Udlezitose 



Merioarp 



Melez'itose (Fr., meleze, larch), a 

 sugar from the larch. 



Melib'iase (mel, honey), a synonym 

 of Raffinase. 



me'linus (fx.'h^ivos, pertaining to 

 quinces), like quinces, or quince- 

 coloured. 



Mel'itose {viel, honey), sugar from 

 EucalyptiLS "Manna," produced in 

 Tasmania ; also spelled Meritoze, 

 a synonym of Kaffinose; Mel'i- 

 zitase, an enzyme present in 

 Sterigmatocystis nigra, Sacc. ; Mel'i- 

 zitose, a sup;ar existing in Alhagi 

 Maurorum, Linn. 



Mellaro'se (Ital.), the name of a 

 variety of the orange in which the 

 carpellary whorl is multiplied, pro- 

 ducing an appearance of prolitica- 

 tion (Masters). 



merieus (Lat., pertaining to honey), 

 (1) with the taste or smell of 

 honey ; (2) honey-coloured. 



Meriigo (Lat., honey-like juice), used 

 for "Honey-dew," the exudation 

 of Aphides. 



mel'lmus {mel, mellis, honey), the 

 colour of new honey. 



Melittoph'ilae (/teAtTra, a bee ; </)jAea>, 

 I love), flowers which are adapted 

 for fertilization by the larger bees ; 

 the colour and scent are attractive 

 to man also (H. Mueller) ; adj. 

 mellitoph'ilous. 



Melon'ida t, Melonid'ium % {/j-v^ov, an 

 apple ; €/5oy, like), an inferior, 

 many-celled fruit, as an apple ; 

 melo'niform {forma, shape), melon- 

 shaped; irregularly spherical with 

 projecting ribs as in Mclocactus. 



Hem'ber, any part of a plant regarded 

 with reference to its fonn and 

 position. 



Mem'brane, Membra' na (Lat.), a deli- 

 cate pellicle of homogeneous tissue ; 

 Membra'na gongylif'era, the hy- 

 menium of Fungi ; membrana'ceous, 

 •ceus (Lat. ) ; mem'branous, thin and 

 semi-transparent, like a fine mem- 

 brane, as the leaves of Mosses ; 

 mem'branous Layer, '- Myce'lium, 

 interwoven hyphae forming a layer ; 

 membranogen'ic (76Vos,race), produc- 



tive of a membrane ; Membra'nula % 

 the indusium of Ferns. 



menmon'ius (Lat., from Mermion), 

 (1) brownish black, nearly as dark 

 as piceiis ; (2) = matutinus. 



Men^del's Law, the gametes of a 

 heterozygote bear the pure parental 

 allelomorphs completely separated 

 from one another, and the numerical 

 distribution of the separate allelo- 

 morphs in the gametes is such that 

 all possible combinations of them 

 are present in approximately equal 

 numbers (Lock) ; men'delize, to 

 work in accordance with Men'delism 

 as stated ; Menderitiee, pi., fects in 

 harmony with the foregoing. 



Metieblaste'iBa {/JL'hvv, moon =s a month ; 

 &\d(Trr]fxa, a sprout), Minks's term 

 for the soredia of Lichens. 



menisca'tus {ix-qviffKos, a crescent), "a 

 cylinder bent into half a circle " 

 (Lindley) ; menis'coid, ineniscoi'dcn^ 

 (6lSos,like),tliin and concavo-convex, 

 like a watch-glass ; Menis'cus, pi. 

 Menis'ci, applied by H. H. Dixon to 

 crescentic bubbles in woody-tissues. 



Menisperm'ine, an alkaloid from the 

 genus Menisjjermuin. 



menstrua'Us, men'stnius (Lat.), lasting 

 for a month or so ; cf. bimestris, 



TRIMESTRIS. 



Menta'gra (Lat., an eruption on the 

 chin) parasitica = Sycosis ; Men- 

 ta'graphyte {(pvrhv, a plant), the 

 Fungus supposed to cause the 

 disease Mentagra or Sycosis. 



Menthorogist {Mentlm, \6yos, dis- 

 course) an expert or writer on 

 mints, the genus Mentha. 



Men'tum (Lat., the chin), an extension 

 of the foot of the column in some 

 Orchids, in the shape of a projection 

 in front of the flower. 



Merench'3rEia {fj-epos, a part; ^yx^Aia, 

 an infusion), spherical cellular 

 tissue ; --' Cells, unpitted cells in 

 the pith of trees, witli intercellular 

 spaces, and much elongated radi- 

 ally ; cf. Palisade Cells ; 

 merencby'matouB, belonging to or 

 likeMERENCHYMA ; Merlcarp, Meri- 

 car'piti'm, {KUfyxhs, fruit), a portion 



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