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of L. frustum, a fragment), in 

 bot., the parts or fragments into 

 which certain sea -weeds, the 

 diatoms, separate : frustulose, 

 a., frust'-ul'dz, consisting of 

 fragments. 



frutex, n., fr6t'.$ks (L. frutex, a 

 shrub, fruticis, of a shrub), in 

 hot., a shrub: fruticose, a,.,fr6tf 

 ik-oz, shrub-like : fruticulose, a., 



fr6t-ik f 'Ul-dz, a dim. of fruticose ; 

 somewhat shrub-like ; slightly 

 shrubby: fruticulus, n., frdt-ifc 

 ul-us, an under shrub not ex- 

 ceeding the length of the arm. 



FucacesB, n. plu., fu-kd'-s&e (L. 



fucus, the rock - lichen ; Gr. 

 phukos, the plant alkanet, sea- 

 weed), a Sub- order of Algse, 

 brown or olive coloured plants, 

 growing chiefly in salt water, 

 consisting of cells which unite 

 so as to form various kinds of 

 thalli ; the brown sea-weeds or 

 sea- wracks, some of which are 

 eatable, and others possess med- 

 icinal properties : Fucus, n., 



fuk'-us, a genus of sea-weeds : 

 Fucus bacciferus, bdk- sifter -us 

 (L. bacca, a berry ; fero, I bear), 

 the Gulf-weed, eaten as a raw 

 salad, and pickled : F. digitatus, 

 didj'-it'dt'us (L. digitatus, having 

 fingers or toes from digitus, a 

 finger), the sea-girdle and hangers, 

 growing on stones and rocks in 

 the sea near the shore: F. edulis, 

 %d'Ul f 'is (L. edulis, eatable from 

 edo, I eat), the red dulse, eaten 

 raw or broiled : F. esculentus, 

 esk'-ul-ent'-us (L. esculentus, fit 

 for eating from esca, food) ; 

 and F. fimbriatus, fim'-bri-dt'-us 

 (L. fimbriatus, fibrous, fringed 

 from fimbrice, fibres, threads), 

 edible sea-weeds or daber locks : 

 F. natans, ndif-dns (L. natans, 

 swimming, floating), the sea 

 lentil, said to be useful in dys- 

 uria : F. palmatus, palm^dtf-us 

 (L. palmatus, marked like the 

 palm of a hand from palma, the 

 palm of the hand), the handed 



fucus or dulse, eaten raw or 

 cooked : F. pinnatifidus, pin'- 

 nat'if'id'US (L. pinna, a feather, 

 a wing ; findo, I cleave, fidi, I 

 have cleft), the pepper dulse, 

 eaten as a salad, is warm like 

 cresses : F. saccharinus, sak'kar- 

 in'-us (L. saccharum, Gr. sakchar- 

 on, sugar), the sweet fucus or sea- 

 belts growing on stones and rocks; 

 leaves sweet, which exude a 

 sugary substance when dry : F. 

 vesiculosus, ves-ik'-ul-oz'-us (L. 

 vesicula, a little blister, a vesicle), 

 the plant bladder-fucus, sea-oak, 

 or sea- wrack. 



Fuchsia, n^fii'shi-a (after Fuchs, 

 a German botanist), a very 

 beautiful and well-known genus 

 of shrubs, of numerous species ; 

 some of the garden varieties are 

 exceedingly beautiful, Ord. Ona- 

 graceae. 



fucoxanthine, n., fuk'o-zanth'm 

 (Gr. phukos, the plant alkanet, 

 sea-weed ; xantJios, yellow), a 

 colouring matter of the Xantho- 

 phyll group, found in Melano- 

 sporese. 



fugacious, &.,fug-d r 'Slius(L.fugax, 

 swift, fugdcis, of swift from 

 fugio, I fly), in bot., falling off 

 early, as the petals of Cistus ; 

 evanescent. 



fuliginous, a., ful-idj'm-us (L. 



fullgo, soot, fuliginis, of soot), 

 sooty ; in bot., smoke-coloured, 

 or brownish -black. 



fulvous, a. , fulv'us (L. fulvus, of 

 a deep yellow), tawny yellow ; of 

 a saffron colour. 



FumariacesB, n. plu., fum-dr'i'd'- 

 s%'e (L. fumus, smoke, from the 

 smell of some of the species, or 

 from the effect of the juice upon 

 the eyes being the same as smoke), 

 the Fumeworts or Fumitory 

 family, an Order of herbaceous 

 plants, said to be bitter and 

 diaphoretic in their properties : 

 Fumaria, K.,fum>dr'-i-a. a genus 

 of plants: Fumitory, n. , fum'-it- 

 or -i (fumeterre, a French name 



