Strobiliform 



A DICTIONARY 



Stylospore 



STR6BIL'1f6rM, cone-shaped. 

 STROBI LUS, see Cone. 



STROMA (pi. Stro'mata), a mass 

 in which another object is em- 

 bedded, as a protein granule 

 which contains a crystal or 

 starch - grain. Especially, a 

 compact mass of mycelium 

 upon or within which spores 

 or sporangia are borne— ap- 

 plied mainly to tissue in 

 which perithecia are em- 

 bedded. Compare Hymenjum. 



STRO'MAtOID, having the nature 

 or appearance of a stroma. 



STRO'MATOUS, bearing or pro- 

 ducing stromata. 



STRCMBULLF'EROUS, bearing 

 spirally twisted pods (strorabi). 



STROMBU LIFdRM, twisted in a 

 spiral, like the pods of alfalfa; 

 cochleate. 



STRCM'BUS (pi. Strom'bi), a spi- 

 rally coiled legume, like that 

 of alfalfa, Medicago saliva; 

 cochlea. 



STROPHE, an old term for leaf- 

 spiral. 



STRO'PHIOLATE, furnished with 

 a strophiole. 



STRO'PHIOLE, see Caruncle. 



STRUCTURAL B6T'ANY, the 

 study of the form and ar- 

 rangement of the parts of 

 plants, including morphology 

 and histology; vegetable anat- 

 omy; phytotomy. 



STRU'MA, a one-sided swelling 

 or protuberance of any kind, 

 as the one-sided enlargement 

 (apophysis) at the base of the 

 capsule in some mosses, or the 

 pulvinus of a leaf or leaflet. 

 The term is now seldom used 

 except in mosses. 



STRU'MIFORM, like a struma in 

 appearance. 



STRUMOSE', swollen upon one 



side like a goitre; bearing a 

 struma. 

 STRTI'MULOSE, slightlystrumose. 



STUFFED, the same as Solid, or 

 the old term Farctate, but sel- 

 dom applied except to stems 

 having a fibrous or spongy 

 centre. Used mainly in 

 mushrooms. 



STUMP-ROOTED, applied in veg- 

 etable gardening to the roots 

 of certain varieties of the rad- 

 ish, carrot, etc., which, iu- 

 stead of tapering gradually 

 from the fleshy edible portion 

 to the slender tap-root, have 

 the transition abrupt. The 

 term is not applied to the 

 roots of turnip beets, flat 

 turnips, etc., but only to such 

 as are more elongated. 



STU'PA, a tuft of matted hairs 

 resembling tow. (Obs.) 



STU'PEOUS, see Stupose. 



STUPOSE', resembling tow; cov- 

 ered with matted hairs resem- 

 bling tow; stupeous. 



STYLE, the slender part of a 

 pistil supporting the stigma. 



STYLlF'EROUS, style-bearing. 



STY'LlFdRM, style-shaped. 



STYLOGONlD'IUM, see Stylo- 

 spore. 



STY'L0P6d, see Stylopodium. 



STYLOPO'DIUM, the fleshy disk 

 crowning the ovary in most 

 Umbelliferae, formed by the 

 expanded bases of the two 

 styles. 



STYLOSE', having the styles re- 

 markably long, numerous, or 

 persistent. (Rare.) 



STY'LOSPORE, a stalked spore, 

 sometimes septate, produced 

 in a pycnidium; stylogouid- 

 iuni; pycnogonidium; pycno- 

 spore; pycnidiospore ; clino- 

 spore. 



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