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burgonet: (n) 1. A very light casque, or steel cap, for the use of the infantry, especially pikemen.
2. A helmet with a visor, so fitted to the gorget or neck-piece, that the head could be turned without exposing the neck.
casque: (n) 1. A piece of armour to cover the head; a helmet. A term applied very loosely to all kinds of military head-pieces, and now only historical, poetical, or foreign.
2. In Botany: The upper lip of the corolla of certain Labiatæ; also the upper division of the perigone of orchids.
3. In Zoology: A helmet-like structure, as in the cassowary, the toucans.
corolla: (n) 1. A little crown, coronet; a figure shaped like a coronet.
2. In Botany: The whorl of leaves (petals) either separate or grown together, forming the inner envelope of the flower, and generally its most conspicuous part; usually ‘coloured’ (i.e. not green), and of delicate texture.
perigone: (n) 1. The perianth of a flowering plant. Also: the utricle of a sedge.
2. The perigonium of a bryophyte.
perianth: (n) 1. A structure surrounding or forming the outer part of a flower.
2. A part of a flower outside the corolla; a calyx. Also: an involucre, especially of a plant of the family Asteraceae (Compositae).
3. The floral whorl or whorls outside the stamens; the calyx and corolla collectively, especially when their parts are not easily distinguishable.
4. In a foliose liverwort: the fused uppermost perichaetial bracts surrounding the calyptra.
calyptra: (n) A hood or cover; specifically the hood of the sporecase in mosses; the interior membranaceous and often hairy covering of the ovarium.
bract: (n) 1. In Botany: A small modified leaf, or scale, growing immediately below the calyx of a plant, or upon the peduncle of a flower.
2. In Zoology: A similar appendage found in some of the Hydrozoa.
perichaetial: (adj) Of, belonging to, or constituting a perichaetium, a cluster of modified leaves surrounding the archegonium of a moss. Also: the perianth of a foliose liverwort
archegonium: (n) In Botany: The female organ in Cryptogams, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
involucre: (n) 1. That which envelops or enwraps; a case, covering, envelope; specifically in Anatomy, a membranous envelope, as the pericardium.
2. In Botany: A whorl or rosette of bracts surrounding an inflorescence, or at the base of an umbel.
3. In Zoology: A kind of sheath about the base of the thread-cells of acalephs.
acaleph: (n) In Zoology: An animal of the class Acalepha: a class of Radiate marine animals, embracing the Jelly fishes and Medusas, of pellucid gelatinous substance; so called from possessing the power of stinging or tingling anything which they touch, whence some of them are also known as sea-nettles.
bryophyte: (n) In Botany: One of the Bryophyta, a group of plants comprising the liverworts and mosses.
perigonium: (n) 1. In Botany: The perianth of a flowering plant. Also: the utricle of a sedge.
2. A cluster of modified leaves surrounding the antheridium of a bryophyte.
3. In Zoology: A sac formed by the outer parts of the gonophore of a hydroid.
hydroid: (n) In Zoology: 1. A Hydrozoan belonging to the Hydroidea.
2. One of the two forms of zooids occurring in Hydrozoa, resembling Hydra in structure, but typically asexual: opposed to Medusa.
In Botany: 3. An element forming part of the hydrome tissue of a plant.
hydrome: (n) In Botany: The water-conducting section of a vascular bundle.
gonophore: (n) 1. In Botany: The short stalk which bears the stamens and carpels in Anonaceæ, etc., due to the elongation of the receptacle above the corolla.
2. In Zoology: One of the medusoid buds which contain the reproductive elements in Hydrozoa.
antheridium: (n) Oblong or globular ‘sperm’ cells found in Cryptogams, answering to the anthers of flowering plants.
utricle: (n) 1. In Botany: A small sac or bladder-shaped body; a bottle-shaped part or structure.
2. In Anatomy and Biology: A small cell, sac, or bladder-like process.
3. The larger of the two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
4. A small bladder-like body; a globule.
carpel: (n) In Botany: One of the divisions or cells of a compound pistil or fruit; or the single cell of which a simple pistil or fruit consists.
gorget: (n) 1. A piece of armour for the throat.
2. A collar.
3. An article of female dress, covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
4. An ornament for the neck; a collar of beads, shells, etc.; a necklace.
5. Military: A gilt crescent-shaped badge suspended from the neck, and hanging on the breast, formerly worn by officers on duty.
6. A kind of pillory.
7. In Zoology: The pouch or sac under the bill of certain sea-birds.
8. A patch of colour on the throat of a bird, insect, etc.
9. A steel instrument having the form of a channel, used in operations for stone, etc.
2. A helmet with a visor, so fitted to the gorget or neck-piece, that the head could be turned without exposing the neck.
casque: (n) 1. A piece of armour to cover the head; a helmet. A term applied very loosely to all kinds of military head-pieces, and now only historical, poetical, or foreign.
