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air in the bowels, a discomfort, belching, gas 
from the stomach. 
Flexuose—(Lat. lexus, bent). Wavering, 
winding, having curvations in opposite direc- 
tion, as in some of the melon family. 
Floculence, Floccus, Flocci—(Lat. flocculus, 
a lock of wool). Plants with wool-like tufts, 
woolly filaments, a tuft of down, terminating 
like the tail of an animal. 
Flora—flo’-ra (Lat. ffos, a flower, genitive 
forts). Blossom; the whole plant; plants pe- 
culiar or indigenous to a country in which 
they grow; the goddess of flowers. 
Floret—flo’-ret. A small flower, as in the com- 
pound order of plants. 
F loriculture—flor’-i-kul-tur (Lat. /los, a flower, 
and cudtura, cultivation). All that relates to 
the culture or arrangement of flowers, as ob- 
jects of taste, pleasure, profit and beauty. 
Floscular—fios’-ku-ler, also flosculous (Lat. 
fios, a flower). Applied to the corolla of a 
floweret when tubular. 
F oliaceous—fo’-li-a’-shus (Lat. foliaceous, like 
leaves, from folium,; Gr. phullon, a leaf). Con- 
sisting of leaves. 
F oliation—fo’-li-a’-shun. The putting forth of 
leaves; the leafing of plants. 
F oliferous—fo-lif’-er-us (Lat fero, I bear, and 
Jolium, a leaf). Plants producing leaves. 
F ollicle—fol’-i-kl (Lat. folliculus, a small bag 
_ or sack inflated with air, from fo//is, a bag or 
bellows). A seed vessel opening along the 
side to which the seed is attached. Example: 
the pea pod. 
