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Sutures. A junction or line of union or dehiscence. 
SymMeETrRicaL. Regular in its shape or in the number of its parts. 
Syncarpous. Composed of two or more united carpels. 
Synonym. A superseded or disused name. 
Tart. A long and slender terminal prolongation. 
TrEetTH. Any small marginal or terminal lobes. 
Tenprit. A filiform coiled or twining process by which one plant clings to another. 
TERETE. Cylindrical or nearly so, not angled or grooved. 
TreRNATE. Arranged in threes, as three in a whorl or cluster, or when three leaflets 
or segments start from the same point. 
Testa. The outer coat of the seed. 
TETRADYNAMOUS. Having four long and two shorter stamens, as in the flowers 
of Crucifere. 
TETRAGONAL, TETRAGONOUS. Having four angles. 
TETRAMEROUS. Composed of four parts or members. 
TrTRANDROUS. Having four stamens. 
TETRAPTEROUS. Four-winged. 
THALLorp. Resembling a thallus. 
Tuautuus. A vegetative body without distinction of stem or leaf. 
Turoat. The orifice of a gamopetalous corolla or calyx: that portion of the 
corolla or calyx between the limb and the tube. 
Turysus. <A contracted or ovate panicle, broadest about the middle. 
TomeEntTosE. Densely covered with matted wool or short hairs. 
TomentuMm. Densely matted woolly pubescence. 
Torosg. Cylindrical or nearly so, with constrictions at regular intervals. 
Tortuous. Twisted or bent in different directions. 
ToruLosE. The diminutive of ‘ torose.’ 
Torus. The receptacle of a flower; the more or less modified apex of the 
peduncle, upon which the parts of the flower are inserted. 
TRABECULATE. Furnished with markings like cross-bars 
TRANSVERSE. Lying or placed across in a cross direction. 
TrIaANDROUS. Having three stamens. 
TRIANGULAR. Three-angled; having the shape of a triangle. : 
TricHotomous. Three-forked; branching into three divisions springing from 
one point. 
Tririp. Three-cleft. 
TRIFOLIOLATE. Having three leaflets. 
TrirurRcATE. Having three forks or branches. 
TRIGONAL, TRIGONOUS. Three-angled, with flat faces. 
TrimoRPHICc. Occurring in three forms. 
Tripartite. Divided to the base into three parts. 
TRIPINNATE. Thrice pinnate; when the leaflets of a bipimnate leaf are again 
pinnate. 
TRIPINNATIFID. Thrice pinnatifid. 
TriquEeTrous. Acutely three-angled with the faces concave. 
Truncate. Ending abruptly, as if cut off transversely. 
Tuse. (1.) Any hollow elongated body or part of an organ. (2.) The lower 
united portion of a gamopetalous corolla or calyx. 
Tuper. A short and thick subterranean branch or rhizome, furnished with 
scattered buds or “‘ eyes,” from which new shoots can arise. 
TusEercLe. A small projection or wart-like excrescence. 
TuBERCULATE. Covered with small warts or excrescences. 
TusErous. Resembling a tuber. 
TusuLar. Tube-shaped; cylindrical and hollow. 
Tumip. Swollen or inflated. 
TuntcaTE. Having several concentric coats or tunics, like an onion. 
