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gwynhefarburgonet: (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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