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MINNESOTA TREES AND SHRUBS 



Lobed With the margin more or less 



cut or divided 

 Loculicidal Applied to a dry fruit 



which splits between the cross 



walls 

 Lustrous Shining 



Membranous Membrane-like, papery 



Micropyle The opening through 

 which the pollen tube enters the 

 ovule 



Monoecious Bearing stamens and 

 pistils in different flowers of the 

 same plant 



Monotypic Used of a genus contain- 

 ing a single species 



Mucronate With a sharp point 



Nerve One of the lines or ridges 

 running through a leaf 



Net-veined With veins running in 

 various directions and connecting 

 with each other 



Nodding Hanging on a bent pedicel 



Node The part of the stem which 

 normally bears a leaf 



Nut A dry, one-seeded, indehiscent 

 fruit with a stony shell or cover- 

 ing 



Nutlet A diminutive nut 



Ob- A prefix meaning reversed or 

 inverted 



Obcordate Reverse heart-shaped, the 

 tip of the heart downward 



Oblanceolate Reversed lance-shaped, 

 the tip downward 



Oblique Slanting, uneven 



Oblong About twice as long as 

 broad, the sides nearly parallel 



Oblong-lanceolate Broadly lance- 

 shaped 



Obovate ReVersed egg-shaped, the 

 tip downward 



Obtuse Blunt 



Odd-pinnate With an odd or un- 

 paired leaflet at the tip of a com- 

 pound leaf 



Opposite Of leaves, directly across 

 from each other; of flower parts, in 

 front of 



Ovate, ovoid Egg-shaped 



Ovule The young unfertilized seed, 

 as found in the flower 



Palmate Like the fingers of the 



hands 

 Panicle A compound flower cluster, 



the lower branches longer and 



blooming first 



Paniculate In a panicle 



Papilionaceous Butterfly-like, as the 

 flowers of the pea family 



Papillose With tiny projections 



Pappus The bristles, hairs, awns, 

 etc., found on the tips of fruits of 

 dandelions, aster, sunflowers, etc. 



Parasitic Growing upon and getting 

 its nourishment from some other 

 plant 



Parted Deeply cut 



Pedicel The stalk of a single flower 



Peduncle The stalk of a flower clus- 

 ter or of a solitary flower 



Peltate Shield-like, the stalk attach- 

 ed in the middle below 



Pendent Hanging 



Pendulous Hanging 



Perennial Lasting from year to year 



Perfect A flower having both sta- 

 mens and pistils 



Perfoliate Applied to leaves which 

 are united around the stem 



Perianth The term applied to the 

 calyx and corolla when they are 

 similar 



Pericarp The ripened ovary; the 

 wall of the fruit 



Perigynium The sack enclosing the 

 ovary or fruit in the sedges 



Perigynous Applied to a flower in 

 which the parts form a cup around 

 the ovary 



Persistent Remaining after bloom- 

 ing or fruiting 



Petal The term applied to the parts 

 of the corolla 



Petaloid Petal-like, brightly colored 



Petiole The stalk of a leaf 



Petiolule The stalk of a leaflet 



Pinna A division or leaflet of a pin- 

 nate leaf 



Pinnate With leaflets on both sides 

 of a common stalk 



Pinnatifid Pinnately cleft to the 

 middle or beyond 



Pistil The central part of the flow- 

 er containing the young seeds 



Pistillate With pistils but without 

 stamens 



Plumose Plume-like or feathery 



Pod A dry fruit of one carpel, split- 

 ting along two lines 



Pollen The dust-like matter found 

 in the anther 



Polygamous With both perfect and 

 imperfect, staminate or pistillate, 

 flowers 



Polygamo-dioecious The perfect and 

 imperfect flowers on different plants 



