(Botanical names simplified) 
albus—White. 
anthers—Those parts of the stamen that produce 
pollen. 
axils—Juncture of leaf and stem. 
hicolor—Two-colored. 
hotrytes—A cluster like a hunch of grapes. 
campanulate (Tcam-pan^-u-Iate)— Bell shaped. 
candidum—White. 
concolor-One color. 
corms—A form of hulh. 
corolla (kor-oIMa) —Collective name for petals. 
excrescences—Any unnatural outgrowth or develop¬ 
ment. 
falls—Drooping petals, 
flava—Light yellow, 
floret-Individual flower, 
floriferous—Flower hearing, 
grandiflora—Large flowered. 
herhaceous—Dying to the ground; not woody, like 
a tree. 
hybrid-The result of crossing two plants, 
imbricated-Overlapping. 
inflorescence—Method in which flowers are home 
upon the stem. 
Iaciniate (Ia-sin'-i-ayt)—Cut into narrow lobes. 
lanceolate (Ian'-see-o-layt)—Lance-like, wider at the 
base and tapering at the end. 
lutea—Yellow. 
non-dehiscent—Does not discharge pollen. 
panicle (pan'-i-kel)— A branching cluster of flowers, 
in irregular fashion. 
pedicel (ped'-i-sel)—The stem of a flower, 
peduncle—Flower stalk. 
pendent—Hanging downward, 
perennial—Tend to live from year to year, 
perianth—Outside petals. 
picotee (pic-o-tee')—Spotted at the margin with a 
stronger color. 
pistil—The seed-hearing organ, 
plicate—Folded, like a fan. 
purpurea—Purple. 
raceme (ray-seen/)— A long stalk of flowers, each 
with individual stems. 
rosea—Rose. 
rubra—Red. 
saccate (sak'-ate)—Sac-shaped or having a sac. hag 
or pouch. 
self-colored—A color unmixed with another; a uni¬ 
form color. 
semi-pendulous—Partly hanging. 
sepal—One of the outside petals. 
serrated—Small teeth along the margins. 
spike—Elongated stalk of flowers without individ¬ 
ual stems. 
sport—A plant that has deviated from its type. 
stamen—Pollen-hearing, or male organ. 
standards—Upright petals. 
stigma—Part of pistil which receives pollen. 
stoloniferous—Producing underground branches. 
suffusion-A blending of colors. 
sulphureum—Sulphur yellow. 
truss—A compact terminal cluster of flowers. 
umbel-A flat-topped flower cluster in which all 
the stalks arise from a common point. 
whorls—A circular formation of leaves around a 
stem. 
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