Word Meanings - INDUVIAE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time.

Related words: (words related to INDUVIAE)

• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• COROLLATE; COROLLATED
  Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla.
• PERSISTENTLY
  In a persistent manner.
• REMAIN
  re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, 1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• REMAINDER
  The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction. (more info) 1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. "The last remainders of unhappy Troy." Dryden. If these
• PERSISTENT
  Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous. (more info) 1. Inclined to persist; having staying
• HENCE
  ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send
• COROLLACEOUS
  Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.
• REMAINDER-MAN
  One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3. Blackstone.
• HENCEFORWARD
  From this time forward; henceforth.
• DISARTICULATE
  To sunder; to separate, as joints. -- Dis`ar*tic`u*la"tion, n.
• CALYX
  The covering of a flower. See Flower. Note: The calyx is usually green and foliaceous, but becomes delicate and petaloid in such flowers as the anemone and the four-o'clock. Each leaf of the calyx is called a sepal.
• COROLLA
  The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See
• COROLLARY
  1. That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous. Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary, Rather than want a spirit. Shak. 2. Something which follows from the
• HENCEFORTH
  From this time forward; henceforward. I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton.
• LEAVES
  pl. of Leaf.
• GONOCALYX
  The bell of a sessile gonozooid.
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• THENCEFROM
  From that place.
• PARKLEAVES
  A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
• PARACOROLLA
  A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.
• THENCE
  see -wards) thennes, thannes , AS. thanon, thanan, thonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannan, danan, and G. 1. From that place. "Bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark
• ARCHENCEPHALA
  The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.
• THENCEFORTH
  From that time; thereafter. If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13. Note: This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. Chaucer. John. xix. 12.
• WHENCEEVER
  Whencesoever.
• NEMATOCALYX
  One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidæ. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia.