GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



Stipe. — The stalk possessed by some pistils. 



Stipulk.— One of the blade-like bodies at the base of the petiole of leaves. 



Stoma, pi. Stomata.— A breathing pore found in the epidermis of the 

 higher plants. 



Strobile.— A compact flcnver cluster with large scales concealing the 

 flowers. When this cluster matures and contains seeds it is still called 

 a strobile. 



Style.— That part of the pistil which connects the ovary with the stigma. 



Superior.— Applied to an ovary that is not at all adherent to the calyx. 



Syncarp. — A multiple fruit. 



Taproot.— The main root or downward continuation of the plant a.xis. 



Terete. — Nearly cylindrical. 



Terminal.— Placed at the end. 



Thyrse or Thyrsus.— A compact panicle. 



Tom entose.— Applied to surfaces which are covered with matted hairs. 



Tomentum. — Matted hairs. 



Torus. — Another name for receptacle. 



Truncate.— Ending abruptly as if cut oflf. 



Trvma.— A drupe-like fruit which is commonly two-celled, has a bony 



nucleus and thick, fibrous epicarp. 

 Turbinate.— Top-shaped. 

 Umbel.— A flower cluster in which the axis is very short and the pedicels 



radiate from it. 

 Undulate. — Wavy. 



Valvate. — Meeting by the edges without overlapping. 

 Vascular. — Possessing vessels or ducts. 

 Vein. — Thread of fibro- vascular tissue in a leaf. 

 Veinlet.— Small vein. 



Venation.— The system of veins as that of a leaf. 

 Vernation.— The arrangement of the leaves in the bud. 

 Versatile. — Applied to an anther that turns freely on its support. 

 Villous. — Covered with long, soft, shaggy hairs. 

 Whorl. — An arrangement of organs in a circle about a central axis. 



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