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| perianth | the external envelope of a flower, including the calyx & the corolla |
| schizocarpous | of/like any dry fruit that, when ripe, divides into two or more one-seeded seed vessels |
| phyllopod | (of/belonging to) small crustaceans with four or more pairs of leaflike appendages |
| gonidium | a reproductive cell produced asexually in algae |
| xylotomous | (of certain insects) able to bore into or cut wood |
| actinomorphic | having a radial symmetry & capable of division into symmetrical halves |
| carpophagous | fruit-eating |
| prothrombin | a plasma protein produced in the liver & converted into thrombin (clotting agent) |
| heterophyllous | bearing different kinds of leaves on the same plant |
| xylophagous | feeding on wood or boring into wood |
| toxemia | blood-poisoning by pathogenic bacteria entering the blodstream or ingesting contaminated food |
| oogonium | (biology) a primitive germ cell giving rise to ova; (botany) female reproductive organ in certain bacteria, algae, & fungi |
| xanthophyll | a yellow pigment present in green leaves & plants |
| monocarpic | pertaining to a fruit that produces fruit only once in its lifetime |
| ootheca | a firm-walled egg case of certain mollusks & insects |
| thrombosis | a blood clot in a blood vessel or the heart |
| anthocyanin | a pigment in the cell sap of plants that produces some colors in flowers, leaves, roots, or flowers |
| acrocarpous | producing fruit at the top or the end of the main stem |
| pseudopodium | little temporary protrusion of a cell serving for locomotion & food-gathering |
| exanthema | an eruptive disease of the skin; its eruption |
| dendrite | branching part at the receiving end of a nerve cell |
| toxicology | science dealing with poisons, their effects, antidotes, etc. |
| phyllotaxy | arrangement of leaves on a stem in relation to one another |
| nephridium | a primitive excretory organ in some invertebrates & lower vertebrates |
