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 ''[[Ecalcarate]]''. Without [[calcar]] or [[spur]].
-''[[Ecology]]''. Study of habits and modes of life of animals and plants.
+''[[Ecology]]''. Study of habits and modes of life of animals and plants and their relationships to one another.
 ''[[Ecostate]]''. Without ribs.

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	''[[Chaff]]''. A small thin dry and membranous [[scale]] or [[bract]]; in particular, the bracts in the [[flower]]-heads of composites.		''[[Chaff]]''. A small thin dry and membranous [[scale]] or [[bract]]; in particular, the bracts in the [[flower]]-heads of composites.
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		+	''[[Champain]]''. Expanse of flat, open countryside.

	''[[Channeled]]''. Deeply grooved lengthwise; [[canaliculate]].		''[[Channeled]]''. Deeply grooved lengthwise; [[canaliculate]].

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 ''[[Graft]]''. A [[branch]] or [[bud]] inserted on another plant with the intention that it shall grow there; [[cion]].
-''[[Grafting]]''. The process of inserting a [[cion]] in a plant with the intention that it shall grow there. See ''[[Budding]]''.
+''[[Grafting]]''. The process of inserting a [[cion]] [also spelled [scion]]in a plant with the intention that it shall grow there. See ''[[Budding]]''.
 ''[[Granular]], granulose''. Covered with very small grains; minutely or finely mealy.

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-''[[Umbel]]''. Corymbose or indeterminate cluster with branches or rays arising from a common point and about equal in length, resembling framework of umbrella; umbels are characteristic of the Umbellifera.
+''[[Umbel]]''. Corymbose or [[indeterminate]] [[cluster]] with [[branch]]es or rays arising from a common point and about equal in length, resembling framework of umbrella; [[umbel]]s are characteristic of the [[Umbellifera]].
-''[[Umbellate]]''. Umbelled; with umbels; pertaining to umbels.
+''[[Umbellate]]''. Umbelled; with [[umbel]]s; pertaining to umbels.
-''[[Umbellet]]''. Secondary umbel.
+''[[Umbellet]]''. Secondary [[umbel]].
-''[[Umbellule]]''. Umbellet.
+''[[Umbellule]]''. [[Umbel]]let.
 ''[[Uni-]]''. One.
-''[[Unisexual]]''. Of one sex; staminate or pistillate only.
+''[[Unisexual]]''. Of one sex; [[staminate]] or [[pistillate]] only.
-''[[Utricle]]''. A small bladder; a bladdery 1-seeded fruit.
+''[[Utricle]]''. A small bladder; a bladdery 1-[[seed]]ed [[fruit]].
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-''[[Valvate]]''. Opening by valves or pertaining to valves; meeting by the edges without overlapping, as leaves or petals in the bud.
+''[[Valvate]]''. Opening by valves or pertaining to valves; meeting by the edges without overlapping, as [[leaves]] or [[petal]]s in the [[bud]].
-''[[Valve]]''. A separable part of a pod; the units or pieces into which a capsule splits or divides in dehiscing.
+''[[Valve]]''. A separable part of a [[pod]]; the units or pieces into which a capsule splits or divides in [[dehiscing]].
 ''[[Vascular]]''. With vessels or ducts, or relating to them.
-''[[Vein]]''. A branch of the evident woody framework of a leaf or similar organ; secondary member of the fibro-vascular structure.
+''[[Vein]]''. A [[branch]] of the evident [[woody]] framework of a [[leaf]] or similar organ; secondary member of the fibro-vascular structure.
 ''[[Veinlet]]''. A small or slender vein; nerve.
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 ''[[Ventral]]''. Front; relating to the anterior or inner face or part of an organ; opposite the back or dorsal part.
-''[[Vernation]]''. The disposition or arrangement of leaves in the bud.
+''[[Vernation]]''. The disposition or arrangement of [[leaves]] in the [[bud]].
