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... flowering . ACCUMBENT ( ad , Lat . to ; cubo , I lie down ) , lying against another body ( 254 ) . ACEPHALOUS ( a , Gr . without ; kephale , a head ) , when the style does not surmount the ovary , but is lateral . ACEBOSE ( acus , Lat ...
... flowering . ACCUMBENT ( ad , Lat . to ; cubo , I lie down ) , lying against another body ( 254 ) . ACEPHALOUS ( a , Gr . without ; kephale , a head ) , when the style does not surmount the ovary , but is lateral . ACEBOSE ( acus , Lat ...
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... flower ( 181 a ) . ALABASTRUS ( Lat . rose - bud ) , applied to a flower - bud . ALATE - PINNATE ( ala , Lat . a wing ) , pinnate leaf , with a winged petiole . ALBUMEN ( Lat . the white of an egg ) , a substance found in many seeds ...
... flower ( 181 a ) . ALABASTRUS ( Lat . rose - bud ) , applied to a flower - bud . ALATE - PINNATE ( ala , Lat . a wing ) , pinnate leaf , with a winged petiole . ALBUMEN ( Lat . the white of an egg ) , a substance found in many seeds ...
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... 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 filaments around the pistil . ANFRACTUOSE ...
... 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 filaments around the pistil . ANFRACTUOSE ...
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... flower - opening ) , the period of opening of flowers . ANTHOCARPOUS ( karpos , Gr . fruit ) , bearing a fruit resulting from many flowers . ANTHODIUM ( anthos , Gr . a flower ) , the flowering head of composites ( 154 ) . ( See ...
... flower - opening ) , the period of opening of flowers . ANTHOCARPOUS ( karpos , Gr . fruit ) , bearing a fruit resulting from many flowers . ANTHODIUM ( anthos , Gr . a flower ) , the flowering head of composites ( 154 ) . ( See ...
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... flower ) , the fruit of the pomegranate ( 231 ) . BARBS ( barba , Lat . a beard ) , double - hooked hairs ( 48 ) . BARBULA ( Lat . a little beard ) , the inner teeth of the peristome of mosses . BARK . The integument of the stems of ...
... flower ) , the fruit of the pomegranate ( 231 ) . BARBS ( barba , Lat . a beard ) , double - hooked hairs ( 48 ) . BARBULA ( Lat . a little beard ) , the inner teeth of the peristome of mosses . BARK . The integument of the stems of ...
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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