GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



Abruptly pinnate. Pinnate without an odd leaflet at the end ; even-pinnate. 



Acuminate. Taper-pointed. 



Acute. Terminating in a well-defined angle, usually less than a right angle. 



Alternate. Not opposite each other; as the leaves of a stem when arranged one 

 after the other along the branch. 



Anther. The essential part of a stamen of a flower; the part which contains the 

 pollen. 



Axil. The upper angle between the leafstalk and the twig. 



Axillary. Situated in the axil; as a bud, branch, or flower-cluster when in the 

 axil of a leaf. 



Berry. Used in this work to include any soft, juicy fruit with several (at least 

 more than one) readily separated seeds buried in the mass. 



Bipalmate. Palmately branched with the branches again palmated. 



Bipinnate. Twice-pinnate. 



Blade. The thin, spreading portion, as of a leaf. 



Bract. A more or less modified leaf subtending a flower or fruit; usually a small 

 leaf in the axil of which the separate flower of a cluster grows. 



Capsule. A dry, pod-like fruit which has either more than one cell, or, if of one 

 cell, not such a pod as that of the pea with the seeds fastened on one side on a single 

 line. 



Catkin. A scaly, usually slender and pendent cluster of flowers. 



Ciliate. Fringed with hairs along its edge. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped, the stem and point at opposite ends. 



Corymb. A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster; in a strict use it is applied 

 only to such clusters when the central flower does not bloom first. See cyme. 



Crenate. Edge notched with rounded teeth. 



Cym,e. A flat-topped flower-cluster, the central flower blooming first. 



Deciduous. Falling off; said of leaves when they fall in autumn, and of floral 

 leaves when they fall before the fruit forms. 



Dentate. Edge notched, with the teeth angular and pointing outward. 



Dioecious. With stamens and pistils on different plants. 



Drupe. A fleshy fruit with a single bony stone. In this book applied to all 

 fruits which, usually juicy, have a single seed, even if not bony, or a bony stone, even 

 if the stone has SBveral seeds. 



Elliptical. Having the form of an elongated oval. 

 Emarginate. With a notched tip. 

 Entire. With an even edge; not notched. 



Evergreen. Retaining the leaves (in a more or less green condition) through the 

 winter and until new ones appear. 

 Exstipulate. Without stipules. 



Feather-veined. With the veins of a leaf all springing from the sitlcs of the midrib. 

 Filament. The stalk of a stamen ; any thread-like body. 



Head. A compact, rounded cluster of flowers or fruit. 



Key. A fruit furnished with a wing, or leaf-like expansion. 



Lance-shaped. Lanceolate. Like a lance-head in shape. 



Legume. A pea-like pod. 



Linear. Long and narrow, with the edges about parallel. 



Lobe. The separate, projecting parts of an irregularly edged leaf if few in number. 



Lobed. Having lobes along the margin. 



Mucronate. Tipped with a short abrupt point. 



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