Synanthy 



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two or more flowers ; (2) fruit result- 

 ing from pollen from the same flower 

 (Pearson) ; adj. synan'thic, syn- 

 an'thous; Synanthrophy'tum {<rvp, 

 with; &dp6os,cro-wded;<pvrhv, a plant), 

 whose fruit is compounded of many 

 carpels [the word as cited by J. S. 

 Henslow seems to be an error for 

 Necker's group Synathrophytum] ; 

 Synan'throie, a sugar found in the 

 roots and tubercles of certain Com- 

 positae. 

 Synapho'sis {ffwatpiffrrjfii, I join in 

 revolt), change in the cohesion of 

 plasma. 

 Bynap'sis (ffwdirru), I join), the con- 

 densation of the nuclear filament to 

 one side of the nucleus previous to 

 heterotypic mitosis; adj. synap'tio; 

 ^ Knot = Synapsis ; ^ Pe'riod, 

 the time during which synapsis takes 

 place. 

 Synap'tase {(rwairrhs, joined), the same 



substance as Emulsin. 

 Syn'arch (avv, with ; kpxh, begin- 

 ning), the fusion of two sexual cells 

 (Meyer). 

 fsnaannopliy'tiis , {(rvvapfios, joined ; 



ipvrhy, a plant), gynandrous. 

 Syn'earp, Syncar'pium {crvv, with ; 

 Kttpirhs, fruit), a multiple or fleshy 

 aggregate fruit, as the mulberry, or 

 Magnolia; syncar'pous, -pus, com- 

 posed of two or more united carpels ; 

 Syncar'py, the accidental adhesion of 

 several fruits ; Syncar'yocyto {Kapvov, 

 a nut; kut^ s a vessel), the egg (M aire); 

 Byncar'yon, a nucleus formed by 

 fusion of two nuclei (Maire); Syn- 

 car'yophyte {<t>vThvy a plant) = 

 Sporophyte ; Synchor'ion X ix^P^ov, 

 foetal membrane, Mirbel's name for 

 Carcerule ; synchorolog'ic (x«p««. 

 I scatter ; \6yos, discourse), relating 

 to the distribution of plant associa- 

 tions and their conditioning factors 

 (Schroter); Synchronog'amy (xp<^«'os, 

 time ; ydixos, marriage), the simul- 

 taneous maturity of male and 

 female flowers on the same stock 

 (Kirchner); synclad'ous (/cAciSos, a 

 branch), used when brancMets grow 

 in tufts from the same point ; syn- 



eotyle'donons, -do'neus (+ Cotyle- 

 don), with coalesced cotyledons ; 

 Syncotyle'dong, seedlings in which 

 the cotyledons are united (De Vries) ; 

 Syncot'yly, the state of cohesion of 

 cotyledons by one margin only ; 

 Syn'cyte, Syncyt'ium, (Kvris, a small 

 box), a structure derived from the 

 more or less complete absorption of 

 the cell-walls, which places their 

 lumina in direct contact. 



Syn'desis {<Tvvh\u>, I bind together), the 

 pairing of homologous chromosomes 

 during synapsis. 



Syndimor'phism {(tvv, with, + Dimor- 

 phism), the different forms of a 

 given organ on the same individual 

 (Lindman) ; adj. syndimor'pUo ; 

 syndip'loid (+ diploid), the fusion 

 of two or more diploid nuclei 

 (Nemec) ; Synecol'ogy (-f Ecoi>ooy), 

 the study of plant-communities ; adj. 

 synecolog'io. 



sjmed'ral, syned'rous, -dnis {<Tvvf9pos, 

 of the same seat), growing on the 

 angles. 



Syne'ma (<rhv, with ; vvfia, a thread), 

 (1) the column of monadelphous sta- 

 mens, as in Malvaceae ; (2) | that 

 part of the column of an Orchid 

 which represents the filament of 

 the stamens (Lindley) ; Syner'gids, 

 Syner'gidae {(rvvepyhs, an assistant), 

 the two nuclei of the upper end 

 of the embryo-sac, which with the 

 third (the oosphere) constitute the 

 egg- apparatus ; Syn'gamete (-f- 

 Gamete), C. MacMillan's expression 

 for the cell which arises from tha 

 fusion of two gametes ; c/". Oosperm, 

 Zygote ; lyn game, sex determined 

 by fertilization (Correns) ; Syn'gamy 

 {ydnos, marriage), fertilization in 

 modem restricted sense, fusion of 

 a male and female cell producing 

 a zygote ; bi'nary '-', when sex is 

 present (Hartog); adj. syn'gamouj, 

 ayngamlo. 



Syngenes'ia {avyyey^s, connate), a 

 Linnean class, with flowers having 

 united anthers, Compositae ; syn- 

 gcneslcus = syngenes'ious, sy^i- 

 genes' us, (1) with anthers cohering 



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