Mesomitosis 



Migrules 



of cytoplasmic elements (Chatton) ; 

 Mesophor'bium, pi. -ia, evergreen 

 meadows (Diels) ; Mesophyl'lum, 

 add, (3) Raunkiaer's term for a 

 medium-sized leaf ; mesophyt'ic, 

 add, (2) relating to the vegetation 

 era of the Mesozoic Age (Clements) ; 

 Mesopod'ium {rrov?, ttoBos, a foot), 

 the petiole of a leaf (Bower) ; Meso- 

 po'ium (ttoo, grass), Diels's term for 

 steppe ; Mesotham'nium, partly 

 Laubifruticeta and partly Duri- 

 FRUTiCETA (Diels) ; Mes'otherms 

 {depfiog, heat), plants which need 

 temperate conditions of heat for 

 active growth ; mesotrop'ic [rpoTrrj, 

 a turning), a medium succession 

 changed from xerotropic to hydro- 

 tropic (Clements) ; mesostat'ic, a 

 medium succession due to water- 

 content {id.) ; mesotroph'ic, used of 

 a swamp moderately provided with 

 nutrients {id.). 

 Metabi'ont (+ Biont), a polyplastid, 

 a many-celled individual (Janet) ; 

 metachromat'ic (+ chromatic) 

 gran'ules, bodies in bacteria which 

 take a deep stain (Conn) ; 

 metachromatin'ic (Minchin) is a 

 synonym; Metachro'my, changing 

 or losing colour in the same flower, 

 usually from age ; metaclin'ic, 

 a reversed cross in hybridizing ; 

 Metacli'ny is the state ; meta- 

 genet'ic (+ genetic), truly alter- 

 nate in generations (McNab) ; 

 Metagymnosper'mae, pi., Coniferae 

 fertilized by means of pollen-tubes 

 (Jeffrey) ; Metamito'sis, mitosis 

 of an advanced type in which both 

 cytoplasmic and nuclear elements 

 take part (Minchin) ; Met'anym 

 (ovoyia, a name), an older, valid 

 name, based on another member 

 of the same group ; Met'aphyte 

 {(f>v^6v, a plant), a many-celled — 

 polyplastid — individual (Janet) ; 

 Met'aplast, -ia, tissue which has 

 taken on a changed appearance 

 due to upward or downward meta- 

 bolism ; metaplastic is an adjec- 

 tival form ; Metasyn'desis ( -f 

 Syndesis), reduction in which 



chromosomes are united end to 

 end (Agar). 



-me'ter, " suflfix for instrument " 

 (Clements). 



Methodol'ogy {fiddobos, system ; Xoyos, 

 discourse), the science of arrange- 

 ment. 



microclad'ous (/cAaSo?, a branch), 

 having small branches ; micro- 

 cle'ma {KMjua, a twig), with small 

 branchlets ; Mi'crocyst (kvotls, a 

 cavity), an encysted form of a 



MYXOFLAGELLATE;Mi'crOCyte(KUTO?, 



a hollow vessel), a detached chro- 

 mosome (Belling and Blakeslee) ; 

 Mi'croform, add, (2) used by I. B. 

 Balfour, for an elementary or 

 Jordanian species ; Microg'amy 

 {ydfios, marriage), cf. Merogamy ; 

 Mi'crogene (+ Gene), a form of 

 micro-species or variety ; Mi'cro- 

 morph {fj.op(f>T^, a form), also em- 

 ployed to describe a species of low 

 grade ; Micronu'cleus ( + Nu- 

 cleus), the centrosome of diatoms 

 (Lauterborn) ; Mi'crophyll) (^vAAov, 

 a leaf), a small leaf, as defined by 

 Raunkiaer ; micropt'ilus, brevi- 

 bracteate ; Micropycnid'ia ( + 

 Pycnidia), receptacles containing 

 small conidiospores ; Micropyc'no- 

 spores, the spores borne on micro- 

 pycnidia ; Microsoro'ma ( + So- 

 roma), the pollen-bearing apparatus 

 (Benson); Microstrob'ilus ( + 

 Strobilus), a small cone in cycads ; 

 in all genera aggregated into cones 

 which resemble those producing 

 seed ; Mi'crotherms {depfios, heat), 

 plants capable of growth at low 

 temperatures ; Microzo'id (,?a>ov, 

 an animal), a male gamete in algae 

 (Sauvageau) ; Microzy'ma {SvM> 

 leaven), small bodies considered 

 by Galippe the living part of proto- 

 plasm ; Microzy'me, a substance 

 found in tissues strongly antagon- 

 istic to, and destructive of, bacteria 

 (A. Fleming). 

 Mi'grarc {migratio, migration ; arciis, 

 a bow), Clements's term for mi- 

 gration circle ; Mi'giules, units of 

 migration {id.). 



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