346 GLOSSARY 



Micropvlc — A small pore in the coats of the ovule through 



which the pollen tube passes. 

 Modiciiui — Moderate sized ; a small quantity. 

 Monocotvlcdoii — A plant whose seed is furnished with one 



seed leaf. 

 Moinvcious — Applied to a plant when the stamens and pistil 



are in distinct flowers. 

 Moiistcm — A genus of climbing aroids with edible fruit. 

 Mucilaginous — Sticky, gumlike, secreting mucilage. 

 Miiciiiia — A genus of Brazilian Leguminosae, yielding the 



cowage (consisting of intensely irritating hairs), of the 



Materia Medica. 

 Mutualism — Interchange of some advantage, botanically 



applied to the union of two dissimilar plants which 



live in close contact with each other to their mutual 



benefit. 

 Mycelium — The root-like colourless filaments of fungi. 

 Mycctozoa — A term applied to the slime-fungi. 



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Nectary — A honey secreting gland or spur. 



N cmopUila — A genus of dwarf annual flowering plants. 



Nepenthes — A genus of plants having as a prolongation of 



the midrib of the leaves, ascidia or pitchers. 

 Nocturnal — Happening by night. 

 Node — The exact point on the stem from which the leaf is 



developed. 

 Normal — Regular, unaffected by any modification. 

 Noxious — Hurtful or poisonous. 

 Nuccllus — The internal tissue of the ovule within which the 



embryo-sac is embedded. 

 Nutrition — The process and function of taking in food for 



the purpose of growth and to replace waste. 



