tephrosius 
Testule 
ash-coloured ; tephro’sius, ashy- 
grey. 
Tepida’rium (Lat., a tepid bath-room), 
in botanic gardens a ‘‘ Cape House.” 
Teratog’eny (répas, réparos, a sign or 
prodigy, yévos, offspring), the pro- 
duction of monsters; Teratology 
(Aéyos, discourse), the study of 
malformations and monstrosities ; 
adj. teratolog’ic. 
Terebene, a terpene which holds 
resin in solution, as turpentine ; 
the name is from Pistacia 
Terebinthus, Linn.; terebin'thine, 
pertaining to, or consisting of, 
turpentine. 
Ter’cine, Yerce’na (ter, thrice), a 
supposed third integument of an 
ovule, really a layer of the primine 
or secundine. 
Terebra’tor (terebra, a borer), Lindau’s 
name for the so-called trichogyne 
in Gyrophora; Terebratorhy’pha 
(+ Hypa) means the same. 
Tere’do (Lat., a boring beetle), disease 
caused by the boring of insects. 
terete’, teres (Lat., rounded), circular 
in transverse section, cylindric and 
usually tapering. 
tergem’inal, = tergem'inate, tergem- 
ina’ tus, tergem’ inus (three at a birth), 
“thrice-twin ” (Lindley). 
tergiferous (tergum, a back, fero, I 
bear), tergisperm’ous, -us (oréppa, a 
seed), bearing dorsal sporangia, as 
Ferns ; Ter’gum, back, dorsum. 
ter’minal, termina’lis (Lat., relating 
to boundaries), proceeding from or 
belonging to the end or apex ; ~ Bud, 
a bud which is apical. 
Terminology (répua, a limit = term, 
Aébyos, discourse), glossology, defi- 
nition of technical terms; Ter’- 
minus (Lat.), a term, a technical 
word. 
ternary, terna’rius (Lat., consisting 
of three), in threes, trimerous ; 
~ Hy’brid, the result of crossing a 
hybrid with a species different from 
either of its parents. 
ter’nate, terna’‘tus (terni, by threes), 
in threes, as three in a whorl or 
cluster; ter’nate-pin’nate, when 
the secondary petioles proceed in 
threes from the summit of the 
main petiole; terna’tely trifo’lio- 
late, with three leaflets attached 
at one point, as in clover (Crozier) ; 
ter’nus = TERNATE. 
Ter’pene (modif. of Turpentine), a 
group of hydrocarbons present 
in turpentine, liquid resin, or 
essential oils; terp’enoid (eldos, 
resemblance), Kerner’s name for 
that group of flower-scents pro- 
duced by terpenes, as Orange- 
flowers, Gardenia, Thyme, etc. 
terpin’nate (ter, thrice, + PINNATE) 
=TRIPINNATE. 
terra’‘neus ¢ (terra, earth), growing 
on dry land. 
terres’trial, terres'tris (Lat., pertain- 
ing to the earth), used of plants of 
the dry ground ; the Latin terres'ter 
is also employed ; ter’reus (Lat., 
earthen), ‘‘ earth coloured ” ; 
ter’ricole, terric’olous (colo, I in- 
habit), living on the ground, as 
some Lichens. 
Ter’tiospore (tertius, third, omropa, a 
seed), C. Macmillan’s term for a 
fertilized egg which undergoes 
rejuvenescence and segments into 
usually four spores, motile and 
similar to the spores of a gameto- 
phyte generation; the result of 
sporophytic segmentation, as in 
edogonium. 
tessula’ris (tesserula, a small square 
stone), of cubic dimensions, all 
sides equal. 
tes’sellate, tessella’tus (Lat., of squared 
stones), chequer- work, as in 
Fritillaria Meleagris, Linn. 
Testa (Lat., a brick or tile), the 
outer coat of the seed, usually 
hard and brittle. 
testa’ceous, testa’ceus (Lat., of bricks 
or tiles), brick-red. 
testicular, testic’ulate, testicula’tus 
(Lat.), shaped like the tubers of 
Orchis, and fruit of Mercurialis ; 
Testic’ulus }, Tes'tis ~ (Lat.)= 
ANTHER. 
Tes’'tule (testula, a dim. of TzsTa), an 
old name for FRUSTULE. 
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