Oraveolence 



OuUds 



Grav'eolence {graveolentia, a rank 

 smell), a smell ad strong, as to be 

 unpleasant ; grav'eolent, grav' eolens, 

 strongly scented, of intense and 

 heavy odour. 



Gravipercep'tion {gravis, heavy ; per- 

 ceptio, receiving), suggested instead 

 ofGEOAE^THESiA (F. Darwin). 



Oravita'tion [gravitus, weight), tl;e 

 act of tending towards a centre, as 

 of the earth ; in botany sometimes 

 confused with Geotropism and 

 Apheliotropism. 



greasy, oily to the touch. 



greaved (monosyll.) = ochre ate. 



Green-rot, a disease in wood, the tissues 

 becoming verdigris green, ascribed 

 to Peziza aeruiinosa, Pers. 



Greffe (Fr.) graft ; -^ des Charlatans, 

 a fraudulent apparent graft, the 

 scion being passed through a hole 

 bored in the stock. 



gregar'ions {gregaritcs, belonging to a 

 flock), growing in company, asso- 

 ciated but not matted ; soritary 

 -^j a single clump of one species 

 (Warming). 



Greg'iform (grex, gregis, a flock ; -f- 

 Form), a variable or polymorphic 

 FiNiFoRM (Kuntze). 



grey, gris'e%is (Lat. ), cold neutral tint, 

 varied in tone ; ~ Blight, a fungus, 

 Pestalozzia Gue2nni, wliich attacks 

 the tea-plant. 



griserins (Lat.), gria'eolus, diminutive 

 of foregoing, somewhat greyish. 



Grit-cell, a sclerotic cell, as in the 

 flesh of j)ears. 



gromon'ical, an error of Lindley's for 

 gnomonical. 



gross'e- (Late Lat.), coarsely. 



Grossifica'tion {gross^is, thick ; fdcio, I 

 make), the swelling of the ovary 

 after impregnation ; gros'sus (Lat. ), 



(1) coarse, larger than usual, used 

 adverbially as gTOs'se-crena'tus, --' 

 serra'tuB, coarsely creuate or serrate ; 



(2) Grcs'sus, an unripe fig (Heinig). 

 grosBula'oeous, gros'sular, relating to 



the gooseberry, liibcs Gr.ossularia, 

 Linn. ; GroB'suline, a principle 

 found in certain acid fruits. 

 Ground Form (Ger. Grund-Form), ele- 



mentary form, as distinguished from 

 Growth Form ; Ground Mass, used 

 of the woody tissues ; -^ Stra'tum, 

 from the surface of the soil to about 

 5 centimetres (two inches); ~ -tissue, 

 applied to the pith, cortex, and 

 medullary rays ; ~ Vegeta'tion, the 

 plants which cover the soil under 

 trees, etc. ; -^ Wa'ter, that collected 

 above the impermeable stratum of 

 soil, and moving in obedience to 

 gravity. 



Grow'ing-point, the extremity of the 

 stem, or cone of growth, the seat of 

 the activity of the apical cell, and 

 its divisions. 



Growth, increase by new cell-forma- 

 tion or extension of old cells ; -^ 

 -en'zyme, a ferment which conduces 

 to growth, by breaking down tissue 

 in advance ; -^ Form, a vegetative 

 structure marked by some charac- 

 teristic feature which does not 

 indicate genetic affinity ; a tree, 

 shrub, sprout-fungus, are growth- 

 forms ; '^ Bing, the annual rings of 

 growth in exogens ; ~ Wa'ter, the 

 percentage of soil moisture in excess 

 of that present when wilting occurs 

 (Fuller). 



Grub'bing, in forestry, the uprooting 

 of trees. 



graina''lis [grics, a crane), shaped like 

 the bill of a crane, as the fruit of 

 Geranium. 



gvvi'mose,;jruvio'sus,gTu'movi8{grumus, 

 a hillock), divided into little clusters 

 of grains. 



Grand-Form (Ger.), the original form, 

 sometimes hypothetic, from which 

 other foinis have been derived by 

 mor})hologic variation. 



g^aiaci'nus, Hayne's term for greenish- 

 brown ; from " Gum guaiacum." 



Chiara'iiine« a bitter principle from 

 Guarana bread, or Brazilian cocoa, 

 isomeric with cafl'eine. 



Guard-cells, Guard'ian-cells, in stom- 

 ata, two cells which open or close 

 the stonia by their greater or less 

 turgescence. 



Guilds, Schim})er's term for Sapro- 

 phytes, Epiphytes, Lianes, etc., 



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