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Superior. Growing or placed above: as the upper petal in the corolla of a 
lateral flower; also applied to the ovary when free fromthe calyx; to the 
calyx when united with the ovary; to the radicle of the embryo when 
pointing towards the apex of the fruit. 
Syngenesious. Applied to anthers cohering longitudinally by their margins. 
Terete. Cylindrical or nearly so. 
Testa. The outer coat of the seed. 
Tetragonous. Four-angled. 
Tetramerous. Consisting of four parts or members arranged in a circle. 
Tomentum. Short soft dense cottony hairs. 
Trichotomous. Divided into three nearly-equal branches springing from a 
common point. 
Trifoliolate. Of three leaflets. 
Trigonous. Obtusely three-angled. 
Trimorphic. Passing through three different forms or stages. 
Triquetrous. Acutely three-angled. 
Truncate. Abrubtly terminated, as if the extremity were cut off. 
Tuberculate. Bearing small knobby projections or excrescences. 
Tumid. Waving a blistered appearance ; swollen. 
Turbinate. ‘Top-shaped. 
Turgid. Swollen. 
Umbel. A flower-cluster in which several pedicels spring from the same point, 
and are about the same length. 
Umbellule. A partial or secondary umbel. 
Urceolate. Hollow and contracted at or below the mouth like an urn. 
Utricle. A thin rather loose pericarp, containing a single seed. 
Variety. A modification of a species. 
Valvate. Opening as if by valves, as some anthers and most dehiscent fruits ; 
also applied to sepals, petals, &c., when they are in contact without over- 
lapping. 
Versatile. “Turning freely on a support. 
Verticillate. Arranged in whorls. 
Viscid. Sticky, adhesive. 
Villous. Having long soft hairs, not matted. 
Whorl. Several branches or leaves proceeding from the same node, arranged 
reeularly round the stem. 