-''[[Versatile]]''. Hung or attached near the middle and usually moving freely, as an anther attached crosswise on the apex of filament and capable of turning.
+''[[Versatile]]''. Hung or attached near the middle and usually moving freely, as an [[anther]] attached crosswise on the apex of [[filament]] and capable of turning.
-''[[Verticil]]''. A whorl.
+''[[Verticil]]''. A [[whorl]].
 ''[[Vesicle]]''. A little bladder or bladder-like cavity.
-''[[Vexillary]]''. Pertaining to the vexillum, standard or banner of a papilionaceous flower.
+''[[Vexillary]]''. Pertaining to the vexillum, standard or banner of a [[papilionaceous]] [[flower]].
 ''[[Villous]]''. Provided with long and soft, not matted, hairs; shaggy.
-''[[Vitta]]''. An oil-tube, as in the fruits of Umbelliferse.
+''[[Vitta]]''. An oil-tube, as in the fruits of [[Umbelliferae]].
-''[[Vittate]]''. With vitte; also striped lengthwise.
+''[[Vittate]]''. With [[vitta]]e; also striped lengthwise.
 ''[[Volute]]''. Rolled up.
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-''[[Watersprout]]''. A strong rapid-growing adventitious shoot in a tree-top or bush or on a trunk.
+''[[Watersprout]]''. A strong rapid-growing adventitious [[shoot]] in a [[tree]]-top or [[bush]] or on a [[trunk]].
-''[[Whorl]]''. Three or more leaves or flowers at one node, in a circle.
+''[[Whorl]]''. Three or more [[leaves]] or [[flower]]s at one [[node]], in a circle.
-''[[Wing]]''. A thin dry or membranous expansion or flat extension or appendage of an organ; also the lateral petal of a papilionaceous flower.
+''[[Wing]]''. A thin dry or membranous expansion or flat extension or appendage of an organ; also the lateral [[petal]] of a [[papilionaceous]] [[flower]].
-''[[Woolly]]''. Provided with long, soft and more or less matted hairs; like wool; lanate.
+''[[Woolly]]''. Provided with long, soft and more or less matted hairs; like wool; [[lanate]].
-''[[Wort]]''. Old word for a plant or herb; now used only in combination, as mother-wort, spiderviort, liverwort.
+''[[Wort]]''. Old word for a plant or [[herb]]; now used only in combination, as [[mother-wort]], [[spiderwort]], [[liverwort]].

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 ''[[Tapering]]''. Gradually becoming smaller or diminishing in diameter or width toward one end.
-''[[Tap-root]]''. A strong nearly or quite perpendicular main root that carries the plant axis straight into the ground, all the other roots being secondary to it, rather than branching equally or diversely at the crown.
+''[[Tap-root]]''. A strong nearly or quite perpendicular main [[root]] that carries the plant axis straight into the ground, all the other roots being secondary to it, rather than branching equally or diversely at the [[crown]].
-''[[Taxonomy]]''. Classification of species.
+''[[Taxonomy]]''. [[Classification]] of [[species]].
-''[[Tendril]]''. A rotating or twisting thread-like process or extension by which a plant grasps an object and clings to it for support; morphologically it may be stem or leaf.
+''[[Tendril]]''. A rotating or twisting thread-like process or extension by which a plant grasps an object and clings to it for support; morphologically it may be [[stem]] or [[leaf]].
 ''[[Teratology]]''. The subject of monstrosities, or of abnormal and aberrant forms and malformations.
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 ''[[Ternate]]''. In threes.
-''[[Testa]]''. The outer seed-coat, particularly when bony, hard or brittle.
+''[[Testa]]''. The outer [[seed]]-coat, particularly when bony, hard or brittle.
-''[[Tetradynamous]]''. Six stamens, four being long and two short.
+''[[Tetradynamous]]''. Six [[stamen]]s, four being long and two short.
 ''[[Tetragonal]]''. Four-angled.
