MOES 



Mudarin 



forest, in the north of Russian 

 Siberia ; Mossing, covei-ing decorti- 

 cated trunks with moss, to induce 

 the production of renewed bark in 

 Cinchona culture. 



Moth'er, used in the sense of "parent"; 

 '-' Cells, those which divide to form 

 other cells ; - Plant, (1) the parent 

 plant, from which vegetative portions 

 have been derived ; (2) the female or 

 seed-bearing parent of a hybrid;-^ 

 Skein, a cnntinuous ribbon like figure 

 of chromatin in the early stages of 

 nuclear division, further divided into 

 close '-', looped ~, and loose ^ ; --' 

 Star = Monaster, a stage of nuclear 

 division. 



Moth'er-of-Vin'egar, the active agent 

 in acetous fermentation, Saccharo- 

 myccs My coder ma, Reess. 



Moth-flow'ers, adapted for moths as 

 pollinating visitors : they are usually 

 white flowers. 



mo'tile [moius, a moving), moveable ; 

 ~ Re'gion, (1) the region of elonga- 

 tion in growing members ; (2) in 

 mature members a distinct organ, 

 such as the pulviniis in Mimosa 

 piidicct, Linn. 



Motirity (Fr., motilite), the power of 

 movement ; -^ of Pro'toplasm, a 

 suggested emendation of "contrac- 

 tility " of protoplasm. 



Mo'tion-dicog'amy ( -f Dicooamy), 

 when the sexual organs vary in 

 length or position during flowering. 



Mo'tor (Lat., a mover) ; -^ Re'flex, 

 negative chemotropism, a reactive 

 motion ; ~ Zone, another term for 

 Motile Region. 



Mould, applied to microscopic sapro- 

 phytic Fungi, such as Mucor and its 

 allies. 



Move'able, the same as motile, (1) 

 used of a versatile anther whose 

 attachment is slight, therefore apt 

 to be moved by wind or slight shock ; 

 (2) with colours, "shot" or change- 

 able (J. S. Henslow) ; (3) the annulus 

 of an Agaric when it detaches it- 

 self from the stip^ and remains 

 free. 



Move'ment, motion, continuous or 



transient ; ^ of Varia'tion, see 



ALLASOTONIC. 



Mox'a (native name), the Avoolly leaves 

 of Artemisia Moxa, DC. 



Mu'cedin (mucedus, mouldy), a tough 

 viscous body associated with gluten 

 in vegetable gelatin (Goodale) ; 

 tauce'dinous, musty, mouldy. 



mu'cic {7nucus, nasal secretion), re- 

 lating to gum ; Mu'cilage (Fr.), vege- 

 table gelatine belonging to the amy- 

 lose group of carbohydrates; ~ Canal'; 

 ~ Cav'ity, space caused by the break- 

 ing down of the cell-wall of neigh- 

 bouring cells ; '^ Cells, cells whose 

 contents are gum or similar secre- 

 tions; - Slit, an opening on the under 

 surface of the thallus in Anthocero- 

 teae, like a stoma without guard- 

 cells, leading into a cavity tilled 

 with gum ; mucilag'inous, slimy, 

 composed of mucilage ; Mu'cine, a 

 constituent of wheat-gluten which 

 is soluble in water ; Muco-ceriulose 

 (+ Cellulose), alluded to under 

 Celluloses ; mu'coid {dSos, resem- 

 blance), a secretion resembling that 

 formed by tlie mucous membrane of 

 animals. 



Mu'corin, an albuminoid substance 

 occurring in species of Mucor (De 

 Bary) ; mu'corine, mucedinous, re- 

 sembling the genus Mucor; mucor- 

 in'eous, resemblinj? the Mucorineae ; 

 Mucormyco'sis (+ Mycosis), any 

 disease in animals due to mucorine 

 Fungi (Barthelot). 



mu'cous, muco'sus (Lat.), slimy; cf. 

 Mucus. 



Mu'cro (Lat., a sharp point). (1) a 

 sharp terminal point ; (2) used' by 

 Arthur and Hoi way for Micro- 



MILLIMETllE (= /i) ; c/. MiCRON ; 



Mucro'na % = Mucro (Lindley) ; 



mu'cronate, mucrona'tus, possessing 



a short and straight point, as some 



leaves ; Mucrona'tion = Mucro ; 



mucronula'tus (Lat.), dim. of 



mucronate. 

 Mu'cus (Lat., nasal secretion), gum-like 



matter soluble in water; mu'cous, 



mucilaginous. 

 Mu'darin, a substance occurring in the 



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