Dentated 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. Descending Sap 



margiual teeth which are usu- 

 ally directed outward. Com- 

 pare Serrate and Crenate. 



DfiN'TATED, see Dentate. 



DEN TATE-CII/IATE, having the 

 margin dentate and fringed. 



DEN'TATE-CRE 1 NATE, (1) having 

 part of the margin dentate and 

 the remainder crenate; (2) in- 

 termediate between dentate 

 and crenate, i.e., having some- 

 what rounded teeth. 



DENTATE LAgiN'lATE, having 

 the teeth extended into long 

 lax poiuts. 



DEN'TATE-SER'RATE, (1) inter- 

 mediate between dentate and 

 serrate; having the teeth di- 

 rected but slightly forward; 

 (2) having part of the margin 

 dentate and the remainder ser- 

 rate. 



DENTATE-SINUATE, having 

 broad shallow sinuses between 

 the teeth of a dentate margin. 



DENTATO-SER'RATE, see Den- 

 tate-Serrate. 



DENTAt6-SIN'UATE, see Den- 

 tate-Sinuate. 



DEN'TlCLE, a small tooth or pro- 

 jecting point. 



DENTICULATE, having small 

 teeth or notches; finely den- 

 tate. 



DENTlCtJLA'TION, (1) the state 

 of being denticulate; toothed; 

 (2) one of the teeth of a dentic- 

 ulate leaf. 



DEN'TIFdRM, see Dentoid. 



DEN'TOID, tooth-shaped. 



DENUDATE, deprived of the 

 usual covering, especially of a 

 coating of down or hair. The 

 term has been applied with 

 little reason to plants whose 

 flowers appear before their 

 leaves. 



DEOPER'CTJLATE, applied to 



moss capsules in which the lid 

 does not separate spontane- 

 ously to liberate the spores. 

 Compare Disopekctjlate. 



DEPAU'PERATE, said of a plant 

 or part of a plant which is re- 

 duced in size from lack of nu- 

 triment, or apparently so; 

 starved; stunted; undeveloped. 



DEPEND', to hang directly down- 

 ward. 



DEP'LANATE, flattened vertically 

 and expanded. Both sides may 

 be flattened (Complanate) or 

 only the upper. (Rare.) See 

 Explanate, Depressed, and 

 Complanate. 



DEPRESSED', more or less flat- 

 tened vertically or endwise; 

 oblate. Also applied to any 

 part having a lower position 

 than usual, as a leaf whose 

 disk is lower than the margin, 

 as in some water lilies. 



DEPRfeSSED'-GLO'BOSE, globular 

 with the poles slightly flat- 

 tened; oblately spheroidal. 



DERlVATIVE-HY BRID, a hy- 

 brid of which one or both the 

 parents is a hybrid; secondary 

 hybrid. 



DERMAT'OGEN, the primordial 

 epidermis, i.e., the epidermis 

 in an organ when first formed 

 and still capable of cell-divi- 

 sion. 



DERMATOPHYTE, any fungus 

 parasitic upon the skin of man 

 or other animals, as Trichophy- 

 ton tonsurans, the fungus which 

 causes ringworm. 



DESCENDING, directed down- 

 ward in any degree. 



DESCENDING AX'IS, root. 



DESCENDING METAm6R'PH0- 

 SIS, see Retrogressive Meta- 

 morphosis. 



DESCENDING SAP, a term for- 

 merly applied to cambium 



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