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Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

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Glossary<br />

epigynous - borne on or arising from <strong>the</strong> ovary; used of floral parts when <strong>the</strong><br />

ovary is inferior and flower not perigynous.<br />

explant - a plant part asceptically excised and prepared <strong>for</strong> culture in a<br />

culture medium.<br />

exocarp - <strong>the</strong> outer layer of <strong>the</strong> pericarp or fruit wall.<br />

F<br />

flacate - scy<strong>the</strong>-shaped; curved and flat, tapering gradually.<br />

fasicle - a condensed or close cluster.<br />

faveolate - honey-combed.<br />

ferruginous - pertaining to or coloured like iron rust.<br />

filament - thread; particularly <strong>the</strong> stalk of <strong>the</strong> stamen, terminated by <strong>the</strong><br />

an<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

fili<strong>for</strong>m - thread-shaped, long, slender and terete.<br />

flexuose - zig-zig; bending from side to side; wavy.<br />

fulvous - dull, brownish-yellow.<br />

fuscous - dusky, greyish-brown.<br />

G<br />

genotype - <strong>the</strong> genetic constitution of an organism, acquired from its parents<br />

and available <strong>for</strong> transmission to its offspring.<br />

genus - a group of related species, <strong>the</strong> taxonomic category ranking above a<br />

species and below a family.<br />

glabrous - not hairy.<br />

glaucous - bluish white; covered or whitened with a very fine, powdery<br />

substance.<br />

globose - globe-shaped.<br />

glabrescent - becoming glabrous with age.<br />

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