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HI´LUM, the scar or point of attachment of a seed.
IN-CUM´BENT, leaning or lying upon; applied to cotyledons when the caulicle is folded against the track of one of them, shown as [Symbol: || o].
IN-DIG´E-NOUS, native and original to the region.
IN´VO-LU-CRE, a set of bracts immediately subtending a flower or inflorescence.
KEEL, the joined pair of petals in a papilionaceous corolla; a projecting ridge along the back of an organ.
LAN´CE-O-LATE, tapering abruptly towards the base and gradually towards the apex, like the head of a lance.
LIN´E-AR, very narrow with the margins parallel or nearly so.
Millimeter, see last page of this bulletin
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OB-LAN´CE-O-LATE, lanceolate in form, but tapering toward the base more than toward the apex.
OB´LONG, longer than wide with nearly parallel sides. Compare Oval.
OB-O´VATE, a flat body broader toward the apex than the base. See Ovate.
OB-O´VOID, a solid body broader towards the apex than the base. See Ovoid.
OB-TUSE´, having a rounded end or apex; blunt.
O´VAL, about twice as long as broad, with regular curved outlines, broadly elliptical.
O´VATE, like a longitudinal section of an ordinary hen's egg, with the attachment, if any, at the broad end.
O´VOID, the shape of a hen's egg and attached, if at all, at the large end.
PA´LE-A, PA´LET, the upper bract which with the floral glume incloses the flower in grasses.
PU-BES´CENT, clothed with soft and rather short hairs.
RA´PHE, the adherent funiculus connecting the hilum and chalaza in anatropous or amphitropous ovules or seeds.
ROOT, the descending axis which is destitute of leaves or nodes.
ROOT STOCK, rhizome, a stem usually subterranean and more or less thickened, producing young branches.
SPIKE´LET, a small or secondary spike, as found in grasses.
STRI´ATE, striped with parallel ridges and grooves.
TRUN´CATE, terminating abruptly, as though cut off or flattened at the end. Compare Premorse and Succise.
TU´BER-CLE, a swollen part or a root due to bacteria. Usually applies to such as possess the power to fix nitrogen; a little tuber.
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