moneroid 
(SUPPLEMENT) 
Mycoplasm 
mon’eroid, like the genus Monera 
in which the protoplasm forms 
the whole structureless body of 
the fully developed organism, 
which is devoid of a nucleus; a 
presumed protistoid body. 
monocarp’ean = MONOCARPIC ; mono- 
cor’mic (xopuos,a trunk), expressive 
of those trees which have one main 
axis bearing lateral branches of bi- 
lateral structure (A. H. Burtt) ; 
monocot’ylous = MONOCOTYLEDO- 
NOUS ; monocys’tic(xicros, acavity), 
of one cell or cavity ; monodes’mic 
(decpds, a bond), possessing a single 
vascular bundle or meristele ; used 
of petioles (Scott); Monogen’esis 
(yéveows, beginning), non-sexual re- 
production ; adj. monogenet/ic ; 
Monog’ony (ovos, offspring), means 
thesame; Monohy’brid(+ Hygzrip), 
a cross from parents which differ 
by one character only (De Vries) ; 
monokar‘ic (xdpvov, a nut), having 
a single nucleus (Pirotta); Mono- 
le’psis (Ajyis, a receiving), false 
hybridism, where the characters of 
one parent only are transmitted 
(Bateson) ; monosi’phonous (cigwr, 
a tube), consisting of a single tube 
as some Algae; monosiphonic ; 
monosporang iate(-+ SPoRANGIUM), 
having one sporangium ; mono- 
ste’lic, with but one stele or central 
cylinder of vascular tissue ; mono- 
stich’ous (orixos, a row), bacteria 
arranged in one row or chain 
(Jones); monostromat‘ic ( + 
Stroma), consisting of a single 
layer ) ¢f. DISTROMATIC ; mono- 
troph’ic (rpog¢?, food), nutrition 
confined to one species; ¢f. POLY- 
TROPHIC. 
mori‘nus, Hayne’s term for mulberry 
black ; the deep purple of the ripe 
fruit of Morus nigra. 
morphog’enous Irritants, external 
factors requisite for inception of 
propagation (Herbst). 
mosa‘ic (Fr. mosaique, from late Lat. 
musaicus, tessellated work), applied 
to hybrids which display patches 
of varying character (Bateson). 
Mos’sing, covering  decorticated 
trunks with moss, to induce the 
production of renewed bark in 
Cinchona culture. 
Mu'cilage Cells, cells whose contents 
are gum or similar secretions. 
mu’coid (mucus, secretion, eldos, re- 
semblance), a secretion resembling 
that formed by the mucous mem- 
brane of animals. 
Mu’corine, mucedinous, resembling 
the genus Jucor ; Mucormyco’sis 
(+ Mycosis), any disease in ani- 
mals due to Mucorine Fungi 
(Barthelot). 
Mu’cro, used by Arthur and Holway 
for MICcROMILLIMETRE (= pz); cf. 
Micron. 
Muel'ler’s Bodies, ~ Corpus’cles, 
metamorphosed glands found in 
certain myrmecophilous plants, 
serving as food-bodies for ants 
(Schimper). 
multinuclear, multinu’cleate (+ 
Nvuctizvs), having many nuclei. 
Mumo’‘nian (Momonia, or Mumonia), 
relating to the province of Munster. 
muscar’ian, Beccari’s term when 
flowers attract flies by a putrid 
stench (Praeger). 
Muta'tion (muiatio, a changing), De 
Vries’s term for ‘‘ species” derived 
by progressive changes in several 
generations of seedlings ; Mu'tant, 
Henslow’s name for a ‘‘species” 
so raised. 
Mycelia’tion, taking on the aspect or 
form of Mycetium (A. 8. Wilson) ; 
myce’lioid («ldos, resemblance), re- 
sembling a mycelium (Archer). 
Mychogam’ia (uvxx0s, inmost), self 
or direct fertilization, as opposed 
to Hercocamy (Clements). 
My’coma (uJ«ys, @ mushroom), the 
body of a Fungus (A. Braun); 
Mycomyce’tes, the higher Fungi; 
Mycoph’thorous (¢@dpos, destruc- 
tion), a Fungus parasitic on another 
Fungus, as Hypocrea fungicola 
(Rutland); My’coplasm (m\dopa, 
moulded), an assumed property of 
the protoplasm of parasitic Fungi of 
remaining latent in the seed of the 
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