Microzynie 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Mono- 



MI'CROZYME, a microscopic or- 

 ganism capable of producing 

 fermentation. 



MID DIE LAmEl'lA, the portion 

 of a lignified cell-wall which 

 occupies the place of the pri- 

 mary membrane. It usually 

 appears as a fine dividing line 

 between adjoining cells. Com- 

 pare Middle Lamina. 



MID'DLE LAMINA, the portion 

 of a lignified cell-wall between 

 the middle lamella and the 

 inner lamina. 



MID RIB, the large central vein 

 of a leaf, which usually exists 

 as a ridge continuous with the 

 petiole. 



MILK, see Latex. 



MlLK-SAC, a form of laticiferous 

 vessel existing in some species 

 of maple. 



MlLK-SAP, see Latex. 



MtLK-VEs'SflL, see Laticifer- 

 ous Vessel. 



MIMETIC, pertaining to mim- 

 icry. 



MlM'ICRY, special resemblance 

 to another object, serving usu- 

 ally for protection, as when 

 plants bear a marked resem- 

 blance in color to the soil in 

 dry regions, thus being less 

 liable to be seen and eaten by 

 animals. ' 



MIN'IAte, vermilion-colored. 



MI'OPHYLLY, see Meiophylly. 



MIOSTfM'ONOUS, see Meiostem- 



ONOTJS. 



MITO'SiC, pertaining to, charac- 

 terized by, or exhibiting mito- 

 sis; mitotic. 



MITO'SlS, (1) the splitting of the 

 chromatin of the nucleus (ka- 

 ryomitosis) or the subdivision 

 of any minute granular body 

 found in protoplasm; (2) a 

 figure occurring during mito- 

 sis as a result of that process. 



MiTdT'lC, see MiTOSIC. 

 Ml'TRE-SHAPED, see Mitri- 



FORM. 



MlT'RlFdRM, conical and slight- 

 ly narrowed toward the mouth 

 like a pope's mitre. Also the 

 same as Cucullate, but not slit 

 upon one side; mitre-shaped. 



MIXED iNFLORflS'CENgE, one 

 in which each partial inflores- 

 cence develops in a reverse 

 order from that of the general 

 inflorescence, as in Composite 

 where the general inflorescence 

 is usually centrifugal, the ter- 

 minal "flower" opening first, 

 while each head is centripetal, 

 the marginal florets being first 

 developed. 



MIXED VflS SEXS, those having 

 thickenings in" their walls of 

 more than one kind, as both 

 spiral and annular thickenings. 



MO'BiLE, movable. 



MdL'LlS, soft. 



MONAdEL'PHOu-S, having the 

 filaments free, and united in 

 a ring around the pistil, as in 

 most Malvaceae. 



MONAN'DROtJS, having but a 

 single stamen. 



MONAN'THOtJS, having but one 

 flower upon a plant or pedun- 

 cle. 



MdNAs'TER, see Mother-star. 



MONE'giOtJS, see Monoecious. 



MON'GREL, properly, a cross. 

 Usually applied in the United 

 States to inferior mixed breeds 

 resulting from unknown or 

 heterogeneous crossing. 



MONiL'IFdRM, necklace-shaped; 

 cylindrical, and contracted at 

 regular intervals so as to re- 

 semble a string of beads. 

 Compare Nodose. 



MONO-, a Greek prefix, meaning 

 one or single. 



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