GLOSSARY 



Achene. A small, one-seeded fruit, as in dandelion or strawberry, 



Adnate. United throughout entire length, as anthers adnate to each other. 



-androus. Referring to the number of stamens, as 6-androus. 



Annual. Applied to plants which complete their life cycle in one growing season, 



perishing at approach of winter. 

 Apetalous. Without petals. 



Aril. A growth about the seed, as in certain gymnosperms. 

 Aromatic. With pungent fragrance. 

 Attenuate, Tapering slenderly. 

 Auricled. Having ear-shaped appendages. 



Awl-shaped. Tapering from the base into a slender or rigid point. 

 Awned or Awn-pointed. Having a bristle-like appendage. 

 Axillary, Located in the upper angle formed by a leaf with the stem. 



Biennial. Applied to plants which complete their life cycle in two growing seasons. 

 Bloom. A delicate down which may be removed by rubbing, as the bloom on 



grapes. 

 Bracts. Small, leaf-like organs usually subtending flowers. 



Campanulate. Bell or cup-shaped. 



Capillary. Hair-like. 



Capitate. Head-like. Applied to dense and globose inflorescences. 



Capsule. A dry, dehiscent fruit composed of two or more carpels. 



Carpel. A simple pistil or one part of a compound pistil; a megasporophyll. 



Catkin. A scaly, dense, spike-like, and usually flexible inflorescence, as in the 

 birches and poplars. 



Caudate. Having a tail-like appendage. 



Cauline. Related to the stem. 



-celled. Used of the ovule-containing chambers of an ovary, as, ovary z-celled. 

 Not to be confused with cells, the microscopic units of structure of or- 

 ganisms. 



Chaffy. Bearing numerous small and thin scales which become dry and mem- 

 branous, as in the beads of some Compositae. 



Ciliate. Having the margin fringed with fine hairs. 



Coherent. Said of structures which are more or less attached to each other. 



Connate. Closely united. 



Connivent. Said of structures which are in contact. 



Corm. The enlarged fleshy base of a stem, bulb-like but solid, as indian turnip. 



Corymb. A flat or convexly topped inflorescence whose pedicels are of unequal 

 length and whose youngest flowers are at the center. 



Crenate. Tooth-margined, but the teeth much rounded. 



Crustaceous. Hard and brittle. 



Cyme. An inflorescence, usually flat-topped, with the oldest flowers at the center. 



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