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_Thyrse._ A contracted or ovate and usually compact panicle.
_Thyrsoid._ Resembling a thyrse.
_Tomentose._ Densely p.u.b.escent with matted wool.
_Tooth._ Any small marginal lobe.
_Torose._ Cylindrical with contractions at intervals.
_Torulose._ Diminutive of Torose.
_Torus._ The receptacle of a flower.
_Transverse._ Across; in a right and left direction.
_Tri-._ In composition, three or thrice.
_Triandrous._ Having three stamens.
_Trifoliolate._ Having three leaflets.
_Trigonous._ Three-angled.
_Trimorphous._ Occurring under three forms.
_Triquetrous._ Having three salient angles, the sides concave or channelled.
_Truncate._ Ending abruptly, as if cut off transversely.
_Tuber._ A thickened and short subterranean branch, having numerous buds or eyes.
_Tubercle._ A small tuber or tuber-like body.
_Tuberiferous._ Bearing tubers.
_Tuberous._ Having the character of a tuber; tuber-like in appearance.
_Tumid._ Swollen.
_Tunicated._ Having concentric coats, as an onion.
_Turbinate._ Top-shaped; inversely conical.
_Twining._ Winding spirally about a support.
_Umbel._ An inflorescence in which a cl.u.s.ter of peduncles or pedicels spring from the same point.
_Umbellate._ In or like an umbel.
_Umbellet._ A secondary umbel.
_Umbonate._ Bearing a stout projection in the centre; bossed.
_Underleaves._ The small accessory leaves or stipules on the under side of the stem in Hepaticae.
_Undulate._ With a wavy surface; repand.
_Unguiculate._ Contracted at base into a claw.
_Uni-._ In composition, one.
_Unis.e.xual._ Of one s.e.x, either staminate or pistillate only.
_Urceolate._ Hollow and cylindrical or ovoid, and contracted at or below the mouth, like an urn.
_Utricle._ A small bladdery 1-seeded fruit; any small bladder-like body.
_Valvate._ Opening by valves, as a capsule; in aestivation, meeting by the edges without overlapping.
_Valve._ One of the pieces into which a capsule splits.
_Vascular._ Furnished with vessels or ducts.
_Veins._ Threads of fibro-vascular tissue in a leaf or other organ, especially those which branch (as distinguished from nerves).
_Ventral._ Belonging to the anterior or inner face of an organ; the opposite of dorsal.
_Ventricose._ Swelling unequally, or inflated on one side.
_Vernation._ The arrangement of leaves in the bud.
_Verrucose._ Covered with wart-like elevations.
_Versatile_ (anther). Attached near the middle and turning freely on its support.
_Vertical._ Perpendicular to the horizon; longitudinal.
_Verticillate._ Disposed in a whorl.
_Vesicle._ A small bladder or air-cavity.
_Vesicular, Vesiculose._ Composed of or covered with vesicles.
_Villous._ Bearing long and soft hairs.
_Virgate._ Wand-shaped; slender, straight and erect.
