GLOSSARY 
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An'therozoid. —A male sexual cell formed within an antheridium. 
An'thophore. —A lengthened internode of the receptacle between calyx and 
corolla. 
Apet'alous. —Without petals, as in the oaks, etc. 
Apocar'pous. —Carpels separate and distinct. 
Apopet'alous. —Petals separate and distinct. 
Aposep'alous. —Sepals separate and distinct. 
Archego 'nium.—A multicellular female sexual organ. 
Ar'il. —An accessory seed covering outside of the testa and arising at or about 
the hilum, as in Euonymus. 
Ar'illode. —A fake accessory seed covering outside of the testa, as in Nutmeg, 
and arising from the dilatation of the micropyle. 
Aris'tate. —Having a stiff bristle-like termination. 
Ascend'ing. —Growing obliquely upward. 
As'cus. —Spore case of an Ascomycete fungus. 
Atavism. —Reversion to ancestral type. 
Auric'ulate. —Ear-like. 
Awn. —A bristle-like structure that branches along its axis. 
Ax'il. —Angle formed by branch, leaf or bud with the stem. 
Ax'illary. —In the axil. 
Bac'cate. —Berry-like. 
Barb. —A short bristle usually bent back. 
Bast. —Applied to the phloem region but mainly to the fibrous portion thereof. 
Beard'ed. —Furnished with long hairs. 
Ber'ry. —A fleshy fruit whose mesocarp and endocarp are fleshy and frequently 
succulent throughout, and with seeds imbedded therein, as tomato, capsi¬ 
cum, belladonna, etc. 
Bi. —A prefix of the Latin language indicating two, twice or doubly. 
Bien'nial. —Applied to plants that live for more than one year but not longer 
than two years. 
Bila'biate. —Two lipped. 
Blade. —Expanded part of a leaf. 
Bloom. —The whitish and waxy secretion of epidermal cells, as in the stems of 
Sugar Cane or the leaves of Cabbage. 
Bract. —A modified leaf, frequently scale-like, appearing on inflorescence axes. 
Brac'teole (bracteolar leaf).—A modified leaf found on pedicels. 
Bud. —A rudimentary stem. 
Bulb. —A very short scaly underground stem. 
Bul'bils. —Small underground bulbs, as in garlic. 
Bul'blets. —Small above ground bulbs, as in the tree onions. 
Cadu'cous. —Falling with the opening of the flower, as the calyx of Papaver. 
Ca'lyx. —The outermost whorl of floral leaves. 
