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GLOSSARY 



GLOSSARY 



DECUMBENT (leaf). Extending down the stem 

 below the insertion. 



DEFINITE. Of a constant number, not exceeding twenty. 



DEFLEXED. Bent or turned abruptly downward. 



DEHISCENCE. The mode of opening; applied es- 

 pecially to fruits and anthers. 



DEHISCENT. Opening regularly by valves, slits, etc., 

 as a capsule or anther. 



DENTATE. Toothed, usually with the teeth directed 

 outward. 



DENTICULATE. Minutely dentate. 



DEPRESSED. Somewhat flattened from above. 



DIAPHRAGM. The woody tissue which interrupts 

 the pith at the node in a grape-vine. 



DICHOTOMOUS. Forking regularly by pairs. 



DIFFUSE. Widely or loosely spreading. 



DIGITATE. Compound, with the members arising 

 together at the apex of the support. 



DICECIOUS. Unisexual, with two kinds of flowers 

 on separate plants. 



DISSECTED. Cut or divided into numerous segments. 



DISTINCT. Separate; not united; evident. 



DIVARICATE. Widely divergent. 



DIVIDED. Lobed to the base. 



DOMESTICATION. The state or condition of being 

 adapted or inured to cultivation, or the act of adapt- 

 ing or inuring to cultivation. 



DORSAL. The back or outer surface of an organ. 



DRUPACEOUS. Resembling a drupe. 



DRUPE. A fleshy or pulpy fruit with the inner portion 

 of the pericarp (1-celled and 1-seeded, or some- 

 times several-celled) hard or stony. 



DRUPELET. A diminutive drupe. 



ECHINATE. Beset with prickles. 



EFFUSE. Very loosely spreading. 



ELLIPTICAL. Applied to oblong leaves which grad- 

 ually taper both ways from the middle. 



EMARGINATE. Having a shallow notch. 



EMASCULATION. Removal of stamens or anthers. 



EMBRYO. The rudimentary plantlet within the seed. 



ENDOCARP. The inner layer of a pericarp. 



ENTIRE. Without toothing or division. 



ENVIRONMENT. The sum of the physical conditions 

 in which an organism lives. 



EPHEMERAL. Lasting for only one day. 



EPICARP. The outer layer of the pericarp or ma- 

 tured ovary. 



EPIDERMIS. The superficial layer of cells. 



EXFOLIATING. Cleaving off in thin layers. 



EXOCARP. Outer layer of a pericarp. 



EXSERTED. Projecting beyond an envelope, as stamens 

 from a corolla. 



EXTRORSE. Facing downward. 



EYE. The calyx of a pome-fruit ; a compound bud 

 of a grape. 



FAMILY. A natural assemblage of plants thrown to- 

 gether because of resemblances. 



FARINACEOUS. Containing starch; starch-like. 



FARINOSE. Covered with a meal-like powder. 



FASCICLE. A close bundle or cluster. 



FASCICULATE. In close bundles or clusters. 



FASTIGIATE (branches). Erect and near together. 



FEMALE. Fertile; pistillate. 



FERRUGINOUS. Rust-color. 



FERTILE. Capable of producing fruit ; or productive, 

 as a flower having a pistil, or an anther with 

 pollen. 



FERTILIZATION. Action of the pollen upon the egg- 

 cell of the embryo-sac, resulting in the formation 

 of the embryo ; impregnation ; fecundation. 



FIBROUS. Composed of or resembling fibers. 



FIBROUS TISSUE. A tissue formed of elongated thick- 

 walled cells. 



FILAMENT. The part of a stamen which supports the 

 anther ; any thread-like body. 



FILAMENTOUS. Composed of threads. 



FILIFORM. Thread-shaped. 



FIMBRIATE. Fringed. 



FIMBRILLATE. Having a minute fringe. 



FLACCID. Without rigidity. 



FLEXUOUS. Zigzag ; bending alternately in opposite 

 directions. 



FLORA. The plants of a region ; also a book treating 

 of the plants of a region. 



FLORET. A small flower, usually one of a dense 

 cluster. 



FLORIFEROUS. Flower-bearing. 