-''[[Thallus]]''. A flat leaf-like organ; in some cryptogams, the entire cellular plant body without differentiation as to stem and foliage.
+''[[Thallus]]''. A flat [[leaf]]-like organ; in some cryptogams, the entire cellular plant body without differentiation as to [[stem]] and [[foliage]].
-''[[Throat]]''. The opening or orifice into a gamopetalous corolla, or perianth; the place where the limb joins the tube.
+''[[Throat]]''. The opening or orifice into a [[gamopetalous]] [[corolla]], or [[perianth]]; the place where the limb joins the tube.
-''[[Thyrse]], thyrsus''. Compact and more or less compound panicle; more correctly a panicle-like cluster with main axis indeterminate and other parts determinate.
+''[[Thyrse]], thyrsus''. Compact and more or less compound [[panicle]]; more correctly a panicle-like [[cluster]] with main axis [[indeterminate]] and other parts [[determinate]].
-''[[Tip]]''. The plant arising at the end of a stolon, as in the black raspberry.
+''[[Tip]]''. The plant arising at the end of a [[stolon]], as in the black [[raspberry]].
-''[[Tomentose]]''. With tomentum; densely woolly or pubescent; with matted soft wool-like hairiness.
+''[[Tomentose]]''. With tomentum; densely [[woolly]] or pubescent; with matted soft wool-like hairiness.
-''[[Tomentulose]]''. Somewhat or delicately tomentose.
+''[[Tomentulose]]''. Somewhat or delicately [[tomentose]].
-''[[Tortuous]]''. Twisted; with irregular bending and twining.
+''[[Tortuous]]''. Twisted; with irregular bending and [[twining]].
 ''[[Torus]]''. Receptacle.
-''[[Tree]]''. A woody plant that produces one main trunk and a more or less distinct and elevated head.
+''[[Tree]]''. A [[woody]] plant that produces one main [[trunk]] and a more or less distinct and elevated head.
 ''[[Tri-]]''. Three or three times.
-''[[Tricarpous]]''. Of three carpels or fruits.
+''[[Tricarpous]]''. Of three [[carpel]]s or [[fruit]]s.
 ''[[Trichome]]''. A hair, particularly one that is strong or stiff.
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 ''[[Trifid]]''. Separated about halfway down into three parts.
-''[[Trifoliate]]''. Of three leaves.
+''[[Trifoliate]]''. Of three [[leaves]].
-''[[Trifoliolate]]''. Of three leaflets.
+''[[Trifoliolate]]''. Of three [[leaflet]]s.
 ''[[Trigonous]]''. Three-angled.
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 ''[[Trimerous]]''. In threes.
-''[[Trimorphous]]''. In three forms; as three lengths of stamens.
+''[[Trimorphous]]''. In three forms; as three lengths of [[stamen]]s.
-''[[Tripinnate]]''. Three times pinnate.
+''[[Tripinnate]]''. Three times [[pinnate]].
 ''[[Trisected]]''. In three deeply cut parts.
-''[[Triternate]]''. Three times three; the leaflets or segments of a twice ternate leaf again in three parts.
+''[[Triternate]]''. Three times three; the [[leaflet]]s or segments of a twice [[ternate]] [[leaf]] again in three parts.
 ''[[Truncate]]''. Appearing as if cut off at the end; the end nearly or quite straight across.
-''[[Tuber]]''. A short congested part; usually defined as subterranean (as of a rootstock), although this is not essential.
+''[[Tuber]]''. A short congested part; usually defined as subterranean (as of a [[rootstock]]), although this is not essential.
-''[[Tubercle]]''. .A small tuber, or rounded protruding body.
+''[[Tubercle]]''. .A small [[tuber]], or rounded protruding body.
-''[[Tuberiferous]]''. Tuber-bearing.
+''[[Tuberiferous]]''. [[Tuber]]-bearing.
-''[[Tuberous]]''. With or resembling a tuber or tubers.
