fructiparous 



famariaoeonf 



fructip'arous [fructus, fruit ; pario, 

 I bring forth) ; Fruc'tose, fruit- 

 sugar, or levulose ; it exists with 

 other sugars in fruits, honey, and 

 treacle; Fruc'tus (Lat.), fruit, the 

 product resulting from fertilization. 



frugiferous {fiuges, pi. of frux, fruits 

 of the earth ; fero, I bear), pro- 

 during fruits or crops. 



Fruit, (1) strictly, the pericarp and its 

 seeds, the fertilized and developed 

 ovary ; (2) widely, the matured 

 pericarp and its contents, with any 

 external part which is an integral 

 portion of it ; — bear'er, Potter's 

 term for Carpophore ; ~ -bodies, 

 (1) zygotes which show subdivision 

 into spores ; (2) sporophores ; --' 

 Dots, the sori of Ferns ; -- -forms, 

 forms or means of reproduction of 

 Fungi (Potter) ; ~ Galls, diseased, 

 growth caused by Ustilago Treuhii, 

 Solms ; ~ Stalk, (1) peduncle-; (2) 

 the seta of Mosses ; ~ Su'gar, = 

 Levulose ; ^ Walls (or ■- Coats), 

 the pericarp ; Spu'rious ^ = Pseudo- 

 carp. 



fnimenta'ceous, frxiinenta' cexLs (Lat., 

 of corn ; frumenta'ricus, frumen- 

 ta'rins (Lat.). (1) pertaining to 

 grain ; (2) producing sufficient 

 stanh to warrcint culture ; Fru- 

 men'tum (Lat., grain), produce of 

 corn-lands ; grain or cereals. 



frustra'neous {frustra, useless), relat- 

 ing to the Linnean order Fruslranea, 

 Compositae with the disk flowers 

 hermaphrodite, and those of the ray 

 neuter or imperfect. 



Frus'tule, Frus'tida {/riistuhcm, a 

 small piece), a Diatom cell, consist- 

 ing of valves, girdle and contents ; 

 Frus'tilla, an obsolete synonym ; 

 frus'tulose, consisting of small 

 fragments. 



Fru'tex (Lat., a shrub), a woody plant 

 destitute of a trunk ; frutes'cent, 

 frut's'cens, becoming sliru1>by ; 

 Frut'ical, a small shrub with a soft- 

 wooded stern, such as shrubby 

 species of Geranium (J. Smith) ; 

 fru'ticant, fru'licaiis, growing into 

 a^ shrub-like plant ; (1) fru'ticose, 



frutico'sus, shrubby ; (2) in Bubtis, 

 allied or belonging to the super- 

 species R. fruticosus ; fru'ticous is a 

 synonym ; ~ Thal'lns a Lichen 

 having a shrub-like thallus; frati- 

 c'ulose, somewhat shrubby ; Fruti- 

 c'ulus (Lat.), a small shruD. 



fruticules'cent i friUicuhis, a small 

 shrub ; -j- escens), applied to a 

 Lichen when somewhat shrubby 

 (Crombie). 



Fru'tlet, suggested for low tufted 

 evergreen plants as Saxifiages 

 (J. Smith). 



Frn'tose = Fructose, Fruit-sugar. 



fuca^ceoas {fu'cus, from (pvKos, sea- 

 -weed ; 7I- aceous), relating to the 

 genus jf^ucns, as -^ Ve'sicles, the 

 bladders of F. vesi-rulosiis ; fu'coid 

 (eI5oy, like), fucoi'dal, resembling 

 seaweed ; Fu'cosan, Hanstein's name 

 for a granular substance found in 

 the assimilating tissue of Fucoideae, 

 the Phaeophyceae-starch of Schmitz ; 

 Fu'cose is probably a partial inver- 

 sion of it ; Fucoxan'thine {^avdhs, 

 yellow) Sorby's name for the colour- 

 ing-matter of the olive-green sea- 

 weeds. 



fuga'cious {fugax, fleeting), soon 

 perishing. 



ful'ciens {fulcio, I support), support- 

 ing, used of an organ above another. 



Ful'cra (pi. of fulcrum, a prop), the 

 appendages of the leaves, as prickles, 

 tendrils, stipules, etc. ; fulcra'ceufl, % 

 of or belonging to the fulcra ; ful'- 

 crate, ful'cratus, haviiig fulcra. 



fuligin'eus (Lat., sooty), fulig'inons, 

 fulig'inose, faligino'sus, sooty or 

 soot-coloured. 



full, used of a double-flower, the 

 stamens and pistils being trans- 

 formed into petals. 



fulmin'eus ( tulmen, lightning), ful- 

 vous, almost brown ; used of a 

 species of Cortinariiis by Fries. 



folvel'lus, fulves'cens, ful'vidus (Lat.), 

 ful'vid (Crozier), the diminutive of 

 the next; fviVyoxiB, ff^'vus (Lat.), 

 yellow, tawny. 



fuma'goid resembling Fumagot 



fumaria'ceous, pertaining to Fumaria. 



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