FOLIACEOUS. Leaf-like in texture or appearance. 



FOLLICLE. A fruit consisting of a single carpel, 

 dehiscing by the ventral suture. 



FOLLICULAR. Like a follicle. 



FORKED. Divided into nearly equal branches. 



FOXINESS. The peculiar smell and taste in some 



grapes. 



FREE. Not adnate to other organs. 

 FRUCTIFICATION. The act or organs of fruiting. 

 FRUIT. The seed-bearing product of a plant. 

 FUGACIOUS. Falling or fading very early. 

 FUNICLE. The free stalk of an ovule or seed. 

 FUSIFORM. Spindle-shaped ; swollen in the middle 



and narrowing toward each end. 



GENUS. A group comprising a greater or less number 



of closely related species. 



GIBBOUS. Protuberant or swollen on one side. 

 GLABRATE. Somewhat glabrous, or becoming glabrous. 

 GLABROUS. Smooth ; not rough, pubescent or hairy. 

 GLAND. A secreting surface or structure. 

 GLANDULAR. Bearing glands or of the nature of a 



gland. 



GLAUCOUS. Covered with a bloom. 

 GRAFT. A cutting set into a plant ; cion. 

 GRANULOSE. Composed of or appearing as if covered 



by minute grains. 



HABIT. The general appearance of a plant. 

 HABITAT. The place in which an organism lives. 

 HEART-SHAPED. Ovate with two rounded lobes and a 



sinus at the base. 

 HERB. A plant with no persistent woody stem above 



ground. 



HERBACEOUS. Having the character of an herb. 

 HERMAPHRODITE. Bisexual. 



HILUM. The scar or point of attachment of the seed. 

 HIRSUTE. Pubescent with rather coarse or stiff hairs. 

 HIRSUTULOUS. Slightly hirsute. 

 HIRTELLOUS. Minutely hirsute. 

 HISPID. Beset with rigid or bristly hairs or with 



bristles. 



HOARY. Grayish-white with a fine close pubescence. 

 HYALINE. Transparent or translucent. 

 HYBRID. A cross-breed of two species. 

 HYBRIDIZATION. The state or condition of being 



hybridized, or the process or act of hybridizing. 

 HYBRIDIZING. The operation or practice of crossing 



between species. 

 HYPOGYNOUS. Situated on the receptacle beneath 



the ovary and free from it and from the calyx ; 



having the petals and stamens so situated. 



IMBRICATE. Overlapping. 



IMPERFECT. Lacking either gynoecium or androecium. 



IMPRESSED. Bent inward as if by pressure. 



INCISED. Cut sharply and irregularly and more or 

 less deeply. 



INCLUDED. Not at all protruded from the surround- 

 ing envelope. 



INCOMPLETE FLOWER. One from which any of the 

 four series is missing. 



INDEFINITE. Inconstant in number or very numer- 

 ous. 



INDEHISCENT. Not opening by halves. 



INDIGENOUS. Original to the region. 



INDURATED. Hardened. 



INFERIOR. Lower or below ; outer or anterior. 



INFLATED. Bladdery. 



INFLORESCENCE. The flowering part of a plant, 

 and especially the mode of its arrangement. 



INSERTED. Attached to or growing out of. 



INSERTION. Method of attachment. 



INTERNODE. The portion of a stem between two 

 nodes. 



INTRAMARGINAL. Within and near the margin. 



INTRODUCED. Brought intentionally from another 

 region for purposes of cultivation. 



INTRORSE. Turned inward or toward the axis. 



INVOLUCRE. A circle or collection of bracts sur- 

 . rounding a flower-cluster or head. 



INVOLUTE. Rolled inward. 



IRREGULAR. Showing inequality in the size, form 

 or union of its similar parts. 



LACERATE. Irregularly cleft as if torn. 

 LACINIATE. Slashed ; cut into narrow pointed lobes. 

 LANCEOLATE. Shaped like a lance-head, several times 



longer than wide, broadest above the base and 



narrowed to the apex. 



LATENT. Said of a bud which remains dormant. 

 LEAFLET. A single division of a compound leaf. 

 LENTICULAR. Of the shape of a double-convex lens. 