+''[[Tuberous]]''. With or resembling a [[tuber]] or tubers.
 ''[[Tumid]]''. Swollen.
-''[[Tunicated]]''. Provided with concentric or enwrapping coats or layers, as bulb of onion.
+''[[Tunicated]]''. Provided with concentric or enwrapping coats or layers, as [[bulb]] of [[onion]].
 ''[[Turgid]]''. Swollen from fullness.

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 ''[[Sabulose]]''. Growing in or pertaining to sandy places.
-''[[Saggitate]]''. Like an arrowhead in form; triangular with the basal lobes pointing downward.
+''[[Saggitate]]''. Like an arrowhead in [[form]]; triangular with the [[basal]] [[lobe]]s pointing downward.
-''[[Salver-shaped]]''. With a slender tube and an abruptly expanded flat limb, as that of the phlox; hypocratcriform.
+''[[Salver-shaped]]''. With a slender tube and an abruptly expanded flat limb, as that of the [[phlox]]; [[hypocrateriform]].
-''[[Samara]]''. Indehiscent winged pericarp, as of the maple.
+''[[Samara]]''. [[Indehiscent]] winged [[pericarp]], as of the [[maple]].
 ''[[Sap]]''. The watery contents of a plant; an indefinite and undescriptive term little used by botanists.
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 ''[[Scabrous]]''. Rough; feeling roughish or gritty to the touch.
-''[[Scale]]''. A name given to many kinds of small mostly dry and appressed leaves or bracts; a vestige.
+''[[Scale]]''. A name given to many kinds of small mostly dry and appressed [[leaves]] or [[bracts]]; a vestige.
-''[[Scape]]''. Leafless peduncle arising from the ground; it may bear scales or bracts but no foliage-leaves, and may be one- or many-flowered.
+''[[Scape]]''. [[Leafless]] [[peduncle]] arising from the ground; it may bear scales or [[bract]]s but no [[foliage]]-[[leaves]], and may be one- or many-[[flower]]ed.
-''[[Scarious]]''. Leaf-like parts or bracts that are not green, but thin, dry, and membranaceous, often more or less translucent.
+''[[Scarious]]''. [[Leaf]]-like parts or [[bract]]s that are not green, but thin, dry, and membranaceous, often more or less translucent.
-''[[Scion]]''. See Cion.
+''[[Scion]]''. See ''[[Cion]]''.
 ''[[Scleroid]]''. Of a hard texture.
-''[[Scorpioid]]''. Said of a cluster in which the flowers are 2- ranked and borne alternately at the right and the left.
+''[[Scorpioid]]''. Said of a [[cluster]] in which the [[flower]]s are 2-ranked and borne alternately at the right and the left.
-''[[Seed]]''. The ripened ovule; the essential part is the embryo, and this is contained within integuments.
+''[[Seed]]''. The ripened [[ovule]]; the essential part is the [[embryo]], and this is contained within integuments.
-''[[Seedling]]''. A young plant raised from seed; a plant direct from seed without the intervention of grafting of any kind.
+''[[Seedling]]''. A young plant raised from [[seed]]; a plant direct from seed without the intervention of [[graft]]ing of any kind.
-''[[Segment]]''. One of the parts of a leaf, petal, calyx or perianth that is divided but not truly compound.
+''[[Segment]]''. One of the parts of a [[leaf]], [[petal]], [[calyx]] or [[perianth]] that is divided but not truly compound.
-''[[Self-fertilization]]''. Secured by pollen from same flower; close-fertilization.
+''[[Self-fertilization]]''. Secured by [[polle]]n from same [[flower]]; close-fertilization.
-''[[Self-pollination]]''. Transfer of pollen from stamen to pistil of same flower; close-pollination.
+''[[Self-pollination]]''. Transfer of [[pollen]] from [[stamen]] to [[pistil]] of same [[flower]]; close-pollination.
-''[[Sepal]]''. One of the separate leaves of a calyx.
