Tentaculoid 



Terriprata 



pass through mammiform protuber- 

 ances of the perigloea of Diatoms 

 (BufiFliam). 

 tenuifolious, Uus [folium, a leaf), 

 thin or fine-leaved ; Tenuinucel- 

 la'tae {tenuis, narrow, + Nucellus), 

 Van Tieghem's term for those plants 

 with true seeds, in ^Yhich the nucel- 

 lus is reduced to a layer of cells or 

 wholly absorbed by the endosperm ; 

 ten'uis (Lat.), thin. 

 Tep'al, Tep'alum (anagi-am of pctahtm), 

 a division of the perianth, sepal or 

 petal; restricted by H. G. Reichen- 

 bach to the two unchanged petals 

 of Orchids, 

 tepii'reus, teph'rua {recppbs, ashy), ash- 



ooloured; tephro'sius, ashy-grey. 

 Tepida'rium (Lat., a tepid bath -■room), 

 in botanic gardens a " Cape House." 

 Teratog'eny (rcpas, T^paros, a sign or 

 prodigy ; y^vos, offspring), the pro- 

 auction of monsters ; Teratol'Dgy 

 {\6yos, discourse), the study of 

 malformations and monstrosities ; 

 adj. teratolog'ic. 

 Ter'cine, Terci'na {ter, thrice), a siip- 

 posed third integument of an ovule, 

 really a layer of the primine or 

 secundine. 

 Ter'ebene, a terpene which holds resin 

 in solution, as turpentine ; the 

 name is from Pistacia Tercbinthus, 

 Linn.; terebin'thine, pertaining to, 

 or consisting of, turj)entine. 

 ter'ebrate {terebra, a borer), having 

 scattered perforations; Terebra'tor, 

 Lindau's name for the so-called 

 trichogyne in Gyrophora ; Terebra- 

 torhy'pha ( + Hypiia) means the 

 same. 

 Tere'do (Lat., a boring beetle), disease 



caused by the boring of insects. 

 terete', te'res (Lat., rounded), circular 

 in transverse section, cylindric and 

 usually tapering. 

 teygem'inal = tergem'inate, tergcm- 

 ina'tus, tergcm' inus (three at a birth), 

 "thrice-twin " (Lindley). 

 tergif'erouB {tcrgicm, a back; fero, I 

 bear), tergisperrn'oas, -ns ((nrep/no, a 

 seed), bearing dorsal sporangia, as 

 Ferns ; Ter'gum, back, dorsum. 



ter'minal, termina'lis (Lat., relating 

 to boundaries), proceeding from or 

 belonging to the end or apex ; ~ Bud, 

 a bud which is apical. 



Terminorogy {terminus, a limit=term ; 

 x6yos, discourse), glossology, defini- 

 tion of technical terms ; Ter'minus 

 (Lat,), a term, a technical word. 



ter'nary, tema'rius (Lat., consisting 

 of three), (1) in threes, trimerous; 

 (2) the result of a third axial order, 

 as derived from the primary; -^ 

 Hy'brid, the result of crossing a 

 hybrid with a species different from 

 either of its parents. 



ter'nate, tcrna'tus {terni, by threes), 

 in threes, as three in a whorl or 

 cluster ; ter'nate-pin'nate, when the 

 secondary petioles proceed in threes 

 from the summit of the main petiole ; 

 terna'tely trifo'liolate, with three 

 leaflets attached at one point, as in 

 clover (Crozier) ; ter'nus = tern at e. 



Ter'pene (modif. of Turpentine), a 

 group of hydrocarbons present in 

 turpentine, liquid resin, or essential 

 oils ; terp'enoid (eI5os, resemblance), 

 Kerner's name for that group of 

 flower-scents produced by terpcnes, 

 as Orange-flowers, Gardenia, Thyme, 

 etc. 



terpin'nate {tcr, thrice, -f pinnate) = 



TKIPINNATE. 



terra'neus % {terra, earth), grov.ing on 

 dry land. 



terres'trial, terres'tris (Lat., pertain- 

 ing to the earth), used of plants ot 

 the dry ground ; the Latin terrcs'ter 

 is also employed. 



ter'reus (Lat., earthen), " earth 

 coloured " ; ter'ricole, terric'olous 

 {term, the earth ; eulo, I inhabit), 

 living on the ground, as some 

 Lichens. 



terrig'enous {tcrrige-Q.a, earth-born) = 

 TKUiiKsTPviAL, a hybrid word used 

 by A, Cunningham. 



Terripra'ta {terra, earth ; pratum, a 

 meadow), a class of plant-forma- 

 tions develoi)ed upon substrata not 

 influenced by ground water, and 

 consisting of grasses, herbs and 

 bryophytcs. 



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