Glossary 



TO'ROSE, TOR'ULOSE (torosus, full of muscle or flesh, <torus, a bulging, protuber- 

 ance), swollen at intervals. 



TORSION (torquere, pp. tortus, twist, wring), the state of being twisted spirally. 



TOR'SIVE (torsus, pp. torquere, twist), spirally twisted. 



TOR'TUOUS, bending or turning in various directions. 



Tox'ic (toxicum, poison), poisonous. 



TRA'MA (trama, the weft or filling of a web), the substance proceeding from the 

 hymenophore, between the plates of (central in) the gills in Agarics, and be- 

 tween the double membranes of which the dissepiments of the pores are com- 

 posed in Polyporei ; the hyphal plates forming the walls of the chambers of the 

 gleba, in Gasteromycetes. 



TRANSLU'CENT (translucen(t)s, ppr. of translucere, shine across or through, < trans, 

 over, -f- lucere, shine), transmitting rays of light without being transparent. 



TRANS'VERSE (transversus, lying across), from side to side. 



TREM'ELLOID, TREM'ELLOSE (tremo, to tremble), of a gelatinous or jelly-like con- 

 sistency ; resembling Tremella. 



TRI- (tri, three), prefix signifying "three." 



TRI'FID (trifldus, <^tres (tri-) three, + findere, cleave), divided half way into three 

 parts by linear sinuses with straight margins; three-cleft. 



TRIQUETROUS (triquetrus, three-cornered, triangular), having three acute angles 

 with concave faces; triangular; applied to the vertical radial section of some 

 dimidiate pilei; three-edged. 



TRUNCATE (truncatus, pp. truncare, cut off), ending abruptly as if cut short; cut 

 squarely off. 



TU'B^EFORM, TU'BIFORM (tuba, a tube ; forma, form), trumpet-shaped, tubular. 



TUBE, TU'BULE (tubus, a pipe, tube), in polypores, tube lined with hymenium ; same 

 as pore. 



TU'BER (tuber, a bump, swelling, knob on plant, etc.), fleshy body, usually of a 

 rounded or oblong form, produced on underground stems, as the potato or arti- 

 choke; a genus of underground fungi. 



TU'BERCLE (tuberculum, dim. of tuber, a swelling), a small, wart-like excrescence; a 

 small swelling. 



TUBERCULAR, TUBER'CULATE, TUBER'CULOSE (tuberculum, tubercle), having or cov- 

 ered with tubercles ; formed like or forming a tubercle. 



TUBER'CULIFORM (tuberculum, tubercle, -\-forma, form), shaped like a tubercle. 



TU X BEROUS (tuberosus, full of lumps or protuberances, <^tuber, a knob, lump), round- 

 ed and swollen; resembling a tuber. 



TU'BULAR (tubulus, a small pipe), hollow and cylindrical. 



TU'BULUS (pi. TUBULI) (tubulus, tube), same as tube; pore. 



TU'MID (tumidus, swollen, swelling, <^tumere, swell), swollen, slightly inflated. 



TUR'BINATE (turbinatus, shaped like a top or cone), top-shaped ; shape of an invert- 

 ed cone. 



TUR'GID (turgidus, swollen, <^turgere, swell out), thickened as if swollen; distended 

 with liquid. 



TUR'GOR (turgere, swell), the state of being turgid ; a state of distension and tension 

 of plant cells and parts by reason of their fullness of liquid. 



TYPE, a perfect specimen or individual exemplifying the essential characters of the 

 species to which it belongs; the original specimen from which a species was 

 described. 



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