+''[[Sepal]]''. One of the separate [[leaves]] of a [[calyx]].
-''[[Separation]]''. Multiplication of plants by means of naturally detachable asexual bodies or organs, as offsets, stolons.
+''[[Separation]]''. Multiplication of plants by means of naturally detachable asexual bodies or organs, as [[offset]]s, [[stolon]]s.
 ''[[Septate]]''. Partitioned; divided by partitions.
-''[[Septicidal]]''. Dehiscence along or in the partitions, not directly into the locule.
+''[[Septicidal]]''. [[Dehiscence]] along or in the partitions, not directly into the [[locule]].
 ''[[Septum]]''. A partition.
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 ''[[Sessile]]''. Not stalked; sitting.
-''[[Set]]''. Applied loosely to vegetative parts used in propagation, as to offsets, layers, root-cuttings.
+''[[Set]]''. Applied loosely to vegetative parts used in [[propagation]], as to [[offset]]s, layers, [[root]]-[[cutting]]s.
 ''[[Seta]]''. A bristle.
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 ''[[Sheath]]''. Any long or more or less tubular structure surrounding an organ or part.
-''[[Shoot]]''. A new plant from the root of the old plant; also any growing twig or axis.
+''[[Shoot]]''. A new plant from the [[root]] of the old plant; also any growing [[twig]] or [[axis]].
-''[[Shrub]]''. A woody plant that remains low and produces shoots or trunks from the base.
+''[[Shrub]]''. A woody plant that remains low and produces [[shoot]]s or [[trunk]]s from the base.
-''[[Silicle]]''. The short fruit of certain Cruciferte.
+''[[Silicle]]''. The short [[fruit]] of certain [[Cruciferae]].
-''[[Silique]]''. The long fruit of certain Crucifera;.
+''[[Silique]]''. The long [[fruit]] of certain [[Cruciferae]].
 ''[[Silky]]''. A condition produced by a covering of soft appressed fine hairs; sericeus.

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-''[[Raceme]]''. A simple elongated indeterminate cluster with stalked flowers.
+''[[Raceme]]''. A simple elongated [[indeterminate]] [[cluster]] with [[stalk]]ed [[flower]]s.
-''[[Rachilla]], rhachilla''. A diminutive or secondary axis, or rachis; in particular, in the grasses and sedges the axis that bears the florets.
+''[[Rachilla]], rhachilla''. A diminutive or secondary [[axis]], or [[rachis]]; in particular, in the [[grass]]es and [[sedge]]s the [[axis]] that bears the [[floret]]s.
-''[[Rachis]]''. Axis bearing flowers or leaflets; petiole of a fern frond (plural rachides or rachises).
+''[[Rachis]]''. [[Axis]] bearing [[flower]]s or [[leaflet]]s; [[petiole]] of a [[fern]] [[frond]] (plural ''rachides'' or ''rachises'').
-''[[Radiate]]''. Standing on and spreading from a common center; also, with ray-flowers, as in the Composite.
+''[[Radiate]]''. Standing on and spreading from a common center; also, with ray-[[flower]]s, as in the [[Compositae]].
-''[[Radical]]''. Belonging or pertaining to the root.
+''[[Radical]]''. Belonging or pertaining to the [[root]].
-''[[Radicle]]''. The inferior or downward part of the embryo below the cotyledons; caudicle.
+''[[Radicle]]''. The [[inferior]] or downward part of the [[embryo]] below the [[cotyledon]]s; [[caudicle]].
-''[[Radix]]''. Root.
+''[[Radix]]''. [[Root]].
-''[[Rameal]]''. Pertaining to a branch or branches.
+''[[Rameal]]''. Pertaining to a [[branch]] or branches.
-''[[Ramenia]]''. Chaffy loose scales borne on leaves and stems, as on the stems of ferns.
+''[[Ramenia]]''. Chaffy loose scales borne on [[leaves]] and [[stem]]s, as on the stems of [[fern]]s.
