Mould 



multiparous 



Mould, applied to microscopic sapro- 

 phytic fungi, such as Mucor and 

 its allies. 



Move'able, the same as motilis, (1) 

 used of a versatile anther whose 

 attachment is slight, there- 

 fore apt to be moved by wind or 

 slight shock ; (2) with colours, 

 " shot " or changeable (Henslow) ; 

 (3) the annulus of an Agaric when 

 it detaches itself from the stipes 

 and remains free. 



Move'ment, motion, continuous or 

 transient ; ~ of Varia'tion, see 



ALLASOTONIC. 



Mox'a (native name), the woolly 



leaves of Artemisia Moxa, DC. 

 Mu'cedin (mucedus, mouldy), a tough 

 viscous body associated with gluten 

 in vegetable gelatin (Goodale) ; 

 muce'dinous, musty, mouldy, 

 mu'cic (mucus, nasal secretion), re- 

 lating to gum; Mu'cilage (Fr.), 

 vegetable gelatine belonging to the 

 amylose group of carbohydrates ; 

 ~ Canal'; ~ CaVity, space caused 

 by the breaking down of the cell- 

 wall of neighbouring cells ; ~ Slit, 

 an opening on the under surface of 

 the thallus in Anthoceroteae, like 

 a stoma without guard-cells, lead- 

 ing into a cavity filled with gum ; 

 mucilag'inous, slimy, composed of 

 mucilage ; Mu'cine, a constituent 

 of wheat-gluten which is soluble 

 in water ; Muco-cel'lulose ( + CELLU- 

 LOSE), alluded to under CELLULOSES. 

 Mu'corin, an albuminoid substance 

 occurring in species of Mucor 

 (L)e Bary) ; mucorin'eous, resem- 

 bling the Mucorineae. 

 mu'cous, muco'sus (Lat.), slimy, cf. 



Mucus. 



Mu'cro (Lat. a sharp point), a sharp 

 terminal point ; Mucro'na J = 

 MUCRO (Lindley) ; mu'cronate, 

 mucrona'tus, possessing a short and 

 straight point, as some leaves ; 

 Mucrona'tion = MUCRO ; mucronu- 

 la'tus (Lat.), dim. of mucronate. 

 Mu'cus (Lat. nasal secretion), gum- 

 like matter soluble in water ; mu'- 

 cous, mucilaginous. 



Mu'darin, a substance occurring in 

 the bark of the " mudar," Calo- 

 tropis gigantea, Dryand., and C. 

 procera, Dryand. 



Mueller's Corpus'cles, ovoid or pear- 

 shaped bodies in Cecropia adeno- 

 pus, Mart., which form a velvety 

 coating on the under side of the 

 base of the petiole ; they are util- 

 ised as food by ants. 

 Mule, in botany, means cross-bred, a 



hybrid. 



multang'ular, multangular' is , mul- 

 ang'ulus (multus, many, anyulus, 

 an angle), many-angled ; multicap'- 

 sular (capsula, a small box), having 

 many capsules ; multicil'iate (cilium, 

 an eyelash), with many cilia; mul'ti- 

 ceps, multicip'ital (caput, a head), 

 with many heads ; it refers to the 

 crown of a single root), multicos'- 

 tate (costa, a rib), many-ribbed ; 

 the ribs running from the base of 

 a leaf towards its apex ; multiden'- 

 tate (dentatus, toothed), with many 

 teeth ; multidigita'to - pinna'tus, 

 having many secondary petioles 

 with digitate-pinnate arrangement 

 (Henslow). 



multifarious, multifar'ius (Lat. mani- 

 fold), multifa'riam (Lat. many- 

 ranked), many-ranked, as leaves in 

 vertical ranks, 

 multif'erous, -rus (multifer, bearing 



much), often bearing, fruitful, 

 mul'tind, inultif'idus (Lat.), cleft into 



many lobes or segments, 

 multiflor'ous, -rus (multus, many, flos, 

 floris, a flower), many-flowered ; 

 'multifolia'tus (folium, a leaf), 

 many - leaved ; multiju'gate, mul- 

 tijuga'tus, multiju'gus (jugum, a 

 yoke), having many pairs or 

 jugae ; multilat'eral (latus, a 

 side), many-sided, having several 

 flattened surfaces ; multiloc'ular, 

 multilocula'ris (loculus, a little 

 place), many-celled, as an ovary ; 

 ~ Spore = SPORIDESM ; Multilo- 

 cula'res, compound spores ; mul- 

 tinu'cleate ( + NUCLEUS), having 

 more than one nucleus to a cell ; 

 multip'arous (pario, I bring forth), 



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