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of the tubular flowers of the compositae as contrasted with the ray 
flowers. Discoid, said of heads of rayless Compositae. 
Dissected, divided into numerous segments. 
Distinct, separate; clearly seen, 
Divaricate, widely divergent. 
Dorsal, pertaining to the back, in axils, the side away from the main stem, 
Drupe, a simple fleshy fruit with fleshy outer portion and a stony hard inner 
portion surrounding the seed, Drupelet, a small drupe; spoken of the 
units of an aggregate fruit, as in the blackberry, 
Elliptical, narrowly oval, usually with acute ends, 
Emarginate, notched at the apex, 
Emersed, lifted out of water. 
Entire, even, without lobes or teeth, 
Epigynous, seated upon the summit of the ovary, 
Erose or eroded, irregularly margined as if gnawed, Erosulate, finely erose, 
Exserted, projecting from; as of stamens projecting from the corolla. 
Extrorse, facing outward, 
Fascicle, a cluster or bundle as of a bundle of twigs. 
Fertile, capable of bearing seeds or sporese 
Fibril, a slender fibre, 
Filament, the stalk of a stamen, which bears the anther. Filamentous, formed 
of threads. Filiform, thread-like, 
Fistulous, hollow and herbaceous,as of stems. 
Lc. Flexuous, Zig-zag or undulating in outline, 
Floret, the name applied especially to grass flowers; a small flower, usually 
one of a cluster, 
Foliaceous, with the texture of green leaves. Foliar, similar to or pertaining 
to leaves. Foliate, with separate leaflets. 