-''[[Ramification]]''. The mode or style of branching of a plant.
+''[[Ramification]]''. The mode or style of [[branch]]ing of a plant.
-''[[Raphe]], rhaphe''. The cord or ridge of fibro-vascular tissue connecting the hilum and chaluza on a seed (when the hilum and chalaza are separated).
+''[[Raphe]], rhaphe''. The cord or ridge of fibro-vascular tissue connecting the [[hilum]] and [[chaluza]] on a [[seed]] (when the hilum and chalaza are separated).
-''[[Ray]]''. Outer modified florets of some composites, with an extended or strap-like part to the corolla; also thebranches of an umbel or umbel-like cluster.
+''[[Ray]]''. Outer modified [[floret]]s of some [[composite]]s, with an extended or strap-like part to the [[corolla]]; also the branches of an [[umbel]] or umbel-like [[cluster]].
-''[[Receptacle]]''. Torus; the more or less enlarged or elongated end of the stem or flower-axis on which some or all of the flower-parts are borne; sometimes the receptacle is greatly expanded, as in the Composite; sometimes it assumes capsule-like forms, as in the hypanthium of the rose.
+''[[Receptacle]]''. [[Torus]]; the more or less enlarged or elongated end of the [[stem]] or [[flower]]-[[axis]] on which some or all of the flower-parts are borne; sometimes the receptacle is greatly expanded, as in the [[CompositAe]]; sometimes it assumes capsule-like forms, as in the [[hypanthium]] of the [[rose]].
 ''[[Reclinate]], reclining''. Bent down or falling back from the perpendicular.
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 ''[[Reflexed]]''. Abruptly recurved or bent downward or backward.
-''[[Regular flower]]''. With the parts in each series or set alike; aa stamens all like each other, petals all like each other.
+''[[Regular flower]]''. With the parts in each series or set alike; as [[stamen]]s all like each other, [[petal]]s all like each other.
-''[[Reinforced fruit]]''. With other parts grown to the pericarp.
+''[[Reinforced fruit]]''. With other parts grown to the [[pericarp]].
 ''[[Remote]]''. Separated by spaces longer than common.
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 ''[[Reniform]]''. Kidney-shaped.
-''[[Repent]]''. Creeping; rooting at the joints.
+''[[Repent]]''. Creeping; [[root]]ing at the [[joint]]s.
 ''[[Resupinate]]''. Upside down; turned over.
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 ''[[Retrorse]]''. Bent or turned over back or downward.
-''[[Revolute]]''. Rolled backward, margin rolled toward lower side. See Involute.
+''[[Revolute]]''. Rolled backward, margin rolled toward lower side. See ''[[Involute]]''.
-''[[Rhachis]]''. See [[Rachis]].
+''[[Rhachis]]''. See ''[[Rachis]]''.
-''[[Rhaphe]]''. See [[Raphe]].
+''[[Rhaphe]]''. See ''[[Raphe]]''.
-''[[Rhizome]]''. Underground stem; rootstock.
+''[[Rhizome]]''. Underground [[stem]]; [[rootstock]].
-''[[Rhizos]]''. In Greek compounds, signifying root.
+''[[Rhizos]]''. In Greek compounds, signifying [[root]].
-''[[Rib]]''. In a leaf or similar organ, the primary vein; also any prominent vein or nerve.
+''[[Rib]]''. In a [[leaf]] or similar organ, the primary vein; also any prominent vein or nerve.
 ''[[Rimose]]''. With cracks or chinks.
-''[[Ringent]]''. Gaping; said of labiate flowers with an open throat or mouth.
+''[[Ringent]]''. Gaping; said of [[labiate]] [[flower]]s with an open throat or mouth.
-''[[Rootstock]]''. Subterranean stem; rhizome.
+''[[Rootstock]]''. Subterranean [[stem]]; [[rhizome]].
-''[[Rostellum]]''. A little beak; particularly a projection above the stigma in the orchid flower.
