GLOSSAEY. 



Al-bu'mi-noids . 



Al'ka-li 



Arka-line .... 

 Al-lu'vi-al .... 



Am'Ides . . . . 

 An-ti-cy'clone , 



Ap'a-tite . . . 

 As-siml-late . 

 Cal-ca're-ous 



Calyx 



Capll-la-ries . 



Car-bo-hy'drates 



Car-bo-na'ceous. 

 Carnivorous . . 

 Cel'lu-lose .... 



Con-glomerate . . 



Corolla 



Corpuscles . . . . 

 Cot-y-le'don . . . . 



Cy clone 



De-com po-si'tion. 



A class of substances in foods which contain the 

 most of the nitrogen. 



A class of bases including ammonia, soda, potasii. 

 etc. 



Resembling or possessing the qualities of the al- 

 kalies. 



Pertaining to a river. Alluvial deposits are depos- 

 its from the washing of rivers. 



A class of substances contained in foods. 



The opposite of cyclone. Winds moving in the 

 opposite direction from those of a neighboring 

 storm, or cyclone. 



A greenish mineral composed of phosphate of lime. 



To convert the food into the substances of the body. 



Consisting of lime, or containing lime. 



The outer covering of a flower. 



Tlie smallest tubes through which the blood passes 

 in its circulation. 



A large class of substances in foods, composed of 

 carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. 



Containing carljon, or composetl of carbon. 



Feeding upon the flesh of animals. 



A substance of which the membranes of cells of 

 plants are largely composed. 



Heaped togetlier. 



The inner covering of a flower. 



Minute, disk-shaped particles, floating in the l)lood. 



One of the two seed leaves of a plant which first 

 appears. 



A storm, the winds of which blow in a circuit. 



Decay, or a chemical change into other substances. 



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