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Cavity. The depression in the hull around the disk. 
Compressed. [Flattened on the sides laterally. Used with reference to nuts 
and buds. 
Cordate. Heart-shaped. Applied to leaves, also to nuts when the part on the 
ventral side of axis is shaped like half a heart. (Pl. V, D.) 
Crenate. Having the margin cut into rounded projections or scallops. (Fig. 
8, A.) 
Cuneate. Wedge-shaped. See apex I. X. L. leaf (Pl. XX, B). 
Cuneiform. Wedge-shaped. 

Fic. 7.—An almond leaf, Fic. 8.—Almond-leaf margins; A, 
with the different parts Crenate; B, serrate 
used in the classifica- : 
tion: a, Blade; bD, peti- 
ole; c, apex; d, base of 
blade; e, groove; f, 
midrib; g, veins; h, 
margin; 7, glands 
Dehiscence. The opening of the hull. (Figs. 6 and 9 to 14.) 
Depressed. Flattened or indented. 
Disk. The expanded portion of the spur where it articulates with the stem 
of the nut. 
Distinguishing characteristics. See Distinguishing features. 
Distinguishing features. Used here to indicate characteristics most useful in 
comparing one variety with another for identification purposes. 
Dorsal. Pertaining to the back. That part opposite the ventral portion. Ap- 
plied to the edge of the nut, hull, or kernel opposite the winged edge. (Fig. 
5 (3, 4) and fig. 6.) 
Dorsally oblique, or dorsally sloping. Sloping toward the dorsal edge. (See 
base of nuts in Pl, V, D.) 
