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Oviform—(Lat. ovum, an egg, and Jorma, 
shape), Like an egg in shape; also ovoidal 
and ovoid, from the Gr. and Lat. ovum, and 
Gr. oon, an egg. 
Ovule, o’-vul, also, Ovulum—(Lat. ovum.). 
The body in the plant which changes into the 
seed; those contained in the ovary. 
Pachycarpous—pak’-i-kar’-pus (Gr. pachus, 
thick, and karpos, fruit). A term applied to 
any fruit having a very thick pericarp, 
Pagina—pa’-ji-na (Lat. pagina, a page or leaf). 
The surface of a leaf or any flat surface. 
Palea, also Pales, Palz—(Lat. palea, chaff), 
The scale plates in grains and compound or- 
der of flowers somewhat like chaff, within the 
glume or hull or chaff proper. 
Palmate—pal’-mat,also Palmated (Gr. palame; 
Lat. palma ; Anglo-Saxon folm), Like the 
palms of one’s hands; like the palm leaves ; 
hand-shaped, resembling the hand and fingers: 
the shape of many leaves. 
Palmatifid—pal-mat'-i-fid (Lat. pa/ma, a hand, 
jindo, 1 cleave). A leaf resembling the 
and, 
Pampiniform—pam-pin’-i-fawm (Lat. pampi- 
nus, a tendril, and forma, a shape). Resem- 
bling a vine tendril. 
Panacea—pan’-a-se’-a (Lat. panacea; Gr. pana- 
keta, an herb having the power -to cure all 
diseases, from pan, all, and akeomai, heal or 
cure). A universal cure-all, 
Panduriform—pan-du’-ri-fawrm, also Pandu- 
rate (Gr. pandoura, and Lat. forma, a shape). 
Leaves resembling a violin in shape, or rather 
the stringed instrument of the Greek, called 
a pandoura, 
