panicled 



Paracorolla 



a loose flower - cluster, as a 

 branched raceme or corymb ; panl- 

 cled, furnished with a panicle ; 

 panic'ulate, panicula'tus (Lat.), 

 having an inflorescence of the kind 

 described ; panlc'uliform (forma, 

 shape), panicle-shaped (Crozier). 



Panifica'tion (panis, bread, facio, I 

 make), the fermentative changes 

 by which dough is converted into 

 bread. 



Panmixia (Tras, iravrb^ all, /^is, a 

 mixing), Weismann's term to de- 

 note the agency of modification or 

 evolution which results from the 

 cessation of natural selection. 



pan'nary (panis, bread), pertaining to 

 bread, or suitable for making it 

 (Crozier) ; more correctly pan'ary. 



Pannexter'na (pannus, a cloth, ex- 

 ternus, outside), = EPICARPIUM ; 

 pan'niform, panniform'is (forma, 

 shape), having the appearance or 

 texture of felt or woollen cloth ; 

 Panninter'na (interims, within ) = 

 ENDOCARPIUM ; panno'sus (Lat. 

 ragged), botanically, the same as 

 panniform. 



panphotomet'ric (Tras, iravrbs, all, 0c3s, 

 0oTos, light, fj^rpov, a measure), used 

 of leaves which adapt their position 

 to both direct and diffused light 

 ( Wiesner) ; Panspermlsm (o-Tre/j/xa, a 

 seed), the universal diffusion of 

 germs throughout the atmosphere. 



pantachob'ryus J (wavraxTJ, on every 

 side, fipvw, I grow), growing in a 

 circular manner. 



pantog-'enous (Tras, iravros, all, yevos, 

 race, offspring), applied to Fungi 

 which grow everywhere, and are 

 not confined to a single host. 



Papa'in, a peptic enzyme from Carica 

 Papaya, Linn. 



papavera'ceous, belonging to, or re- 

 sembling the poppy, Papaver ; 

 papa'verous, resembling a poppy. 



pa'pery, having the texture of paper, 



Cf. CHARTACEOUS, PAPYRACEOUS. 



papilionaceous (papilio, a butterfly + 

 aceous), a butterfly-shaped corolla, 

 as in the suborder Papilionaceae 

 of Leguminosae. 



Papil'la (Lat. a nipple), pi. Papillae, 

 (1) soft superficial glands or pro- 

 tuberances ; (2) " Also the aciculae 

 of certain Fungals " (Lindley) ; 

 papUlar, papilla'ris, papil'lary, 

 resembling papillae ; pap'illate, pa- 

 pilla' tus (Lat. bud-shaped), having 

 papillae ; papillif erous, -rus (fero, 

 I bear), producing papillae ; pa- 

 piUiform (forma, shape), shaped 

 like a papilla ; pap'illose, papil- 

 lo'sus (Lat. ), covered with papillae. 



pappiferous (pappus, plant-down, 

 fero, I bear), bearing pappus ; pap'- 

 piform, pappiform'is (/orma,shape), 

 resembling pappus ; Pap'po, Blair's 

 word for the down of thistles ; 

 pap'pose, pappo'sus, pap'pous, hav- 

 ing pappus ; Pap'pus, thistledown, 

 the various tufts of hairs on 

 achenes or fruits, the limb of the 

 calyx of Composite florets. 



Pap'ula (Lat. a pimple), a pimple or 

 small pustule ; papulif erous, -rus 

 (fero, I bear), bearing pustules ; 

 pap'ulose, papulo'sus, pap'ulous, 

 papillose. 



papyra'ceous, papyra'ceus (Lat. made 

 of papyrus), (1) papery; (2) white 

 as paper ; ~ Ferns, filmy Ferns. 



parabolic, parabolical, parabol'icus 

 (irapapoXr), a parabola), in botany, 

 ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse and 

 contracted below the apex, used of 

 a leaf. 



Parabuxlne (irapa, from beside, + 

 BUXINE), and Parabuxinldine, alka- 

 loids occurring in Buxus semper- 

 virens, Linn. ; Paracallus ( + 

 CALLUS), a substance resembling 

 the callus of sieve-tubes, but differ- 

 ing in reaction and chemical con- 

 stitution ; Paracarplum (Kapiros, 

 fruit), (1) an abortive pistil or 

 carpel ; (2) the persistent portion 

 of some styles or stigmas ; Para- 

 cellulose ( + CELLULOSE) forms 

 the epidermal cells of plants ; 

 parachromophorlc (xpufw, colour, 

 0o/^ o>, I carry), applied to bacteria 

 whose colouring is an excretory 

 product, but adheres to the or- 

 ganisms ; Paracorolla ( + COROLLA), 



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