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parts arranged in threes : ternate, 

 a., tern'- at, having compound 

 leaves consisting of three leaflets ; 

 arranged by threes. 



Ternstrcemiace89, n. plu., tern'- 

 strem-i-d'sZ-e (after Ternslro'm, a 

 Swedish naturalist, 1745), the 

 Tea family, an important Order 

 of plants, yielding the various 

 kinds of tea : Ternstroemia, n., 

 tern-strem'4'a, an interesting 

 genus of plants. 



tertian, a., ter'sht-an (L. tertfus, 

 the third), occurring every third 

 day, as a fever. 



test, n., test (L. testa, a shell), in 

 zooL, the shell of Mollusca, thus 

 sometimes called testacea, test- 

 a'-sZ-a: testa, n., tested, testsa, 

 n. plu., fest'e, in bot., the outer 

 covering of the seed ; the shelly 

 covering of certain animals : 

 testaceous, a., tfot'a'shtia, having 

 a hard, shelly covering. 



testes, n. plu., test'-ez (L. testis, a 

 witness), the organs in male 

 animals which produce the semen 

 or generative fluid ; the testicles. 



testicles, n. plu., test'ik-ilz (L. 

 testicnim, a testicle, dim. of test- 

 is], the two male organs of gen- 

 eration : testiculate, a., test-ilc'- 

 ul-dt, in bot., having two oblong 

 tubercules, as the roots in some 

 Orchids. 



Testudinaria, n., t$st>ud'-tn-dr'.t-a 

 (L. testudo, a tortoise, testudmis, 

 of a tortoise), a genus of curious 

 and interesting plants, Ord. 

 Dioscoreacese, so named from the 

 outside resemblance of the roots* : 

 Testudinaria elephantipes, Zl'-Zf- 

 dntflp'z(L. elephas, an elephant, 

 elephantis, of an elephant ; pes, 

 a foot, pedis, of a foot), the Tor- 

 toise plant, or elephant's foot, of 

 the Cape, so named from its 

 peculiar, thickened stem. 



tetanus, n., tZt'an-us (L. tetanus, 

 Gr. tetdnos, a stiffness or spasm 

 of the neck from Gr. teino, I 

 stretch), a diseased condition, 

 characterised by painful and rigid 



contraction of the voluntary 

 muscles, aggravated from time to 

 time by very severe spasms ; 

 named traumatic tetanus when 

 it comes on after wounds, and 

 idiopathic tetanus when the 

 symptoms exhibit themselves 

 without any manifest cause : tet- 

 anic, a., t&'&n'-tic, pert, to or 

 affected by such symptoms as 

 occur in tetanus ; of or pert, to 

 tetanus. 



Tetrabranchiata, n. plu., fetf-rd* 

 brangk-i'dt'a (Gr. tetra, four ; 

 brangchia, gills), an Order of the 

 Cephalopoda, characterised by 

 havingfour gills : tetrabranchiate, 

 a., -%'dt, having four gills. 



tetradynamous, a., tet?ra-dm'-am' 

 us (Gr. tetra, four ; dunamis, 

 power), in bot., having four long 

 stamens arid two short, as in 

 Crueiferae. 



tetragonous, a., fet-rag'-tin-us, also 

 tetragonal, a., tet-rdg^n-dl (Gr. 

 tetra, four ; gonm, a corner), in 

 bot., having four angles, the faces 

 being convex : Tetragonia, n. , 

 tet'-ra-gon'-i-d, a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Ficoidese or Mesembryacese : 

 Tetragonia expansa, eks'pans'd 

 (L. expansus, spread apart, ex- 

 panded), a species called New 

 Zealand spinach. 



tetragynous, a., fet-radf-in-us (Gr. 

 tetra, four ; gune, a female), in 

 bot., having four carpels or four 

 styles. 



tetramerous, a., tet-ram'Zr-us (Gr. 

 tetra, four ; meres, a part), in 

 lot., composed of four parts, or 

 in fours, or in multiples of four. 



tetrandrous, a., tZt-rdnd'-rus (Gr. 

 tetra, four ; aner, a male, andros, 

 of a male), in bot., having four 

 stamens. 



Tetranthera, n.,i$f-r&nth*8r'-fl, (Gr. 

 tetra, four ; anthertis, flowery), a 

 genus of plants, Ord. Lauracese : 

 Tetranthera laurifolia, lawr'-i' 

 fdl'i-a (L. laurus, the laurel ; 

 fdlium, a leaf), a species whose 

 leaves and branches abound in a 



