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A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elæolite, and sodalite.

n analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle. Goodale.

cording to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.

le cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells. Goodale.

Vars. of Odal, etc. Obs. exc. in Shetland and the Orkney Islands, where udal designates land held in fee simple without any charter and free of any feudal character.

e without true guardian cells, but in other respects closely resemble ordinary stomata. Goodale.

slender, membranous tubes tapering at each end. (b) A single wood cell. See under Wood. Goodale. -- Woody nightshade. (Bot.). See Bittersweet, 3 (a). -- Woody pear (Bot.), the inedible, woody, pear-shaped fruit of several Australian proteaceous trees of the genus Xylomelum; -- called also wooden pear.…

nts which are peculiarly adapted to dry climates are termed by De Candolle xerophilous. Goodale.