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121mousetail — [mous′tāl΄] n. any of a genus (Myosurus) of small plants of the buttercup family, with a slender gynoecium resembling the tail of a mouse * * * ▪ plant any of about 15 species of small, annual, herbaceous (nonwoody) plants constituting the genus …
122embryo sac — Bot. the megaspore of a seed bearing plant, situated within the ovule, giving rise to the endosperm and forming the egg cell or nucleus from which the embryo plant develops after fertilization. [1870 75] * * * …
123prothallium — prothallial, prothallic, prothalline /proh thal een, uyn/, adj. prothalloid, adj. /proh thal ee euhm/, n., pl. prothallia / thal ee euh/. 1. Bot. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants. 2. the analogous rudimentary gametophyte of seed… …
124suspensor — /seuh spen seuhr/, n. 1. a suspensory ligament, bandage, etc. 2. Bot. a cellular structure, developed along with the embryo in seed bearing plants, that bears the embryo at its apex and by elongation carries the embryo to its food source. [1740… …
125floral decoration — Art of arranging living or dried plant material for adornment of the body or home, for public and religious ceremonies, or for festivals. Line, form, colour, texture, balance, porportion, and scale are important aspects of floral arrangement, as… …
126Braun, Alexander Carl Heinrich — ▪ Bavarian botanist born May 10, 1805, Regensburg, Bavaria died March 29, 1877, Berlin chief botanist of the “nature philosophy” school, a doctrine attempting to explain natural phenomena in terms of the speculative theories of essences and… …
127Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton — ▪ British botanist born June 30, 1817, Halesworth, Suffolk, Eng. died Dec. 10, 1911, Sunningdale, Berkshire English botanist noted for his botanical travels and studies and for his encouragement of Charles Darwin and of Darwin s theories. The… …
128boll — noun /bɒl/boʊl The rounded seed bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant. Sometimes the slave picks down one side of a row, and back upon the other, but more usually, there is one on either side, gathering all that has blossomed leaving the… …
