Frustulose 



A DICTIONARY 



Funiculus 



FRUS TULOSE, consisting of sim- 

 ilar separable parts, like the 

 frustules of diatoms. 



FRUTES'CENT, somewhat shrub- 

 by, — woody at the base and 

 herbaceous above, like the gar- 

 den sage; subfrutesceut; suf- 

 frutescent. 



FRU'TEX, a shrub, which see. 



FRU'TlCOSE, shrubby; pertain- 

 ing to shrubs; shrub - like. 

 Compare Frutescent. 



FRU'TlCOSE THAL'LUS, a thallus 

 in lichens which is attached to 

 the substratum by one point 

 ouly. or by a narrow base, and 

 grows upward as a simple, or 

 more usually branched, sb rub- 

 like body. 



FRUTlCULOSE, like a small 

 shrub; diminutive of Fruticose. 



FRUTlCULUS, a little shrub. 



FU'COID, pertaining to, or resem- 

 bling, Fucus, a genus of marine 

 algae. 



FUGACIOUS, disappearing in a 

 very short time; ephemeral. 

 Compare Caducous. 



FU'6iTIVE, quickly disappear- 

 ing; easily blown away or 

 absorbed; volatile; evanescent; 

 fugacious. 



FUL'CRATE, furnished with ful- 

 cra, which see. 



FUL'CRUM (pi. Ful'cra), a gen- 

 eral term for various append- 

 ages to the plant which serve 

 for support or defence, as ten- 

 drils, spines, prickles, hairs, 

 etc. Now little used. 



FULfG'lNOSE, see Fuliginous. 



FULlG'iNOUS, dark brown ; sooty 

 or smoky. 



FULL, applied to double flowers 

 in which all the stamens and 

 pistils are transformed into 

 petals; completely double. 



FUL'VlD, see Fulvous. 



FUL'VOUS, yellow, mixed with 

 gray and brown; tawny. 



FUL' VUS, see Fulvous. 



FU'MOSE, smoke-colored; brown- 

 ish gray. 



FU'MOU'S, see Fumose. 



FUNDAMENTAL ORGANS, root, 

 stem, and leaf. 



FUNDAMENTAL SYS'TEM, all 

 that portion of the substance 

 of the higher plants which is 

 not included in the fibrovas- 

 cular and epidermal systems. 

 Compare Cellular System. 



FUNDAMENTAL TlS'SUE, pith, 

 cortex, and medullary rays; 

 ground-tissue. 



FUNGfCI'DAL, destructive to 

 fungi; antimycotic. 



FUN'GICIDE, anything destruc- 

 tive to the life of a fungus. 



FUN'GlF6RM,7nushroom-shaped. 



FUNGIL'LiFORM, diminutive of 

 Fungiform. 



FUN'GOlD, fungus-like. 



FUNG0L'06y, see Mycology. 



FUN'GOSE, spongy in texture, like 

 many fungi. 



FUN'GOUS, produced by a fungus; 

 pertaining to a fungus or to 

 fungi, as a fungous disease. 

 The substantive form "Fun- 

 gus" is also used as an adjec- 

 tive. 



FUN'GUSED, injured by a fungus. 

 (Rare.) 



FU'NiCLFi, see Funiculus. 



FUNICULAR CORD, see Funicu- 

 lus. 



FUNICULUS, the stalk of an ovule 

 or seed by which it is attached 

 to the placenta; funicular cord; 

 umbilical cord; podosperm. 

 In Nidulariae a hyphal cord 

 attaching the peridiolum to the 

 inner surface of the wall of the 

 peridium. 



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