Stool 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Strobiliferous 



STONE-FRTJIT, see Drupe. 



STOOL, a plant upon which off- 

 shoots of any kind are pro- 

 duced, usually for propaga- 

 tion, as in the raspberry and 

 strawberry; especially, a plant 

 of. wheat, oats, rye, or bailey 

 which has several stems from 

 one root. 



STOOL, v. i., to tiller, as grain; 

 to throw out suckers. 



STRANGLING, see Divaricate. 



STRAIN, (1) the influence of a 

 particular ancestor existing in 

 an individual or variety; (2) a 

 seedsman's term for a stock of 

 seed or subordinate variety 

 which has been bred in a spe- 

 cial manner and acquired a 

 slight individual character, as 

 "an excellent strain of Fott- 

 ler's cabbage." 



STRAMiN'EOUS, like straw; es- 

 pecially, straw-colored; pale 

 yellow. 



STRAND, a flbrovascular bundle; 

 a branch of mycelium, or simi- 

 lar vegetable filament; specifi- 

 cally, a branch of fibrous my- 

 celium, which see. 



STRAN'GULATED, applied to a 

 root or stem which is con- 

 tracted at intervals, as though 

 growth had been restricted by 

 cords or bandages wrapped 

 around it. Compare Monil- 

 liform. 



STRAP, the ligule of a ray-floret 

 in Compositae. 



STRAP-SHAPED, broad, flat, and 

 linear, like a belt; ligulate. 



STRATlFICA TION, the thicken- 

 ing of a cell-wall by the depo- 

 sition of successive layers of 

 formed material; also the ar- 

 rangement of the layers so de- 

 posited. 



STRAT'IfIED THAL'LUS, a thal- 

 lus in lichens in which the 



gonidia or algal cells are dis- 

 posed in one or more layers. 



STRA'TOSE, in distinct layers or 

 strata. 



STRAW, the stems of various edi- 

 ble grains, as wheat and oats, 

 especially after being threshed. 

 Extended also to the haulm of 

 peas, beans, etc. 



STREAK (Hort.), a long narrow 

 stripe. 



STREAMING OF PROTOPLASM, 

 see Rotation. 



STRl'A (pi. Strl'se), a straight and 

 very narrow mark or groove. 



STRI'ATE, marked with parallel 

 striae. Compare Sulcate, 

 Rivulose, Aciculated, and 



LlNEATE. 



STRICT, straight or upright; hav- 

 ing branches close together 

 and erect: opposed to Lax. 

 Differs from Fastigiate in be- 

 ing applied chiefly to herbs 

 and shrubs instead of trees 

 and in not necessarily having 

 a pointed top. 



STRI'GA (pi. Strlgae), a sharp- 

 pointed, rigid, appressed bris- 

 tle or hair-like scale. 



STRlG'lLOSE, minutely strigose. 



STRiGOSE', covered with strigae. 

 Formerly regarded as synony- 

 mous with Hispid. 



STRIKE (Hort.), to take root, as 

 a cutting. 



STRING, any fibre; strand. 



STRI'OLATE, diminutive of Stri- 

 ate, having very fine striae. 



STRIPED, having longitudinal 

 lines of color, broader than 

 Streaked and narrower than 

 Banded; having longitudinal 

 colored marks of any character. 



STR6BfLA'CE0IJS, cone-bearing; 

 cone-like; pertaining to cones. 



STRdB'lLE, see Cone. 



STROBLLIF'EROUS, coniferous. 

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