Olomerule 



Oones 



a cluster of capitula in a common 

 involucre, as Echinops ; (2) a Sore- 

 DiUM ; glomeruliferous [fero, I 

 bear), bearing clusters of coral-like 

 excrescences ; glomer'ulose, having 

 glomerules ; Glom'us + = Olome- 

 rule. 



Glossol'ogy {y\u><T<Ta, a toftgue ; \6yos, 

 discourse), the explanation of tech- 

 nical terms ; Glos'sopode, Glosso- 

 pod'iam {irovs, vobhs, a foot), the 

 sheathing base of the leaves in 

 Isoetes ; adj. glossopod'ial. 



Glu'case {y\vKvs, sweet), an enzyme 

 which hydrolyses maltose ; Glu'cose, 

 (1) a group of carbohydrates, crystal- 

 lizable and soluble in water, occur- 

 ring in fruits, as grape-sugar, etc., 

 see Dextrose, Levijlose ; (2) also a 

 commercial term for syrups made 

 fron) starch or grain ; Glu'coside 

 (eJSos, like), for complex substances 

 which give rise on decomposition to 

 Glucose, such as Amygdalin, Coni- 

 ferin, Salicin ; ~ En'zyme, a ferment 

 such as Synaptase or Emulsin. 



Glue, viscid secretion on surface of 

 some plants; Bud ~' = Blastocolla. 



gluma'ceoas {gluma, husk of corn ; -}- 

 ACEOUs), resembling the glumes of 

 glasses, as the perianth -segments 

 of June us ; Glume, Glu'ma, the 

 fchaffy tw^o-ranked members of the 

 inflorescence of grasses and similar 

 tolants ; bar'ren ~ , em'pty ~ , glumes 

 which subtend a spikelet, and do 

 not include a flower ; fer'tile -^ , flo'ral 

 '*' , flow'ering ^ , the glume in grasses 

 which includes a flower, the palea ; 

 finiit'ing ~, the fertile glume at the 

 time of maturity ; sterile '^, a 

 glume which subtends other glumes 

 or has no flower ; glu'mal, charac- 

 terized by having a glume ; Glum- 

 el'la, Glu'melle, (1) the palea of 

 grasses ; (2) the lodicule of the same 

 (Richard) ; glumellea'nus X of or be- 

 longing to a glumella ; Glumel'lule, 

 Glumellu'la, (1) = palea ; (2) = lodi- 

 cule ; glumose', glumo'sas = gluma- 

 CEous ; glu'moas, having glumes, as 

 a flower which has a subtending 

 glume. 



Glu'tamin {gluten, glue), an amide 

 allied to asparagin found with it in 

 the juice of beets, etc, ; Gla'ten, a 

 tough protein substance occurring in 

 grain after the removal of the starch ; 

 '~ Cells, of the endoderm contain 

 oil, but no starch ; Glu'tenin, a 

 constituent of wheat gluten ; Gluten- 

 casein or Zymom ; Glatin'iam, "the 

 flesh of certain Fungals " (Lindley) ; 

 glu'tinons, glutino'sus, covered with 

 a sticky exudation. 



Gly'case [yKvKvs, sweet), axx enzyme, 

 the same as Glucase. 



Glycerie'tum, an association of Gly- 

 ceria. 



Glyosrrrhi'ziiit or Gly'cion, a saccharine 

 matter from the roots of Glycyrr- 

 hiza glabra, Linn. , liquorice. 



Glycodru'pose {yXvKvs, sweet ; -f 

 Drupose), a lignocellulose, forming 

 the hard concretions in the flesh of 

 pears ; Gly'cogen {yewata, I bring 

 "forth), a carbohydrate present in 

 quantity in epiplasm, capable of 

 being converted into glucose ; '^ 

 Mass, protoplasm permeated with 

 glycogen, epiplasm ; Glycolig'nose 

 {lignuM, wood), a presumed gluco- 

 side, from pinewood. 



glyco'sic, resembling the action of thes 

 enzyme Glucose. 



glyphorecine {y\v<pw, I hollow out ; 

 \4kos, dish), with wavy longitudinal 

 canals or grooves (Heinig). 



Gnaars, burrs or knotty excrescences 

 on tree -trunks or roots, probably 

 from clusters of adventitious buds. 



gnawed, = erosus. 



Gnesiog'amy (yvf)<Tios, legitimate ; 

 ydfios, marriage), fertilization be- 

 tween different individuals of the 

 same species. 



gneta'lean, allied to Gyietum. 



gnomon'ical, gnomoii'icus {yvufiav, the 

 pin of a dial), applied to an ap- 

 pendage when abruptly bent at an 

 angle to its attachment. 



gob'let-shaped = cup-shaped. 



Gonang'ium {y6vos, offspring ; ayyelop, 

 a vessel), a spherical colony of 

 Pahnclla, etc. , overgrown with thick- 

 walled brown Lichen-hyphae ; Gooes, 



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