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in medicine as a pigment; gets its name from 
a place in Asia called Gambodia. 
Gamopetalous—gam’-o-pet’-a-lus (Gr. Lamos, a 
marriage, and etalon, a leaf). A union of the 
petals of the corolla into one tube. 
Gamosepalows—gam’-o-sep’-a-lus. The union 
of the sepals; the calyxin one piece only, the 
same as monosepalous. 
Gemmation—gem-ma’-shun (Lat. gemma, a 
bud). The disposition of buds on the plants; 
the period of the expansion of the buds. 
Gemmfle—jem’-mul. The first bud of the em- 
bryo; a little bud or germ. 
Ginseng—jin’-seng (Chinese genseng, the first 
of plants). A root of aromatic flavor having 
medicinal qualities, more esteemed by the 
Chinese than any other nation. 
Glabrous—gla’-brus (Lat. g/aber, smooth, de- 
void of hair; Italian, g/abro). A term used in 
Botany to denote the smoothness of stems and 
leaves; devoid of hairs, smooth, bald, not pu- 
bescent. 
Gladiolus—gla-di’-o-lus (Lat. gladius,a sword). 
A genus of handsome flowering bulbous 
plants, the sword lily and gladiolus. 
Glans—(Lat. g/ans, an acorn, genative glan- 
dis). Any acorn-shaped fruit, hazel nut, and 
which are enclosed in bracts. 
Glome—(Lat. glomus, a ball), A head of flow- 
ers round or globe-like as the guelder rose 
(snowball). 
Glomerule—glom-er’-ul (Lat. Slomus, a ball). 
A. dense head or cluster of flowers not neces- 
sarily round as the glome. 
