myrmecobromous 



Nannoplankton 



alibrding food to ants (Haiisgirg) ; 

 myrmecoohor'ous (x^^p^^, I sprea;d 

 aViroad), dispersed by means of ants ; 

 Myrmecocho'ry is the stirte itself; 

 Myrmecodoma'tia {dw/xinov, a little 

 house), shelters formed by plants in 

 which ants live; adj. myrmecod'- 

 omous, affording slielter only ; 

 myrmecopli'ilous {cpiXew, I love), 

 plants which are inhabited by ants 

 and offer specialized* shelters or food 

 for them ; Myrmecoph'ilism, the 

 state described ; rayrmecopho'bic, 

 myrmecoph'obous {<p6^eo}, I fear), 

 shunning ants, used of plants which 

 by hairs, or glands, repel ants ; 

 Myrme'cophytes {(pvrhu, a plant), 

 ant-plants ; MyrmecOBjrmbio'sis ( + 

 Symbiosis), the mutual relations 

 between the ants and their host- 

 plants ; adj. myrmecosymbio'tic ; 

 myrmecotroph'ic,(Tpo(^^, food), fur- 

 nishing food; myrmecox'enous (|eVos, 

 a host), supplying both food and 

 shelter. 



My'rosin {fxvpov, sweet juice), a gluco- 

 sidc occurring in the seed of Brassica 

 siiU'poides, Roth, and other Crucifers. 



Myrrh, an aromatic gum-resin yielded 

 by Coriimiplwra Myrrha, Engl. 



myr'tiform, imjrtiform'is [myrtus, tho 

 myrtle ; forma, shape), resembling 

 the myrtle ; myr'toid, myrtoi'deus 

 (eiSos, like) is a synonym. 



myrtilli'nus (Mod. Lat.), myrtle- 

 green. 



Mys'trin, a peculiar carbohydrate 

 found in MystrojKtaloji, Harv. (H. 

 Gibson). 



myu'rus {t^vs, a mouse ; ovph, a tail), 

 long and tapering like a mouse's 

 tail. 



Myxamoe'bae or Myxoamoe'bae, pi. 

 {ixv^a, mucus ; afioifi^, interchange), 

 the swarm-spores of Myxogastres ; 

 Myxobacter'ia (-f Bactekia), ap- 

 plied to those bacteria which form 

 colonies united by a gelatinous 

 covering (Tliaxtcr) ; Myx'obia {Bios, 

 life), Sell rotor's term for Hacckel's 

 Protista, i. e. Frotophyta + Proto- 

 zoa ; Myxogaa'ters, an Anglicized 

 form of Myxogas'tres {yacrr^p, 



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belly), Fries's term for the group 

 of " 81ime Fungi," otherwise known 

 as Myxomyce'tes and Mycetozoa ; 

 adj. myxogas'trous ; myxomyce'touB, 

 relating to the same group under its 

 name of Myxomycetae ; Myxomon'ad 

 {/xovas, a unit), a swarm-spore of 

 Myxomycetes ; Myx'on, a constitu- 

 ent of wheat-gluten precipitated 

 l)y alcohol ; Myxophy'ceae {cpvKos, 

 seaweed) = Schizophyceae; Myx'o- 

 phyte {(pvrhu, a plant), AVettstein's 

 name for Rhizopoda regarded as 

 plants ; Myx'opod {ttovs, noShi, a 

 foot), the amoeboid stage in con- 

 trast to the mastigopod ; Myx'ospore 

 ((TTTopa, a seed), a spore formed in 

 the sporangia of Myxogastres; adj. 

 myxos'porous ; Myxothallopby'tae 

 (-}- Thall(H'Hytr) =Myxogastres; 

 myxotroph'ic {rpo<pi], food), feeding 

 by the ingestion of solid particles. 



na'creous (Fr., nacre, mother-of-pearl), 

 with pearly lustre (Heinig). 



Nahrlos'ung (Germ.), a nutrient solu- 

 tion for laboratory cultures; by 

 mycologists usually restricted to a 

 soluiion of horse-'dung. 



Nail, as a measure, about half an inch 

 in length, the average length of a 

 iinger-nail ; unguicularis. 



Nail-head Rust, due to Cladosporium 

 herbariorum, var. eitricola. 



na'ked, wanting its usual covering, as 

 without p\ibescence, or flowers desti- 

 tute of perianth, or buds without 

 scales; '~ seed'ed, (1) gymnosper- 

 mous ; (2) formerly used of Labiates, 

 from a false idea of the fruit. 



Nama'tad {vafia, vafxaros, a stream ; 

 -f- ad), a brook plant ; Namati'um, 

 a brook foi-mation ; namatoph'ilus 

 {(pL\€w, I love), brook-loving; 

 Namatophy'ta {(pvrhy, a plant), 

 brook plants (Clements). 



nanan'drous {vavos or vdwos, a dwarf; 

 av^p, ay5phs, a man), u^ed of certain 

 Algae Avhicli produce DwARl-'-MALEs; 

 Na'nism, Chodat's term fur becom- 

 ing dwarf; Nannan'der, a dwarf- 

 male ( Wittrock) ; cf. nannanbrous ; 

 i Nann'oplankton (4- Plai^kton), free 



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