434 A COMPENDIUM OF 
Fenestrate—fen’-es-trate, also fenestrated 
(Lat. fenestra, a window). Pierced with 
holes; a leaf with holes in it from any cause. 
Fennel—fen’-nel (Lat. feniculum). The fennel 
of the stores, an umbelliferous plant. Fenn1i- 
culum vulgare. 
Ferment—fer-ment’ (Lat. fermentum, leaven, 
from ferveo, I boil). To swell, to rise frothy, 
fermenting, working, frothy, effervescing, 
fermentative, tending to fermentation. 
Fern—(As fearn, fem., Swiss, fara, to go, a 
word applied to diabolical art, and the as faer, 
meaning sudden death). Ferns, crytogamic 
order of plants. 
Fibrous—fi’-brus (Lat. fidra, a fibre). A deli- 
cate string or thread found in animals and 
plants forming a tissue. 
Fibrine—fi’-brin. The material in animals and 
plants forming fibres, the formative material 
of fibres, 
Filament—fil’-a-ment (Lat. fi/um, a thread, a 
fibre). The stalk supporting the anther; an 
appendage to the male flower. 
F iliform—fi’-i-fawm (Lat. fi/um, a thread, and 
rie, shape). Slender, delicate, thread- 
ike, 
Fimbriated—fim’-bri-a’-ted (Lat. fimbriae, 
threads, fringe). Any part of a plant thread- 
like or fringed at the margin. 
Flabellate—fla-bel’-lat or flabelliform (Lat. 
flabellum, afan, and forma, shape). Fan-like 
or having the appearance of a fan, as the pet- 
als and leaves of some plants. 
Flatulent—flat’-u-lent (Lat. flatulentus, flatus, 
a breath or breeze). Flatulence, flatulency, 
