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Stoloniferous. Producing stolons. 
Stoma (pi. stomata). An orifice in the epidermis of a leaf serving for 
respiration. 
Striate. Marked with fine longitudinal lines or ridges. 
Strict. Very straight and upright. 
Strigose. Beset with appressed, sharp, straight and stiff hairs. 
Strobile. An inflorescence marked by imbricated bracts or scales as in 
the hop and pine-cone. 
Style. The usually attenuated portion of the pistil connecting the stigma 
and ovary. 
Sub. A Latin prefix usually signifying “somewhat or slightly.” 
Subulate. Awlshaped. 
Succulent. Juicy, fleshy. 
Suffrutescent. Slightly or obscurely shrubby. 
Sufi'ruticose. Very low and woody; diminutively shrubby. 
Sulcate. Grooved or furrowed. 
Superior (ovary). Free from the calyx. 
Suspended (ovule). Hanging from the apex of the cell. 
Suture. A line of dehiscence. 
Symmetrical (flower). Regular as to the number of its parts; having the 
same number of parts in each circle. 
Synonym. A superseded name; an equivalent name. 
Tail. A slender, terminal prolongation. 
Terete. Having a circular transverse section. 
Terminal. At or belonging to the apex. 
Ternary. In threes, consisting of three. 
Ternate. In threes. 
Tetrodynamous. Having four long and two shorter stamens. 
Tetragonal. Four-angled. 
Thalamiflorous. Having the parts of the flower hypogynous. 
Throat. The orifice of a gymopetalous corolla or calyx ; the part between 
the proper tube and the limb. 
Thyrse. A contracted or ovate and.usually compact panicle. 
Thyrsoid. Resembling a thyrse. 
Tomentose. Densely pubescent with matted wool. 
Tooth. A small marginal lobe. 
Torose. Cylindrical, with contractions at intervals. 
Torus. The receptacle of a flower. 
Transverse. Across ; in a right and left direction. 
Tri-. In composition, three or thrice. 
Triandrous. Having three stamens. 
Trifoliolate. Having three leaflets. 
Trigonous. Three-angled. 
Trimorphous. Occurring under three forms. 
Triquetrous. Having three salient angles, the side concave or channeled. 
