GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 301 



Cuneate. Wedge-shaped, triangular in section or outline. 



Cuspidate. Tipped with a sharp stiff point. 



Cyme. A flat-topped or convex inflorescence. The flowers opening from 



the center outwards. 

 Cymose. Cyme-like or furnished with cymes. 



Deciduous. Falling off. 



Decompound. Several times compounded or divided. 



Decurrent. Running down, as the blades of a leaf extending down the 



'petiole, or the petiole of a leaf extending down the stem beyond the 



point of insertion. 

 Decussate. In alternating pairs at right angles to each other. 

 Dehiscence. The opening of an anther or capsule by valves or slits. 

 Deltoid. Of a triangular shape, the apex uppermost. 

 Dentate. Toothed. 

 Denticulate. Minutely toothed. 

 Di-. In a compound word signifies two or twice. 

 Diadelphous. Stamens united by their filaments in two sets. 

 Didynamous. With 4 stamens in 2 pairs of different lengths. 

 Dichotomous. Forking regularly in twos. 

 Digitate. Said of a compound leaf in which the leaflets are all borne on 



the apex of the petiole, after the manner of the fingers of the hand. 

 Dimorphous. Of two forms. 



Dioscious. Male and female flowers on different plants. 

 Disk. An enlargement or prolongation of the receptacle of the flower 



around the base of the pistil. 

 Distichous. Two ranked. 

 Distinct. Free, not united. 



Divergent. When the parts are farther apart at the apex than at the base. 

 Divided. Cut into divisions or lobes down to the base or midrib. 

 Dorsal. Relating to the back. 

 Downy. Covered with soft, short hairs. 

 Drupaceous. Drupe-like. 

 Drupe. A stone fruit with soft, fleshy or fibrous seed coat surrounding a 



hard bony seed. 



Eccentric. Not central; one sided. 

 Echinate. Armed with spines. 



