GLOSSARY 



DESCRIPTIVE TERMS 



This list is intended to cover most of the important terms which might 

 be confusing to the student. Several general terms used in describing fruit 

 are listed first, and the remaining terms follow in alphabetical order under 

 the various headings. 



GENERAL TERMS 



Acute. Tapering nearly to a point. 



Apex. A term understood as applying to the part most remote from the 



branch or root. (In pears, this part is usually spoken of as the crown.) 

 Axis. A line connecting the base and the apex. 



A longitudinal section of a fruit is made by 



cutting it from base to apex; a cross, or 



transverse, section is made by cutting it at 



right angles to the axis. 

 Base (of a fruit). The portion toward the 



branch or root. 

 Compressed. With the sides flattened, as in 



some plums. 



Depressed. Sunken, as the apex of peaches. 

 Furrowed (of fruit). More or less regularly FIG. 38. A, apex; B, base 



channeled. 



Irregular. A term applied to an outline that is elliptical or angular. 

 Obtuse. Blunt ; approximating an obtuse angle. 

 Pit. A term applied to the seed found in drupaceous fruits. 

 Regular. When a section through the equatorial diameter shows nearly a 



circular outline, the fruit is said to be regular. 

 Ribbed. Having large obtuse and rounded ridges. 

 Symmetrical. Having parts mutually well proportioned ; regular. 

 Truncate. Abruptly flattened at the end, or (of fruit) appearing as though 



cut squarely across. 



BASIN 



The depression in which the calyx is set is technically called the basin, 

 and several terms are used in describing it. 



Abrupt basin. A basin in which the sides show a sudden slope. 

 Corrugated basin. A basin in which the furrows are wrinkled or folded 



about the calyx lobes. 

 Mammiform basin. A basin in which peculiar fleshy protuberances occur 



about the base of the calyx lobes. 



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