Segment 



A DICTIONARY 



Semiterete 



SEGMENT, a natural division or 

 part; as one of the parts of a 

 compound or deeply divided 

 leaf, an internode, the cell of 

 a pericarp, any joiut or regu- 

 lar part whether separable or 

 not. 



SEGMENTATION, the act or pro- 

 cess of dividing into segments. 



SEGREGATED, separated. 



SEI'ROSPORE, a kind of gonidium 

 produced in mouilliform rows 

 in certain red alga?. 



SELF, a florist's term for a flower 

 or plant which is wholly of one 

 color. 



SELF-COL'ORED, applied to fruits 

 and flowers which are of one 

 color; unicolor. Compare 

 Colored. 



SELF - FERTILIZATION, see 

 Close-fertilization. 



SEMl-, a Latin prefix meaning 

 half or partial. 



SEMlADHER'ENT, adherent half- 

 way, as the calyx half-way to 

 the summit of the ovary. 



SEmIAMPLEX'ICAUL, slightly 

 clasping the stem. 



SEMlANAT'ROPOtJS, see Am- 



PHITROPOUS. 



SEMlCOLUM'NAR, see Semi- 

 terete. 



SEmLCOR DATE, in the shape of 

 a lateral half of a cordate body. 



SEM'LDOUBLE, when a part only 

 of the stamens are replaced by 

 petals. Compare Full. 



SEMLEQ'TJItANT, see Half- 



EQUITANT. 



SEM'fFLORET, a floret in Coin- 

 positse having a strap-shaped 

 corolla; ligulate floret; semi- 

 floscule. 



SEMlFLOS'CULAR, having the 

 florets of a head in Com- 

 posite all ligulate; semiflos- 

 culous. 



SEMlFLdS'CULE, see Semiflo- 

 ret. 



SEMlFLtiS'CtTLOUS, see Semi- 



FLOSCULAR. 



sEmIlEntICULAR, see Sub- 

 lenticular. 



SEMiLOCULAR, having the dis- 

 sepiments incomplete and the 

 pericarp therefore really uni- 

 locular; semiseptate. 



SEMILUNAR, see Lunar. 



sEMILtJ'NATE, see Lunar. 



SEM'LNAL, pertaining to seed. 



SEM'lNAL LEAF, see Cotyle- 

 don. 



SEM'lNAL SPORT, see Seed- 

 sport. 



SEMINATION, the production of 

 seeds. Sometimes used for 

 their dissemination or disper- 

 sion. 



sEMlNlF'EROUS, seed-bearing. 



SEMldRBIC'ULAR, in the shape 

 of one half of a circular body. 

 Compare Suborbicular. 



SEMIO'VAL, having the shape of 

 half of an oval, divided length- 

 wise. 



SEMIO'VATE, in the form of half 

 of an ovate figure, divided 

 lengthwise, as where one side 

 of an otherwise ovate leaf is 

 wanting. 



sEmIrA'DIATE, having a part 

 only of the marginal florets of 

 a head ligulate. 



sEMIREN'lFORM.reniform, with 

 one lobe wanting. 



SEMlsAG'lTTATE, sagittate, with 

 one lobe wanting. 



SEMlsEP'TATE, see Semiloc- 

 ular. 



SEmLSTAM'InATE, formerly 

 sometimes used for semidouble. 



SEMITERETE', half-terete; half- 

 cylindrical ; semicolumnar. 

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