BOTANY. GLOSSARY. 



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TRI'FID. Three-cleft : divided in 



three. 

 TRIGY'MA. From the Greek, treis, 



three, and gune, pistil. Name of 



an order of plants. 

 TRI'LOBATE. -Sec p. 37. 

 TRIOE'CIA. From the Greek, treis, 



three, and oikos, house. Name of 



a Linnean class. 

 TRIPE'TALOUS. From the Greek, 



treis, three, and petalon, petal. 



Having three petals. 

 TRIPI'NNATE. See p. 47. 

 TRITE'RNATE. See p. 44. 

 TRI'TICUM. Latin. Wheat. 

 TRO'PHOSPERM. From the Greek, 



trepho, I nourish, and sperma, seed. 



That part of the carpel from which 



the seeds spring. 

 TU'BER. Latin. A bunch, a knot, a 



lump. A form of root. 

 TU'BERCLE. A small knot or projec- 

 tion. 

 TUBERO'SUM. Latin, tuberous. Of 



the nature of a tuber. 

 TU'BIFORM. Tube-shaped. 

 TU'BULAR. Consisting of tubes or 



pipes : relating to a tube. 

 UM'BEL. A form of inflorescence in 



which several peduncles expand 



so as to produce a flower some- 

 what resembling a parasol when 



open. 

 UMBEJ.U'FER.*:. From umbel, and 



fero, I bear. Name of a family of 



plants. 

 UMBELLI'FEROUS. Belonging to Um- 



belliferaj. 

 UN'CI. Latin. Plural of uncus. 



Hooks. 



UN'DULATE. See p. 39. 

 UNGUI'CULATE. From the Latin, un- 



guis, a claw. Having a claw. 

 UNILO'CULAR. From the Latin, unus, 



one, and loculus, partition : single- 

 celled. 



UNISE'XUAL. Of one sex. 

 URCE'OLATE. From the Latin, urce- 



us, a pitcher : pitcher-shaped. 



URTI'CE.E. From the Latin, vrtica, 



a nettle. Name of a family of 



plants. 

 USITATI'SSIMUM. Latin. Most com- 



mon, familiar. 

 UTRI'CULA. From the Latin, utri- 



cvlus, a little bottle. See p. 11, 



Jigs. 2 and 3. 

 UTRI'CULAR. Of or relating to utri'- 



cula. 



VA'GINATE. See p. 34 

 VALVE. From the Latin, vali-a, 



doors. A little door. 

 VA'SCULAR. Supplied with vessels. 

 VEGETA'TIVE. Belonging or relating 



to vegetation. 



VELUTI'NUS. Latin. Velvety. 

 VE'NTRAL. Relating to the belly. 

 VE'RA. Latin. True. 

 VERNA'TION. Applied to leaves in the 



state of buds. 



VERTICE'LLUS. Latin. A whorl. . 

 VERTI'CILLATE. Arranged in a 



whorl. 

 VE'SCA. Latin. Edible ; any thing 



that may be eaten. 

 VE'SICLE. A small bladder. 

 VESI'CULAR. Composed of vesicles. 

 VEXI'LLUM. Latin. A standard. 

 VILLO'SITV. Velvet-like ; a covering 



of soft hairs, forming a nap like 



velvet. 



VILLO'SUS. Latin. Velvety. 

 VINI'FERA. From the Latin, vinum, 



wine, and fero, I bear. Wine. 



bearing. 

 VINI'FER^E. Name of a family of 



plants. 

 VIOLA'CE^E. Name of a family of 



plants. 



VI'RENS. Latin. Flourishing, green. 

 VI'RIDIS. Latin. Green. 

 VI'TES. Latin. Plural of vitis. 

 VI'TIS. Latin. A vine. 

 VO'LUBLE. Twining. 

 VO'LVA. Latin. A wrapper. 

 ZE'A. From the Greek, zed, I Jive. 



Generic name of Indian corn o~ 



maize. 



