﻿GLOSSARY 
  

  

  OF 
  TECHNICAL 
  TERMS 
  USED 
  MAINLY 
  IN 
  THE 
  FLORA 
  

  

  Abortive, 
  imperfectly 
  developed. 
  

  

  Actinomorphic, 
  having 
  radial 
  sym- 
  

   metry. 
  

  

  Adventive, 
  partially 
  naturalized. 
  

  

  Appressed, 
  lying 
  flat 
  throughout 
  its 
  

   length, 
  used 
  of 
  such 
  parts 
  as 
  

   bracts. 
  

  

  Awl-shaped, 
  narrow 
  and 
  tapering 
  

   to 
  a 
  point. 
  

  

  Awned, 
  having 
  a 
  bristle-like 
  ap- 
  

   pendage. 
  

  

  Awnless, 
  not 
  awned. 
  

  

  Bisexual, 
  having 
  both 
  stamens 
  and 
  

   pistils 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  flower. 
  

  

  Caducous, 
  falling 
  away 
  very 
  early. 
  

   Capitate 
  : 
  (1) 
  having 
  a 
  round 
  head 
  

  

  like 
  the 
  stigma 
  of 
  a 
  primrose; 
  

  

  (2) 
  growing 
  in 
  heads. 
  

   Carpellary, 
  relating 
  to 
  a 
  carpel. 
  

   Chaff, 
  small 
  membranous 
  scales, 
  

  

  such 
  as 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  disks 
  of 
  

  

  Composites. 
  

   Ciliate, 
  having 
  the 
  margins 
  fringed 
  

  

  with 
  hairs 
  or 
  bristles. 
  

   Clasping, 
  partly 
  surrounding 
  the 
  

  

  stem 
  ; 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  leaves. 
  

   Claw, 
  the 
  narrowed 
  base 
  of 
  a 
  petal. 
  

   Cleft, 
  cut 
  halfway 
  down. 
  

   Coated 
  (bulbs), 
  those 
  with 
  scales 
  

  

  which 
  completely 
  cover 
  them, 
  as 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  onion. 
  

  

  Convolute 
  

  

  Cone, 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  pines, 
  etc., 
  with 
  

  

  ovule-bearing 
  scales. 
  

   Connate, 
  united; 
  said 
  of 
  opposite 
  

  

  leaves 
  which 
  appear 
  as 
  if 
  grown 
  

  

  together 
  at 
  their 
  

  

  bases. 
  

   Convolute, 
  rolled 
  up 
  

  

  lengthwise. 
  

   Cordate, 
  heart-shaped. 
  

   Corm, 
  a 
  bulb-like, 
  

  

  fleshy 
  stern 
  or 
  base 
  

  

  of 
  a 
  stem. 
  

   Crown, 
  an 
  inner 
  appendage 
  to 
  a 
  

  

  petal 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  throat 
  of 
  the 
  co- 
  

   rolla. 
  

  

  Deciduous, 
  falling 
  as 
  petals 
  do 
  after 
  

   blossoming, 
  or 
  as 
  leaves 
  of 
  most 
  

   trees 
  except 
  evergreens 
  do. 
  

  

  Declined, 
  directed 
  obliquely. 
  

  

  Decumbent, 
  reclining, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  

   summit 
  somewhat 
  erect. 
  

  

  Dehiscent, 
  splitting 
  into 
  definite 
  

   parts. 
  

  

  Diffuse, 
  spreading 
  widely 
  or 
  loosely. 
  

  

  Dimorphous, 
  occurring 
  under 
  two 
  

   forms, 
  as 
  in 
  flowers 
  with 
  long 
  

   and 
  with 
  short 
  styles. 
  

  

  Disk 
  : 
  (1) 
  an 
  outgrowth 
  of 
  the 
  re- 
  

   ceptacle 
  within 
  the 
  calyx 
  or 
  

   within 
  the 
  corolla 
  and 
  stamens 
  ; 
  

   (2) 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  

   (all 
  but 
  the 
  rays) 
  in 
  Composites. 
  

  

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