424 A COMPENDIUM OF 
Decametre—dek’-a-ma’-tr(Gr.deka,and French 
metre, a French measure of length). Nearly 
eleven English yards. 
Decandria—de’-can-dri-a; Decandrian — de- 
kan-dri-an (Gr. deka, ten, and aner, a man, 
genitive, amdros). Anorder of plants having 
ten stamens. : 
Deciduous—de-sid’-u-us (Lat. deciduous, falling 
off or down, from de, from, and cdo, I fall). 
Plants that lose their leaves once a year; not 
perennial; not permanent. 
Decoction—de-kok’-shun (Lat. decoctus, from 
de, from, and coctus, boiled or baked). The 
extraction of the virtues of a plant by boiling 
water. 
Decorticate—de-kor’-ti-kat (Lat. decorticatus, 
deprived of the bark, from de, from, and cor- 
tex, bark). To peel or strip off the bark of a 
shrub or tree. 
Decurrent—de-kur’-rent (Lat. decurrens, run- 
ning down from a higher point, from de and 
currens, running). A term used in botany 
when flowers or leaves are attached along the 
stem below the point of insertion. 
Decussate—de-kus’-sat (Lat. decussatus, to di- 
vide crosswise). Opposite leaves crossing 
at right angles. 
Dedalous—ded’-a-lus (Lat. dedalus, artificial). 
Used in botany to indicate a winding border 
of leaves; irregular, jagged, not dentate or 
serate; by no means evenly cut. 
Defoliation—de’fo-li-a-shun (Lat. de, from, and 
folium, a leaf), Dismantled plants whose 
leaves have fallen, 5 
