Fimbriate 



A DICTIONARY 



Floral 



FlM'BRlATE, fringed; bordered 

 by lax, slender processes, gen- 

 erally larger tlian hairs. 



FlM'BRICATE, see Fimbriate. 



FiMBRlL'LATE, diminutive of 

 Fimbriate; having a very small 

 or fine fringe; fimbrilliferous. 



FiMBRlLLIF'EROUS, see Fim- 



BRILLATE. 



FlN'GERED, see Digitate. 



FiS'SlLE, capable of being split 

 or divided. 



FIS SION, the division of an organ 

 which is usually entire; that 

 mode of cell-division in which 

 the cell separates into two 

 nearly equal portions. 



FlSSlP AROtJS, reproducing by 

 spontaneous division into two 

 parts. 



FLS TtTLAR, see Fistulose. 



FIS TULIfORM, tubular. 



FlS'TULOSE, hollow and cylin- 

 drical, or nearly so, as the stems 

 of many grasses; fistular; fistu- 

 lous. Used especially when 

 the hollow is of considerable 

 size, as in reeds. 



FlS'TtJLOtTS, see Fistulose. 



FLABEL'LATE, see Fan-shaped. 



FlABEL'LiFdRM, see Fan- 

 shaped. 



FLACCID, unable to support its 

 own weight. Compare Lax. 



FLAGflL'LA, pi., see Flagel- 



LUM. 



FLAG'ELLARt, pertaining to or 

 caused by flagella, as the flag- 

 ellary movements of certain 

 zoospores. 



FLAGELLATE, (1) bearing fla- 

 gella; (2) flagelliform. 



FLAGEL'LlF6RM, long and 

 supple like a whip-lash; flag- 

 ellate. 



FLAGEL'LUM (pi. Flagella), 

 any slender flexible process or 



organ, as (1) a solitary long 

 swinging process of proto- 

 plasm on certain zoospores (a 

 large cilium); (2) a similar ap- 

 pendage to the cells of many 

 bacteria; (3) a young flexible 

 shoot, especially a long trail- 

 ing branch of a vine (sar- 

 meut). 



FLAT (Hort.), in describing 

 fruits, means flattened endwise 

 (depressed). 



FLAVF-S'CENT, yellowish. 



FLA'VOtJS, see Flavtjs. 



FLA'VUS, pure pale yellow; 

 lemon-yellow. Compare Lu- 



TEUS. 



FLESH'Y, enlarged and some- 

 what soft, as a tuber. Com- 

 pare Succulent. 



FLflX'UOSE, zigzag; wavy; 

 winding; flexuous. 



FLEX'UOUS, see Flexuose. 

 FLOATING, see Natant. 

 FLOCCJ, pi., see Floccus. 



FLOCCOSE', covered with matted 

 woolly hairs, especially if they 

 fall away in tufts. Said of 

 the perithecia of Erysiphe 

 when the appendages are of 

 equal diameter throughout, 

 more or less tortuous, and end 

 abruptly, or in a straight point 

 (thus distinguished from 

 "hooked" and " dichoto- 

 mous). " 



FLOCCOSE' MYCE'LltJM, see 

 Filamentous Mycelium. 



FLOC'CULENT, see Floccose. 



FLOCCUS (pi. Floc'cl), any woolly 

 hair or thread, or a tuft of 

 such filaments. 



FLO'RA, the aggregate of the 

 species of plants of a country 

 or region, or a book which de- 

 scribes them. 



FLORAL, pertaining to a flower. 



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