2. In Botany: The upper lip of the corolla of certain Labiatæ; also the upper division of the perigone of orchids.
3. In Zoology: A helmet-like structure, as in the cassowary, the toucans.
corolla: (n) 1. A little crown, coronet; a figure shaped like a coronet.
2. In Botany: The whorl of leaves (petals) either separate or grown together, forming the inner envelope of the flower, and generally its most conspicuous part; usually ‘coloured’ (i.e. not green), and of delicate texture.
perigone: (n) 1. The perianth of a flowering plant. Also: the utricle of a sedge.
2. The perigonium of a bryophyte.
perianth: (n) 1. A structure surrounding or forming the outer part of a flower.
2. A part of a flower outside the corolla; a calyx. Also: an involucre, especially of a plant of the family Asteraceae (Compositae).
3. The floral whorl or whorls outside the stamens; the calyx and corolla collectively, especially when their parts are not easily distinguishable.
4. In a foliose liverwort: the fused uppermost perichaetial bracts surrounding the calyptra.
calyptra: (n) A hood or cover; specifically the hood of the sporecase in mosses; the interior membranaceous and often hairy covering of the ovarium.
bract: (n) 1. In Botany: A small modified leaf, or scale, growing immediately below the calyx of a plant, or upon the peduncle of a flower.
2. In Zoology: A similar appendage found in some of the Hydrozoa.
perichaetial: (adj) Of, belonging to, or constituting a perichaetium, a cluster of modified leaves surrounding the archegonium of a moss. Also: the perianth of a foliose liverwort
archegonium: (n) In Botany: The female organ in Cryptogams, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
involucre: (n) 1. That which envelops or enwraps; a case, covering, envelope; specifically in Anatomy, a membranous envelope, as the pericardium.
2. In Botany: A whorl or rosette of bracts surrounding an inflorescence, or at the base of an umbel.
3. In Zoology: A kind of sheath about the base of the thread-cells of acalephs.
acaleph: (n) In Zoology: An animal of the class Acalepha: a class of Radiate marine animals, embracing the Jelly fishes and Medusas, of pellucid gelatinous substance; so called from possessing the power of stinging or tingling anything which they touch, whence some of them are also known as sea-nettles.
bryophyte: (n) In Botany: One of the Bryophyta, a group of plants comprising the liverworts and mosses.
perigonium: (n) 1. In Botany: The perianth of a flowering plant. Also: the utricle of a sedge.
2. A cluster of modified leaves surrounding the antheridium of a bryophyte.
3. In Zoology: A sac formed by the outer parts of the gonophore of a hydroid.
hydroid: (n) In Zoology: 1. A Hydrozoan belonging to the Hydroidea.
2. One of the two forms of zooids occurring in Hydrozoa, resembling Hydra in structure, but typically asexual: opposed to Medusa.
In Botany: 3. An element forming part of the hydrome tissue of a plant.
hydrome: (n) In Botany: The water-conducting section of a vascular bundle.
gonophore: (n) 1. In Botany: The short stalk which bears the stamens and carpels in Anonaceæ, etc., due to the elongation of the receptacle above the corolla.
2. In Zoology: One of the medusoid buds which contain the reproductive elements in Hydrozoa.
antheridium: (n) Oblong or globular ‘sperm’ cells found in Cryptogams, answering to the anthers of flowering plants.
utricle: (n) 1. In Botany: A small sac or bladder-shaped body; a bottle-shaped part or structure.
2. In Anatomy and Biology: A small cell, sac, or bladder-like process.
3. The larger of the two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
4. A small bladder-like body; a globule.
carpel: (n) In Botany: One of the divisions or cells of a compound pistil or fruit; or the single cell of which a simple pistil or fruit consists.
gorget: (n) 1. A piece of armour for the throat.
2. A collar.
3. An article of female dress, covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
4. An ornament for the neck; a collar of beads, shells, etc.; a necklace.
5. Military: A gilt crescent-shaped badge suspended from the neck, and hanging on the breast, formerly worn by officers on duty.
6. A kind of pillory.
7. In Zoology: The pouch or sac under the bill of certain sea-birds.
8. A patch of colour on the throat of a bird, insect, etc.
9. A steel instrument having the form of a channel, used in operations for stone, etc.
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Occasionally, as in this post, I end up getting a lot of new words out of the definitions of others. In this particular post, only the first word was actually on my list. The rest were taken from the definitions of each subsequent word.
I keep a little pocket notebook with me when I read, and each time I fill a page it becomes a new post. I'm about 5 pages behind in posting them though, so expect more in the coming days :)
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