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Aur'icle (L. auricule, diminutive of auris, ear) : an ear-shaped appendage. 



Fig. 242. 



Auric 'ulate : provided with auricles. 

 Awn: a bristle-like appendage. 

 Ax'il (L. axilla, armpit) : the angle formed between the axis of a stem and 



any part arising from it. Ax'illary : situated in an axil. 

 Ax'is (L. axis, axle) : the central line of an organ. 



Barbed (L. barba, beard) : provided with rigid points or bristles, usually 

 reflexed. Bar'bellate : finely barbed. 



Bar'bulate : finely bearded. 



Bast : the fibrous part of the bark. 



Bearded : awned, as spikes of wheat ; or having tufts of hairs. 



Berry : a fleshy or pulpy fruit, such as a gooseberry, grape, tomato, cranberry, 

 etc. Fig. 337. 



Bi-, bis- : Latin, in compound words signifying twice. 



Bident'ate (L. dens, a tooth) : having two teeth. 



Bien'nial {bi- + L. annus, a year) : a plant which requires two years to com- 

 plete its life cycle ; usually flowering and fruiting the second year only, 

 and then dying. 



Bi'fid (L. hi- -\-findere, to cut) : two-cleft. 



Bila'biate (L. bi- + labium, a lip) : divided into two lips. Figs. 275 and 276. 



Biloc'ular (L. bi- + loculus, a compartment) : two-celled. 



Bipin'nate (L. bi- + pinnatus, feathered ; pinna, a feather) : having both 

 primary and secondary divisions of a compound leaf pinnate. See Pin- 

 nate. Figs. 255-257. 



Bladdery : thin and inflated. 



Blade : the expanded portion of a leaf. Fig. 262, a. 



Bract (L. bractea, a thin plate) : a modified or reduced leaf subtending a 

 flower, or belonging to an inflorescence. Fig. 268, /. 



Bract'eate : provided with bracts. 



Bract'eose : having numerous or conspicuous bracts. 



Bract'let : a secondary bract, occurring on the pedicel of a flower instead of 

 subtending it. Bract'eolate : having bractlets. 



Bulb (L. bulbus, a bulb) : a subterranean bud with fleshy scales or coats. 

 Figs. 212 and 213. 



Bulbif 'erous (bulb + L. fero, I bear) : bearing bulbs. 



Bulb'let : a small bulb, usually one borne above ground on the stem. 



Bulbous : having the character of a bulb. 



Cadu'cous (L. cadricus, falling) : falling off very early; applied to petals which 

 fall as the flower opens. 



