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Cymbcrform, or Cymbiform : same as boat -shaped. 

 Cyme: a cluster of centrifugal inflorescence. 

 Cymose : furnished with cymes, or like a cyme. 



Deca- (in composition of words of Greek derivation) : ten ; as 



Decagynous : with 10 pistils or styles. Decandrous : with 10 stamens. 



Deciduous: falling off , or subject to fall, said of leaves which fall in 

 autumn, and of a calyx and corolla which fall before the fruit forms. 



Declined: turned to one side, or downwards, as the stamens of Azalea 

 nudiflora. 



Decompound : several times compounded or divided. 



Decumbent: reclined on the ground, the summit tending to rise. 



Decurrent (leaves) : prolonged on the stem beneath the insertion, as in 

 Thistles. 



Decussate : arranged in pairs which successively cross each other. 



Definite : when of a uniform number, and not above twelve or so. 



Deflexed : bent downwards. 



Deflorate : past the flowering state, as an anther after it has discharged 

 its pollen. 



Dehiscence : the mode in which an anther or a pod regularly bursts or 

 splits open. 



Dehiscent : opening by regular dehiscence. 



Deliquescent: branching off so that the stem is lost in the branches. 



Deltoid : of a triangular shape. 



Demersed : growing below the surface of water. 



Dendroid, Dendritic: tree-like in form or appearance. 



Dentate : toothed (from the Latin dens, a tooth.) 



Denticulate : furnished with denticulations, or very small teeth : dimin- 

 utive of the last. 



Depauperate : impoverished or starved. 



Depressed : flattened, or as if pressed down from above; flattened verti- 

 cally. 



Descending: tending gradually downwards. 



Dextrose: turned to the right hand. 



Di- (in Greek compounds): two as 



Diadelphous (stamens): united by their filaments in two sets. 



Diandrous: having two stamens. 



Diagnosis: a short distinguishing character, or descriptive phrase. 



Diaphanous: transparent or translucent. 



Dichlamydeous (flower): having both calyx and corolla. 



Dichotomons: two-forked. 



Diclinous: having the stamens in one flower, the pistils in another. 



Dicoccous (fruit): splitting into two cocci or closed carpels. 



Dicotyledonous (embryo): having a pair of cotyledons. 