+''[[Rostellum]]''. A little beak; particularly a projection above the [[stigma]] in the [[orchid]] [[flower]].
-''[[Rosula]]''. A rosette, or dense more or less flat imbricated cluster of leaves.
+''[[Rosula]]''. A [[rosette]], or dense more or less flat [[imbricated]] [[cluster]] of [[leaves]].
-''[[Rosulate]]''. In a rosula or rosette.
+''[[Rosulate]]''. In a [[rosula]] or [[rosette]].
 ''[[Rotate]]''. Wheel-shaped; with short or obsolete tube and a flat and circular limb.
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 ''[[Rudimentary]]''. Incomplete; very little developed.
-''[[Ruminated]]''. Chewed; particularly applied to wrinkled albumen in seeds that are irregularly channeled or pierced, as in nutmeg and in annona fruits.
+''[[Ruminated]]''. Chewed; particularly applied to wrinkled [[albumen]] in [[seed]]s that are irregularly channeled or pierced, as in [[nutmeg]] and in [[annona]] [[fruit]]s.
-''[[Runcinate]]''. Said of sharply lobed or cut leaves that have the segments directed backward.
+''[[Runcinate]]''. Said of sharply lobed or cut [[leaves]] that have the segments directed backward.
-''[[Runner]]''. A slender trailing shoot taking root at the nodes.
+''[[Runner]]''. A slender trailing [[shoot]] taking [[root]] at the [[node]]s.
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 ''[[Obconical]]''. Inversely conical; cone attached at the small point.
-''[[Oblanceolate]]''. Inversely lanceolate; with the broadest part of a lanceolate body away from the point of attachment.
+''[[Oblanceolate]]''. Inversely [[lanceolate]]; with the broadest part of a lanceolate body away from the point of attachment.
 ''[[Oblique]]''. Slanting; unequal-sided.
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 ''[[Oblong]]''. Longer than broad, and with the sides nearly or quite parallel most of their length.
-''[[Obovate]]''. Inverted ovate.
+''[[Obovate]]''. Inverted [[ovate]].
 ''[[Obovoid]]''. An ovoid body attached at the smaller end.
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 ''[[Ochraceous]]''. Ochre-yellow, gradually changing to brown.
-''[[Ocrea]]''. A boot-shaped or tubular stipule, as in Polygonum.
+''[[Ocrea]]''. A boot-shaped or tubular stipule, as in [[Polygonum]].
-''[[Oculus]]''. An eye; a leaf-bud when used as a cutting.
+''[[Oculus]]''. An [[eye]]; a [[leaf]]-[[bud]] when used as a [[cutting]].
 ''[[Offset]]''. A plant arising close to the base of mother plant.
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 ''[[Operculum]]''. A lid, as of a circumscissile capsule.
-''[[Orthos]]''. In Greek compounds, signifying straight.
+''[[Orthos]]''. In Greek compounds, signifying ''straight''.
-''[[Orthotropous]]'' (ovule or seed). An erect straight seed, with the micropyle at the apex and hilum at the base.
+''[[Orthotropous]]'' ([[ovule]] or seed). An erect straight [[seed]], with the [[micropyle]] at the apex and [[hilum]] at the base.
 ''[[Osseous]]''. Bony, hard, brittle; of very close texture.
-''[[Ovary]]''. Ovule-bearing part of a pistil.
+''[[Ovary]]''. [[Ovule]]-bearing part of a [[pistil]].
 ''[[Ovate]]''. With an outline like that of hen's egg cut in two lengthwise, the broader end downward.
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 ''[[Ovoid]]''. A solid that is oval in outline.
-''[[Ovule]]''. The body which, after fertilization, becomes the seed.
+''[[Ovule]]''. The body which, after [[fertilization]], becomes the [[seed]].
-''[[Ovuliferous]]''. Ovule-bearing.
+''[[Ovuliferous]]''. [[Ovule]]-bearing.
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