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Gamopet'als (Gx. gamos, marriage or union; petalon, a flower leaf) : plants 



having the petals united. 

 Gamopet'alous : having the petals more or less united. 

 Gamoph'yllous (fit. gamos + phyllon, a leaf) : having leaves united by their 



edges. 

 Gem'ma (L. gemma, a bud) : a young bud; an asexual bud-like body of 



Hepaticae. 

 Gemmip'arous (L,. gemma + parere, to produce) : bearing gemmae. 

 Gen'era : plural of genus. 

 Genic'ulate (L. geniculum, little knee, or joint, diminutive of genu, knee) : 



bent abruptly at an angle. 

 Ge'nus (L. genus, a race) : the smallest natural group containing distinct 



species. 

 Geotrop'ic (fit. ge, the earth; trope, a turning) : relating to or evincing geo- 



tropism. 

 Geot'ropism : the property or state of a growing member or organ which 



enables it to respond to gravity as a guide to the direction which it 



shall take. 

 Gib'bous (L. gibbus, humped) : swollen or humped on one side. 

 Gla'brate (L. glaber, smooth) : nearly smooth or becoming smooth with age. 

 Gla'brOUS : smooth ; without hairs. 

 Gland (L. glans, an acorn) : an organ of secretion, or a small prominence 



apparently having a secreting function. 

 Glan'dulax : bearing glands, or of the nature of a gland. 

 Glau'cous, pr. glaw'kus (Gr. glaukos, bluish gray) : covered with a bloom or 



powder, as a plum or cabbage leaf. 

 Glo'bose, glob'ular (L. globus, a sphere) : spherical or nearly so. 

 Glochid'iate (Gr. glochis, a point of an arrow) : having barbs. 

 Glom'erate (L. glomus, a ball) : collected into a head, or compactly clustered. 

 Gluma'ceous : resembling or provided with glumes. 

 Glume (L. gluma, hull or husk) : an outer husk or bract on the spikelet of 



grasses. 

 Gran'ular (L. granum, grain) : consisting of or resembling small grains. 

 Grega'rious (L. grex, gregis, a herd) : growing in clusters. 

 GynmOsper'niEe (Gr. gymnos, naked; sperma, seed) : plants with naked 



ovules, as the conifers. Fig. 94. 

 Gymnosper'mous : bearing naked ovules and seeds. 

 Gynoe'cium (Gr. gyne, woman, and oikion, house) : the pistil or pistils Df a 



flower taken collectively). 

 Gynan'drous (Gr. gyne, woman; aner, andros, man): having the stamens 



borne upon the pistil. Fig. 289. 



