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GLOSSOLOGY. 
BOOK III. 
23. Spheroidal {sphceroideus) ; a solid with a spherical figure, a 
little depressed at each end. De Cand. 
24. Ellipsoidal ^(ellipsoideus) ; a solid with an elliptical figure. 
De Cand, 
25. Ovoidal {ovoideus) ; a solid with an ovate figure, or resembling 
an egg. De Cand. 
26. Shield-shaped {clypeatus) ; in the form of an ancient buckler : 
the same as scutate. No. 19. 
27. Spindle-shaped (fusiformis, f fusinus) ; thick, tapering to 
each end; as the root of the long Radish. Sometimes conical 
roots are called fusiform, but improperly. 
28. Terete, or taper (teres) ; the opposite of angular: usually em- 
ployed in contradistinction to that term, when speaking of long 
bodies. Many stems are terete. 
29. Half-terete (semiteres) ; flat on one side, terete on the 
other. 
30. Compressed (compressus) ; flattened lengthwise ; as the pod 
of a Pea. 
31. Depressed (depressus) ; flattened vertically; as the root of a 
Turnip. 
32. Plane (planus) ; a perfectly level or flat surface ; as that of 
many leaves. 
33. Cushioned (pulvinatus) ; convex, or rather flattened : seldom 
used. 
34. Discoidal (discoideus) ; orbicular, with some perceptible 
thickness, parallel faces, and a rounded border ; as the fruit of 
Strychnos Nux-vomica. 
35. Curved (arcuatuSy curmtus) ; bent, but so as to represent the 
