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... ( anēr , Gr . a man ) , the male organs of a flower . ANDROGYNOUS ( aner , a man ; gunē , a woman ) , having an inflorescence of male and female flowers . ANDROPHORUM ( aner , Gr . a man ; phero , I bear ) , tube formed by united ...
... ( anēr , Gr . a man ) , the male organs of a flower . ANDROGYNOUS ( aner , a man ; gunē , a woman ) , having an inflorescence of male and female flowers . ANDROPHORUM ( aner , Gr . a man ; phero , I bear ) , tube formed by united ...
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... aner , a man ) , a cavity at the apex of the column in orchids , containing the anthers . CLINANTHIUM ( klinē , Gr . a bed ; anthos , a flower ) , the receptacle of a capitulum . CLOVES , Small bulbs formed within the parent bulb . CLUB ...
... aner , a man ) , a cavity at the apex of the column in orchids , containing the anthers . CLINANTHIUM ( klinē , Gr . a bed ; anthos , a flower ) , the receptacle of a capitulum . CLOVES , Small bulbs formed within the parent bulb . CLUB ...
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... aner , a man ) , when a flower has ten stamens . DECIDUOUS ( deciduus , Lat . subject to falling ) , applied to plants the leaves of which are shed annually . DECLINATE ( declinatus , Lat . turned aside ) , bent down- wards or on one ...
... aner , a man ) , when a flower has ten stamens . DECIDUOUS ( deciduus , Lat . subject to falling ) , applied to plants the leaves of which are shed annually . DECLINATE ( declinatus , Lat . turned aside ) , bent down- wards or on one ...
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... anēr , man ) , when a flower has two stamens . DIAPHANOUS ( dia , Gr . through ; phaino , I show ) nearly transparent . DICHLAMYDEOUS ( dis , Gr . twice ; chlamus , a cloak ) , having both calyx and corolla . DICHOTOMOUS ( dichotomos ...
... anēr , man ) , when a flower has two stamens . DIAPHANOUS ( dia , Gr . through ; phaino , I show ) nearly transparent . DICHLAMYDEOUS ( dis , Gr . twice ; chlamus , a cloak ) , having both calyx and corolla . DICHOTOMOUS ( dichotomos ...
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... aner , a man ) , when a flower has twelve stamens . DORSAL ( dorsum , Lat . the back ) , fixed upon the back . DRUPE ( drupe , Lat . unripe olives ) , succulent or fleshy fruit , with a hard - shelled seed ( 222 ) . DRUPEL , a little ...
... aner , a man ) , when a flower has twelve stamens . DORSAL ( dorsum , Lat . the back ) , fixed upon the back . DRUPE ( drupe , Lat . unripe olives ) , succulent or fleshy fruit , with a hard - shelled seed ( 222 ) . DRUPEL , a little ...
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ACROGEN æstivation albumen algæ anēr anthers apothecia apothecium applied arranged Athenæum axis bark basidia bearing Botany bracts branch bulb calyx Capitulum carpels cells cellular tissue centre cheuma cloth coloured containing corolla cotyledons covered Curiosities of Civilization curved dehiscence drupe Edition embryo endon exciple feather female ferns fleshy flowers folium frond fruit Fully illustrated fungi gennao gills of Agarics growing gunē hairs hilum hymenium indehiscent indusium inflorescence integument karpos labellum LANKESTER leaflets leaves lichens little volume lobes London manual membrane midrib monos mosses mycelium organ ovary ovules pedate peri pericarp petalon petals petiole phero phullon phuton pileus pinnate pistil placenta plants plates pollen-grains polus popular readers receptacle resembling rhiza ROBERT HARDWICKE root seed shaped sheath sperma spiral spora spore-case spores stalk stamens stem stipe stoma stomata surface Thalamium thallus theca thecæ threads trepo Umbellifers vernation vessel whorl Wynter