pistillate, flowers.
_Pome_ A fleshy fruit with a core, such as the apple.
=Prickle= A sharp-pointed, needle-like outgrowth.
=Psuedo-= A prefix meaning false, not true.
_Pubescent_ Hairy.
=Pungent= Ending in a sharp point; acrid.
=Pyramidal= Shaped like a pyramid with the broadest part near the
base.
=Raceme= A simple inflorescence of flowers borne on pedicels of
equal length and arranged on a common, elongated axis.
=Reflexed= Abruptly turned backward or downward.
=Regular= Said of flowers which are uniform in shape or structure.
=Rugose= Wrinkled.
=Saccharine= Pertaining to or having the qualities of sugar.
=Samara= An indehiscent winged fruit.
=Sapwood= The recently formed, usually light wood, lying outside of
the heartwood.
=Scales= The small, modified leaves which protect the growing-point
of a bud or the part of a cone which bears the seeds.
The small flakes into which the outer bark of a tree
divides.
=Scurfy= Covered with small bran-like scales.
=Sepal= One of the parts of the calyx.
=Serrate= Having sharp teeth pointing forward.
=Sessile= Seated; without a stalk.
=Sheath= A tubular envelope or covering.
=Shrub= A low woody growth which usually branches near the base.
=Silky= Covered with soft, straight, fine hairs.
=Simple= Consisting of one part, not compound.
=Sinuate= Having a strongly wavy margin.
=Sinus= The cleft or opening between two lobes.
=Species= A group of like individuals as Red Oak, White Oak, etc.
=Spike= An elongated axis bearing sessile flowers.
=Spine= A sharp woody outgrowth.
=Stamen= The part of a flower which bears the pollen.
=Staminate= Said of flowers which bear only stamens. Sometimes
spoken of as male.
=Sterile= Barren; unproductive.
=Stigma= The end of a pistil through which pollination takes place.
=Stipule= A leaf appendage at the base of the leaf-stalk.
=Striate= Marked with fine elongated ridges or lines.
=Strobile= A fruit marked by overlapping scales as in the Pine,
Birches, etc.
=Style= The pin-like portion of a pistil bearing the stigma.
=Sub-= A prefix meaning under or nearly.
=Sucker= A shoot arising from an underground bud.
=Suture= A line of dehiscence.
=Symmetrical= Regular as to the number of parts. Having the same
number of parts in each circle.
=Terete= Having a circular transverse section.
=Terminal= Pertaining to buds located at the end of twigs.
=Thorn= A stiff, woody, sharp-pointed projection.
=Tolerant= Applied to trees which endure certain factors,
particularly shade.
=Tomentum= A dense layer of hairs.
=Tomentose= Densely pubescent; hairy.
=Truncate= Ending abruptly as if cut off at the end.
=Tubercle= A small tuber or tuber-like body.
=Tufted= Growing in clusters.
=Umbel= A flower-cluster with all the pedicels arising from the
same point.
=Valvate= Said of buds in which the scales merely meet without
overlapping.
=Vegetative= Said of buds which do not contain reproductive organs.
=Veins= Threads of fibro-vascular tissue in leaves or other organs.
=Viscid= Glutinous; sticky.
=Whorl= A group of three or more similar organs, as leaves or buds,
arranged about the same place of attachment.
=Whorled= Borne in a whorl.
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Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. All other
variations in hyphenation spelling and punctuation remain unchanged.
Italics are represented thus _italic_ and bold thus =bold=.