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Spring Flora of Oklahoma 
Flower—A determinate sporophyll-bearing shoot, or a modification 
of such a shoot; in the Anthophyta commonly with a perianth. 
Foliaceous—Leaf-like. 
Foliate—'Having leaves; bifoliate, two-leaved; tri-foliate, three¬ 
leaved. 
Foliolate—Having leaflets. 
Follicle—A simple fruit dehiscent along one suture. 
Free—Not adnate to other organs. 
Fruit—The ripe ovulary with the seeds and whatever parts are con¬ 
solidated with it. 
Fruiting—Bearing spores, seeds, or fruit. 
Fruitcose—More or less shrub-like. 
Fugaceous—Falling soon after development. 
Funiculus—The little stalk by which the ovule or seed is attached 
(to the placenta. 
Funnel-form—Applied to corollas with a tube gradually enlarging 
from the base. 
Fusiform—Spindle-shaped. 
Gamopetalous—Having the petals of the corolla more or less united. 
Genera—Plural of genus. 
Genus—The smallest natural group containing distinct species. 
Gibbons—Enlarged or swollen on one side. 
Glabrate—nearly without hairs. 
Glabrous—Covered with a bluish or white bloom. 
Globose—Spherical or nearly so. 
Glomerate—In a close or compact cluster. 
Gregarious—Growing in groups. 
Gynecium—The whole set of carpels in a flower. 
Habit—General aspect. 
Habitat—The place where a plant grows. 
Halberd-shaped—Same as hastate. 
Hastate—Arrow-shaped with the basal lobes diverging. 
Head—A dense, round inflorescence of sessile or nearly sessile flow¬ 
ers. 
Herbaceous—Leaf-like in texture and color. 
Hermaphrodite—An individual having both male and female sexual 
organs. 
Hilum—The scar on a seed where the funiculus was attached. 
Hirsute—Having rather coarse, stiff hairs. 
Hispid—With bristly, stiff hairs. 
Hoary—Grayish with a fine pubescence. 
Hyaline—Clear and translucent. 
Hydrophyte—A water plant. 
