GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



DECURRENT. Applied to the prolongation of an organ, or part of an organ 

 running along the sides of another. 



DEHISCENT. Opening to emit the contents. 



DELTOID. Broadly triangular, like the Greek letter delta. 



DENTATE. Toothed, especially with outwardly projecting teeth. 



DENTICULATE. Diminutive of dentate. 



DETERMINATE. Limited or defined. 



DIFFUSE. Loosely spreading. 



DICECIOUS. Bearing staminate flowers on one plant and pistillate ones on 

 another of the same species. 



DISK. An enlargement or prolongation of the receptacle of a flower around 

 the base of the pistil. 



DISTINCT. Separate from each other. 



DRUPE. A simple fruit, usually indehiscent, with fleshy exocarp and bony 

 endocarp. 



DRUPELET. Diminutive of drupe. 



ECHINATE. Prickly. 



ELLIPTIC. With the outline of an ellipse ; oval. 



EMARGINATE. Notched at the apex. 



ENDOCARP. The inner layer of the pericarp. 



ENTIRE. Without divisions, lobes or teeth. Used largely with regard to 

 margins of leaves, petals and sepals. 



EPIGYNOUS. Adnate to or borne on the upper part of the ovary. 



EROSE. Irregularly margined, as if gnawed. 



EVERGREEN. Bearing green leaves throughout the year. 



EXFOLIATING. Peeling off in layers. 



EXOCARP. The outer layer of the pericarp. 



EXSERTED. Prolonged past surrounding organs. 



EXSTRORSE. Facing outward. 



FALCATE. Scythe-shaped. 



FERTILE. Capable of producing fruit. 



FERTILIZATION. The union which takes place when the contents of the 

 pollen cell enters the ovule. 



FILAMENT. The stalk of an anther, the two forming a stamen ; any thread- 

 like body. 



FOLLICLE. A fruit consisting of a simple carpel opening by the ventral 

 suture. 



FRUIT. The seed-bearing product of a plant, simple, compound, or aggre- 

 gated, of whatever form. 



FUGACIOUS. Falling soon after development. 



FUGITIVE. Plants not native, but occurring here and there without direct 

 evidence of being established. 



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