GLOSSARY. 



A FEW COMMON ENGLISH AND SCIENTIFIC TEEMS USED IN DATE CULTIVATION 

 WITH THEIR MEANINGS ; ALSO VERNACULAR EQUIVALENTS WHERE SUCH 

 ARE COMMONLY USED. 



CARPEL 



DATE GROVE 



(See para. 8 page 12 and f.h.k., Illustration No. 18, 

 Sketch C, page 12d.) The central part of the 

 female flower is formed of 3 carpels closely applied 

 together. The basal oval part of each carpel is 

 called the ovary ; the pointed apical portion is 

 called the stigma. 



Ver. " Piri " <^JJ (see Frontispiece). Sometimes 

 called " Khori " (.j}}**. Khori is more properly 

 applied to a corner of the curing yard in which the 

 cured fruits are temporarily stored immediately 

 after removal from the curing mats. The floor of 

 the khori is usually a foot or so higher than the rest 

 of the curing yard in order to facilitate drainage in 

 case of rain. 



Ver. " Khajion ka bagh :" ^ K etfiW " Nakhlistan" 

 uALJsJ. A small group of date plants arising from a 

 common stool is in vernacular called a " Thadda." 



DATE PALM 



FEMALE TREE 

 FERTILISATION 



FIBRE AT THE BASE OF 



LEAF STALK 

 FLO WEB 



Ver. "Khajji." .,*' 



Fruit bearing tree. Ver. " Madah." 



The fusion of certain of the contents of the pollen 

 grain with certain of those of the ovule of the 

 female flower, and which results in the conversion 

 of the ovule into a seed ; in this case containing 

 an embryo or baby plant and a food store around 

 it. I have found no local vernacular equivalent. 

 In Arabic it is called " Talqih." 



Ver. "Kabal." JUT 

 Ver. " Paul." J^J 

 Sometimes a collection 

 *' Bur." j* 



of the flowers is called 



