GLOSSARY 



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Stolon A stem which bends to 

 the ground and takes root, or a 

 runner 



Strap-shaped Long and narrow in 

 outline 



Striate Marked with parallel lines 



Style An extension of the pistil, 

 bearing a stigma at its tip 



Subglobose Nearly globose or 

 head-like 



Submersed, submerged Under wa- 

 ter 



Succulent Fleshy, watery 



Superior Applied to a part placed 

 above another part 



Tendril A slender coiling hold- 

 fast 



Terete Circular in cross-section 



Terminal At the end 



Ternate Of three leaflets 



Ternately-compound The divi- 

 sions in threes 



Terrestrial On the ground, not 

 water dwelling 



Thallus A flat disk- or leaf-like 



body growing on the substratum 



Throat Open upper portion of a 

 united corolla 



Trailing Creeping along the 

 ground 



Transversely Cross-wise 



Truncate Cut off squarely 



Tubercle Projection or wart 



Tuberous With a tuber or with 

 large swollen roots 



Tubular Tube-like 



Umbel A flower cluster with all 

 the stalks arising from the same 

 point 



Utricle A one-seeded fruit split- 

 ting circularly 



Valve One of the portions into 

 which some dry fruits split 



Verticillate Three or more in a 

 circle 



Whorl A group of three or more 

 similar organs, as leaves, radiat- 

 ing from the place of attachment 



Wing One of the two lateral 

 petals of the pea flower 



