RIN- 277 ROS- 
are cylindrical; off. scale bark root climber,—a plant which climbs 
ot. by means of roots developed from 
ringent <= ‘jént) a. [L. ringi, to - stem (oz). 
open mouth as sd hairs, ~ unicellular epidermal 
Having 
the — as a rolla, or valves 
es by a distinct gap (dof. 
ool.). 
ringleas, — aff. Ferns without an 
nulus (doz¢. 
“penal (ripa’ rial), riparian (ripa eaga 
riparious (ripa'riit iis) a. [L. vipa, 
river bank. ] ve tee ee 
living on the banks of 
on, 
streams or rivers (do04., 200. 
ripe (rip) a. [A.S. 77fe, fit for reap- 
ing.] Having seeds mat an 
ready for germination oS 
(risd’ritis 
riso: risu 
laughter. ] A cheek ee ae 
r the masseter muscle 
rivose (ri'v6s 
Marked with Ue rolary winding 
furrows or channels 
ose (riviilés) a. [L. rivulus, a 
rivulet.] Mark with sinuate 
ann lines or furrows es 
rod thelium, — epitheliu  con- 
sutiee of apparently anaes ie 
(phys.). 
rod fibre,—the fibre with which a rod 
of the retina is connected ceacaa’ly 
anat.). 
m,—fructification oc- 
saiclicea pein Fungi 
cati 
curring in ba 
onidia from 
by means of rod-like g 
a hyphal branch (404.). 
rod - e nucleus of a rod 
fibre (ana 
— (en) [L. vodere, to 
w.] Anan nimal with e habit of 
Sen or nibbling, as a rabbit 
—the nerve- epabelian 
and cones, 
layer of the retina pes 
wyrt, a root.] 
root borer,—a larv 
which bores into the roots of plants 
sceggte 
cap,—a protective ae of tissue 
2 the apex of a roo 
—the clear coleiosions base 
of one of the Algae attaching the 
thallus to its substratum (407. as 
pam aE from roots, of 2 gta 
-~ eet ccs z). 
al leaf (Bok), 
rt pace craig —a condition ex- 
lepaaige by semi- ih plants, the 
which penetrate the roots 
0 etre eine plants and draw 
them elaborated food material 
pocket ath containing 
a root, senetalig 2% aquatic plants 
(d07.) 
root —the force by which 
water is ma ade to rise in the axial 
stele of a plant, a main factor in the 
transport of water through the 
Boge (602.). 
rocess,—a branched colourless 
structure fixing an ge thallus to 
oil (40 ae 
sti sheat rchid velamen 
(d0t.) ; that sal of. a hair follicle 
continuous with the ae 
(anat.) 
—a rhizome (07) ; 
root - like horizontal portion or 
Hydrozoa (zool.). 
root tubercle,—a small swelling = a 
legume root, caused by Bacteria 
(d07.). 
rootlet,—an ultimate branch of a root 
(d02.). 
rosaceous (réza Seg [L. ro 
rose.] With fi 
in acircle ; ae d li 
rosellate (rézél'at)@. [L. rosa, 
mentary organ 
on with the PLES i 
ae (rozét’ [L. vosa, a rose.] 
A cluster of ee arising in close 
rosette 1 idi 
the vemeal complex stolon from 
which ds are constricted off 
(zool.). 
