. 



pentacarpel'lary (irevrt, five + CAR- 

 PELLARY ), having five carpels ; 

 pentacam'arus ( + CAMARUS), with 

 five loculi ; Pentachae'nium or 

 Pentake'nium ( + AOHENIUM), hav- 

 ing the structure of a cremocarp, 

 but with five carpels instead of two ; 

 pentacoc'cous, -cm ( + Coccus), 

 with five cocci elastically splitting 



away from the main axis ; penta- 

 cy'clic (Ki'/cXos, a circle), a flower 

 with five whorls of members, cf. 

 PENTAMEROUS ; pentadac'tylous 

 (SaKTuXov, a finger), five-fingered, 

 or with five finger-like divisions ; 

 pentadel'phous, -phus (d5eX0os, a 

 brother), with five fraternities or 

 bundles of stamens ; pentag'onal 

 (yuvla, an angle), with five angles ; 

 Pentagyn'ia (ywT), a woman), a 

 Linnean order of plants having five 

 pistils ; pentag'ynous, with five 

 pistils or styles ; Pentake'nium = 

 PENTACHAENIUM ; pentam'erous, 

 -run (,ue'p os a part), with parts in 

 fives, as a corolla of five petals ; 

 pentan'der (&VTJP, avpbs, a man), of 

 five stamens ; Pentan'dria, a Lin- 

 nean class of plants possessing five 

 stamens, the largest in that system ; 

 pentan'drous, five-stamened ; pen- 

 tan'gular, ( + ANGULAR) five-angled, 

 pentagonal ; pentapet'alous, -his 

 (TrtraXov, a flower-leaf), with five 

 petals ; pentaphylet'ic (0i<X^, a 

 tribe), used of a hybrid which 

 has five strains in its origin ; 

 pentaphyl'lous, -his (4>v\\oi>, a leaf), 

 with five leaves ; pentap'terous, 

 -rus (irrepov, a wing), five-winged ; 

 pen'tarcn (dp-xjj, beginning), with 

 five points of origin, applied to a 

 stele ; pentarrhi'nus, Henslow's 

 emendation of pentari'nus (dpprjv, 

 male), Necker's term for PENT- 

 ANDROUS ; pentasep'alous, -fits 

 ( + SEPALUM), having five sepals ; 

 pentasper'mous (ffwep/j.a, a seed), 

 five-seeded ; pentast'ichous (o-r/xos, 

 a row ), in five vertical ranks ; 

 Pen'toses, a name given to com- 

 pounds resembling glucose, but 

 having only five atoms of carbon 

 in the molecule. 



Pep'o (Lat., a pumpkin), Pepon'ida J ; 

 Peponid'ium J, a gourd fruit, a one- 

 celled, many-seeded, inferior fruit, 

 with parietal placentas and pulpy 

 interior. 



Pep'sin (Treats, cooking, digestion), 

 the digestive principle or peptic 

 enzyme. 



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