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Strict (L. strictus, close, straight) : straight and upright. 



Stri'gose (L. strigosus, thin and meager) : beset with . appressed, sharp, 



straight, and stiff hairs or bristles. 

 Strob'ile, pr. strob'il or stro'bile (Gr. strobiles, a cone) : an inflorescence 



with imbricated scales, as in the hop and the pine cone. Fig. 93. 

 Style (Gr. stylos, a pillar) : the elongation from the top of the ovary, usually 



present, which bears the stigmas. Fig. 87. 

 Stylopo'dium (Gr. stylos, a pillar; podion, diminutive of pous, podos, foot) : 



a disk-like expansion at the base of a style, as in the Umbelliferse. 

 Sub-, a Latin prefix in compound botanical terms, usually signifying somewhat 



or slightly. 



Su'bulate (L. subula, an awl) : awl-shaped. 

 Suc'culent (L. suculentus, full of juice or sap) : juicy or sappy. 

 Suffrutes'cent (L. sub, somewhat; frutex, a shrub) : slightly woody at the 



base. 

 Suffru'ticose (L. sub, somewhat or under; fruticosus, shrubby) : woody near 



the base, and producing annual herbaceous shoots. 

 Sul'cate (L. sulcatus, furrowed) : grooved or furrowed. 

 Sulfu'reous or sulphu'reous : pale yellow. 

 Supe'rior : applied to the ovary when the other floral organs are borne on 



the receptacle beneath it; applied to the other floral organs when they 



are borne on an elongation of the receptacle or so-called calyx tube, 



above the ovary, or are apparently adherent to the ovary. Fig. 123. 

 Suspend'ed : applied to an ovule which hangs from the top of the cell of the 



ovary. Fig. 306. 

 Su'ture (L. sutura, a seam) : an apparent juncture or seam of union; a line 



of dehiscence. 

 Syco'nium (Gr. sykon, a fig) : a fruit consisting of a fleshy hollow receptacle 



lined with numerous flowers, as in the fig. Fig. 339. 

 Symmetrical : having the same number of parts in the successive circles 



of sfloral organs. 

 Syngene'sious (Gr. syn, with, together; genesis, generation or birth) : said 



of stamens which are united by their anthers. Fig. 288. 



Tailed : having a slender terminal prolongation. 



Tap-root : a primary descending root forming a direct continuation of the 



radicle. Fig. 215. 



Terete' (L. teres, rounded) : having a circular transverse section; cylindrical. 

 Ter'mlnal : pertaining to the apex, as a bud at the end of a shoot. 

 Ter'nary (L. ternarius, consisting of threes) : occurring in threes. 

 Ter'nate (L. terni, by threes) : in threes. 



