symphicarpous 



syncotyledonous 



a synonym of Synantherus and 

 Syngenesius(Henslow); sympnicar'- 

 pous (Kapwfc, fruit), with confluent 

 fruits ; symphiogenet'ic (7^05, a 

 race), formed by union of previously 

 separate elements ; symphyan'the- 

 rous J = symphiantherous ; Sym- 

 phyllo'dium(0u'\Aoj', aleaf), thecoiu- 

 bined ovuliferous scales in the 

 flower of certain Coniferae (Warm- 

 ing) ; symphyl'lous, gamophyllous ; 

 symphyogenet'ic = symphiogenetic ; 

 symphyoste'monous (O-TT^UWI', a 

 stamen), having the stamens united. 



Sym'physis (avij.<pv<ri<s, growing to- 

 gether), (1) coalescence ; (2) fusion 

 of parts (Bessey) ; Symphys'ia is a 

 synonym. 



symphyste'monous = symphyoste- 

 monous. 



symphytan'therus = symphianther- 

 us. 



symphytog'ynus (ffv/j.<pvTos, innate, 

 ywrj, a woman), the calyx and 

 pistil more or less adherent, the 

 ovary being inferior ; symphyt'ic, 

 formed by fusion of several nuclei, 

 as a gameto-nucleus (oogamete) of 

 Peronosporeae or (isogamete) of 

 Daxycladus (Hartog) ; symphy- 

 tothe'lus (6i)\r), a nipple) = SYM- 



PHYTOGYNUS. 



Sym'plast((rw, with, TrXao-ros, formed), 

 an assemblage of energids, as in 

 Caulerpa prolifera, Lamour. ; Sym- 

 plo'cium, or Symplo'Mum (ir\eKu, I 

 plait), old names for the sporangium 

 of a Fern ; Sym'pode, Sympod'ium 

 (TTOVS, irodos, a foot), a stem made 

 up of a series of superposed 

 branches, so as to imitate a simple 

 axis ; adj . sympod'ial ; ~ Dichot'omy, 

 where at each forking, one branch 

 continues to develop and the other 

 aborts. 



syn (ffvv, with), adhesion or growing 

 together ; cf. SYM ; synac'mic 

 (ciKfjir], a point = prime of life), 

 adj. of Synac'my, the stamens and 

 pistils mature together, being the 

 opposite of HETERACMY ; Synan'- 

 drium (dvrjp, dvdpos, a man), the 

 cohesion of the anthers of each 



male flower in certain Aroideae ; 

 Syrian' dry, Morren's term where 

 stamens normally separated are 

 soldered or united ; Synan'gia, pi. 

 of Synan'gium (ayyetov, a vessel), 

 an aggregated exannulate Fern 

 sporangium forming a series of 

 loculi, as in Marattia (J. Smith) ; 

 adj. synan'gial ; synanthe'ricus 

 (avdripos, flowery), the growing 

 together of anthers, as in Com- 

 posites, syngenesious ; Synan'- 

 therae, a name for Compositae ; 

 adj. synan'therous ; Synantherol'- 

 ogist (Xo7os, discourse), an expert in 

 the study of Compositae ; Synan- 

 tlie'rus, a flower with coalesced 

 anthers ; Synanthe'sis (avOyins, 

 flowering), simultaneous anthesis, 

 stamens and pistils ripe at the 

 same time, synacmy ; Synantho'dy 

 (ddos, resemblance), the lateral 

 adhesion of two flower-buds on the 

 same stalk, or on two peduncles 

 which have become fasciated ; Syn- 

 an'thy (avdo-s, a flower), Morren's 

 term for the adhesion of two or 

 more flowers ; adj. synan'thic, Syri- 

 an' thous ; Synanthropny'tum (vvv, 

 with, ddp6os, crowded, <f>vrov, a 

 plant), a plant whose fruit is com- 

 pounded of many carpels ; the word 

 as cited by Henslow, seems to be 

 an error for Necker's group Syn- 

 athrophytum; Synan'throse, a sugar 

 found in the roots and tubercles of 

 certain Compositae. 



Synap'sis (crwdTrrw, I join), the con- 

 densation of the nuclear filament 

 to one side of the nucleus previous 

 to heterotypic mitosis. 



Synap'tase (crwawrbs, joined), the 

 same substance as EMULSIN. 



Synarmoph'ytus (ffvi>ap/j.oais, conjunc- 

 tion, <J>I<TOV, a plant), gynandrous. 



Syn'carp, Syncar'pium (cvv, with, 

 /CO/OTTOS, fruit), a multiple or fleshy 

 aggregate fruit, as the mulberry, 

 or Magnolia, ; syncar'pous, -pus, 

 composed of two or more united 

 carpels ; Syncar'py, the accidental 

 adhesion of several fruits ; syn- 

 cotyle'donous, -nevs( + COTYLEDON), 



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