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    A few words that might be helpful



    Auricles - Swellings or appendages at the base.


    Clonic convulsions - A sudden involuntary series of contractions of groups of muscles; characterized by a rhythmic alternation of contraction and relaxation.


    Decumbent- Prostrate or nearly so, with the tips growing upwards.


    Glabrous - Without hairs.


    Hyperpnea - Excessively deep or rapid breathing.


    Peduncles - The short stem bearing the fruit.


    Pentandrous - 5 stamens. (This word was not used in this text but will be encountered in our references and only a few dictionaries.)


    Ptyalism- Excessive salivation.


    Sessile- Lacking a stalk.


    Setiform - Bristle-like.


    Stipules - The basal appendage of a petiole.


    Tonic convulsions - A prolonged contraction of the skeletal muscles.


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