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=Glands.= A secreting surface or structure; a protuberance having the appearance of such an organ.
=Glaucous.= Covered or whitened with a bloom.
=Grain.= Direction or arrangement of the fibres in wood.
=Grubs.= The larvae of wood-destroying insects.
=Gymnosperms.= Plants bearing naked seeds; without an ovary.
=Habitat.= The geographical range of a plant.
=Heartwood.= The central portion of tree.
=Hollow-horning.= Internal checking.
=Honeycombing.= Internal checking.
=Hot-blast kiln.= A drying arrangement in which the air is blown through heating coils into the drying room.
=Humidity.= Damp, moist.
=Hygroscopicity.= The property of readily imbibing moisture from the atmosphere.
=Indefinite.= Applied to petals or other organs when too numerous to be conveniently counted.
=Indigenous.= Native to the country.
=Involute.= A form of vernation in which the leaf is rolled inward from its edges.
=Kiln-drying.= Drying or seasoning of wood by artificial heat in an inclosed room.
=Leaflet.= A single division of a compound leaf.
=Limb.= The spreading portion of the tree.
=Lumen.= Internal s.p.a.ce in the spring- and summer-wood fibres.
=Median.= Situated in the middle.
=Medulla.= The pith.
=Medullary rays.= Rays of fundamental tissue which connect the pith with the bark.
=Membranous.= Thin and rather soft, more or less translucent.
=Midrib.= The central or main rib of a leaf.
=Moist-air kiln.= A drying arrangement in which the heat is taken from radiating coils located inside the drying room.
=Mottle.= Figure transverse of the fibres, probably caused by the action of wind upon the tree.
=Non-porous.= Without pores.
=Oblong.= Considerably longer than broad, with flowing outline.
=Obtuse.= Blunt, rounded.
=Oval.= Broadly elliptical.
=Ovary.= The part of the pistil that contains the ovules.
=Parted.= Cleft nearly, but not quite to the base or midrib.
=Parenchyma.= Short cells const.i.tuting the pith and pulp of the tree.
=Pericarp.= The walls of the ripened ovary, the part of the fruit that encloses the seeds.
=Permeable.= Capable of being penetrated.
=Petal.= One of the leaves of the corolla.
=Pinholes.= Small holes in the wood caused by worms or insects.
=Pistil.= The modified leaf or leaves which bear the ovules; usually consisting of ovary, style and stigma.
=Plastic.= Elastic, easily bent.
=Pocket kilns.= Small drying rooms with openings on one end only and in which the material to be dried is piled directly on the floor.
=Pollen.= The fertilizing powder produced by the anther.
=Pores.= Minute orifices in wood.
=Porous.= Containing pores.
=Preliminary steaming.= Subjecting wood to a steaming process before drying or seasoning.
=Progressive kiln.= A drying arrangement with openings at both ends, and in which the material enters at one end and is discharged at the other.
=Rick.= A pile or stack of lumber.
