Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... stamen ; the pistillum ; the pericarpium , or seed - vessel ; and the semen , or seed . Thus the vegetable ... stamens of flowers are compared to males , and the pistils to females . Hence the orders are denominated Monogynia ...
... stamen ; the pistillum ; the pericarpium , or seed - vessel ; and the semen , or seed . Thus the vegetable ... stamens of flowers are compared to males , and the pistils to females . Hence the orders are denominated Monogynia ...
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... stamens are aggregated into a bundle ; whence the term Adelphic , as applied to such plants . Adenal'gia ( Gr . aden a gland , and alge pain ) , in pathology , pain seated in a gland , attended by a painful swelling . Adenan'dria ( Gr ...
... stamens are aggregated into a bundle ; whence the term Adelphic , as applied to such plants . Adenal'gia ( Gr . aden a gland , and alge pain ) , in pathology , pain seated in a gland , attended by a painful swelling . Adenan'dria ( Gr ...
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... stamens are alternately fertile and barren ; order Amaranthaceæ . Alternate Genera'tion , in zoology , a form of reproduction in which the young do not resemble the parent of the animal , but the grand - parent . Altha'a ( Gr . to heal ) ...
... stamens are alternately fertile and barren ; order Amaranthaceæ . Alternate Genera'tion , in zoology , a form of reproduction in which the young do not resemble the parent of the animal , but the grand - parent . Altha'a ( Gr . to heal ) ...
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... stamens are numerous , and rise from the orifice of a tubular calyx . - Amygdala amara are the kernels of a variety of Amyg- dalus communis , or bitter almond . Amygdala dulcis is a variety of the Amygdalus , the sweet almond , chiefly ...
... stamens are numerous , and rise from the orifice of a tubular calyx . - Amygdala amara are the kernels of a variety of Amyg- dalus communis , or bitter almond . Amygdala dulcis is a variety of the Amygdalus , the sweet almond , chiefly ...
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... stamens . Androgynous ( Gr . male and female ) , in botany , an epithet applied to plants which grow male and female flowers on the same root ; as also to flowers containing stamens and pistils within the same envelope . In zoo- logy ...
... stamens . Androgynous ( Gr . male and female ) , in botany , an epithet applied to plants which grow male and female flowers on the same root ; as also to flowers containing stamens and pistils within the same envelope . In zoo- logy ...
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