GLOSSARY. 



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to inflorescence when it ends in 

 a single flower, which is the first 

 on the stem to expand. 



De'fiagrate (Lat. de, down ; flagro, I 

 burn). To burn rapidly. 



Deflec'ted (Lat. de, down ; facto, I 

 bend). Bent down. 



Deflec'tion (Lat. de, from ; facto, I 

 bend). A bending or turning aside 

 from the direct course. 



Deflec'tive (Lat. de, from facto, I 

 bend). Bending or turning aside. 



Deflux'ion (Lat. de, down; fluo, I 

 flow). A flowing down. 



Degeneration (Lat. de, down ; genus, 

 a kind). A growing worse or in- 

 ferior ; a falling from the normal 

 or healthy state to one which is in- 

 ferior. 



Deglutition (Lat. de, down ; glutio, 

 I swallow). The act of swallowing. 



Degradation (Lat. de, down ; gradus, 

 a step). In geology, a removing or 

 casting down step by step. 



Degree (Lat. de, from ; gradus, a 

 step). A step ; in geometry, the 

 three hundred and sixtieth part of 

 the circumference of a circle. 



Dehis'cence (Lat. dehis'co, I gape). 

 A gaping or opening ; the splitting 

 open of a bag containing eggs, or of 

 a fruit containing seeds. 



Dehis'cent (Lat. dehis'co, I gape). 

 Opening like the pod of a plant. 



Delete 'rious (Gr. Sr/Aeo^at, dcleomai, 

 I destroy). Destructive ; injuri- 

 ous ; poisonous. 



Deliques'cence (^Lat. de, down ; liques'- 

 co, I melt). A melting ; the pro- 

 cess by which saline matters attract 

 water from the air, and thus be- 

 come melted. 



Deliq'uium (Lat. want or defect). A 

 failure of power ; fainting. 



Delir'ium (Lat. deli'ro, I dote or rave). 

 A wandering of the ideas of the mind. 



Delta (the Greek letter A). A piece 

 of land enclosed within two mouths 

 of a river which branches before 

 reaching the sea : originally ap- 

 plied to the land enclosed between 

 the mouths of the Nile. 



Del'toid (Gr. Ae\To,the letter delta or 

 A ; etSos, eidos, shape). Resembling 

 the letter A or delta ; triangular. 



Demen'tia (Lat. de, from ; mens, the 

 mind). Want of intellect ; a form 

 of insanity characterised by a rapid 

 succession of imperfect and uncon- 

 nected ideas, with loss of reflection 

 and attention. 



Demi (Lat. dimid'ium, half). A prefix 

 in compound words, signifying half. 



Demot'ic (Gr. Srinos, demos, people). 

 Belonging to the people : applied to 

 the alphabet used by the people, as 

 distinguished from that used by a 

 certain class ; as among the Egyp- 

 tians. 



Demul'cent (Lat, de, from ; mul'ceo, 

 I soothe or soften). Softening or 

 soothing. 



De'nary (Lat. deni, a series of tens). 

 Containing tens; having the number 

 tens as the characteristic. 



Dendriform (Gr. 8ei>5pov, dendron, a 

 tree ; Lat. forma, shape). Re- 

 sembling a tree. 



Dendritic (Gr. Swfyov, dendron, a 

 tree). Resembling a tree or shrub ; 

 branch-like. 



Den'droid (Gr. Sevfyov, dendron, a 

 tree ; et'Sos, eidos, shape). Resem- 

 bling a tree. 



Den'drolite (Gr. fevSpov, dendron, a 

 tree; \iOos, lithos, a stone). A 

 fossil plant or part of a plant. 



Dendrom'eter (Gr. fevfyov, dendron, 

 a tree ; fj.frpov, metron, a measure). 

 An instrument for measuring trees. 



Density (Lat. densiis, thick). Thick- 

 ness ; the quantity of matter in a 

 substance, compared with that in 

 an equal volume of another sub- 

 stance. 



Dental (Lat. dens, a tooth). Belong- 

 ing to the teeth ; furrned by the 

 teeth. 



Dental Formula. A formula used to 

 4enote the number of the different 

 kinds of teeth in an animal. 



Dent'ary (Lat. dens, a tooth). A 

 bone in the head of fishes and rep- 

 tiles, which supports the teeth. 



Dentate (Lat. dens, a tooth). Having 

 tooth-like projections. 



Den'ticle (Lat. dens, a tooth ; cle, 

 denoting smallness). A little tooth, 

 or projection like a tooth. 



Dentic'ulate (Lat. dens, a tooth). 



