GLOSSARY 727 
Monoc’.inous.—Having both andreecium and gyncecium. 
Monocory.ep’onous.—Having only one cotyledon or seed leaf. 
Mone@’cious.—Having separate staminate and pistillate flowers on the same plant. 
Monony’sriw.—The offspring of two parents differing in only one mendelian 
characteristic. 
Mownotoc’uLAR.—One chambered. : 
Monom’erovus.—Applied to flowers having one part running through each whorl. 
Monopo’pium.—A plant axis which elongates at the apex and sends off lateral 
branches in acropetal sequence. 
Mownos’t1cHous.—Arranged in one vertical row. 
Mvu’cronaTE.—Terminating abruptly in a small soft point. 
Mutt1.—A prefix of Latin origin meaning many. 
MUuLTIcEL’LULAR.—Consisting of many cells. 
Mutticip’1rAL.—Many-headed; applied to a rhizome or root from which numerous 
stems arise. 
MuttirA’R10us.—Composed of many diverse parts. 
MuttiLoc’uLAr.—Many celled or chambered. 
Mut’tieLe Fruir.—A fruit composed of many small fruits, each the product of 
a separate flower, as in the Fig or Hop. 
MoutA’tion.—A sudden variation that is later passed on through inheritance and 
that results from changes in a gene or genes. 
Myce’L1uM.—The vegetative body of a fungus consisting of intertangled hyphe. 
Mycov’ocy.—That branch of Botany that treats of the Fungi. 
Mycorrui’zA.—An association between the roots of certain plants and the myce- 
lium of certain fungi which forms an investment about their tips. 
Na’pirorM.—Turnip-shaped. Somewhat globular, becoming abruptly slender 
and then terminating in a conical tap root. 
NAT’URALIZED.—Applied to plants that have been introduced from another 
country. 
NAvic’ULAR.—Boat-shaped. 
Nec’TAR.—A sweet secretion by the flower. 
Nec’TtARyY.—The part of the flower which secretes nectar. 
NEIGH’BORING CrELLs (Subsidiary Cells)—The epidermal cells which abut upon 
the guard cells of the stoma. 
NervA’TION.—The arrangement of veins in a leaf. 
NetTep.—See Reticulate. 
Nevu’TRAL.—Said of flowers which possess neither stamens nor carpels. Also 
applied to the asexual generation of plants. 
Nrv’gous.—Snow-white. 
Nope.—The place on the stem which normally shows outgrowths of a leaf, whorl 
of leaves or leaf modifications. 
Noposr’.—Having swollen joints or knobs. 
Nop‘uLe.—A small rounded body as a root tubercle. 
Nor’MAL.— Usual. 
Non.—Not. 
Nucet’Lus.—The body of an ovule. 
Nucir’ERous.—Nut-bearing. ek 
Nu’cieus.—A dense, definitely circumscribed region of protoplasm within the cell 
containing linin, chromatin and nuclear sap. 
