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Home >> Glossary Download Options Download Options Include Images Search/Browse Glossary Taxonomic Group: Search Term: Search within definitions Terms in English (Display Sources) Contributors for Taxonomic Group Terms and Definitions contributed by: Combination of term and descriptions collaboratively contributed and managed by: Paul Rothrock, Eric Knox, and Ries Lindley -fid -merous Abaxial Abortive Abrupt Acaulescent Accessory Fruit Accumbent Acephalous Achene Acicular Acorn Acropetal Actinomorphic Acuminate Acute Acyclic Adaxial Adherent Adnate Adventitious Buds Aestivation Aggregate Fruit Alate Albumen Alternate Ament Amphiploid (Amphidiploid) Amphitropous Ampulla Anastomosing Anatropous Androecium Androgynophore Androphore Anemophilous Annual Annular Anterior Anther Antheridium Antheriferous Anthesis Apetalous Apex (plural Apices) Aphyllous Apiculate Apocarpous Apomict Aposepalous Appendage Appressed Arachnoid Arborescent Archegonium Arcuate Areole Aril (Arillus) Arillate Aristate Armature Armed Articulate Ascidium Asexual Assurgent Attenuate Auricle Autoploid Awl-Shaped Awn Axil Axile Axillary Axis Baccate Banner Barbed Basifixed Basipetal Beak Beard Berry Biciliate Biennial Bifid Bifurcate Bilabiate Biotype Biovulate Biseriate Bisexual Bladdery Blade Bole Bostryx Bract Bracteate Bracteole Bractlet Bristly Bulb Bulbel Bulbil Bulblet Bullate Bush Caducous Calcarate Caliciform Callosity Callus Calyculate Calyculus Calyptra Calyx Calyx Tube Campanulate Campylotropous Canaliculate Canescent Cap Capillary Capitate Capitulum Capsular Capsule Carinal Carinate Carpel Carpellate Carpophore Cartilaginous Caryopsis Catkin Caudate Caudex Caulescent Cauline Centralium Centrfiugal Centripetal Centrum Cernuous Cespitose Chaff Chalaza Chartaceous Choripetalous Ciliate Cincinnus Cinereous Circinate Circumscissile Cirrhous Cladophyll Clambering Clasping Clavate Claw Cleft Cleistogamous Flowers Clone Coccus (plural Cocci) Coherent Columella Column Coma Commissure Comose Composite Compound Compound Leaf Compound Pistil (or ovary) Compressed Conduplicate Cone Confluent Congeneric Connate Connate-Perioliate Connective Connivent Contiguous Contorted Convolute Cordate Coriaceous Corm Cormel Corniculate Corolla Corolliform Corona Corymb Costa Costapalmate Cotyledon Cotyloid Creeper Cremocarp Crenate Crested Crispate Crown Crownshaft Cryptogam Culm Cultigen Cultivar Cuneate Cupule Cuspidate Cyathium Cyclic Cymba Cymbiform Cyme Cymule Cystoliths Deciduous Declinate Decompound Decumbent Decurrent Decussate Deflexed Dehiscence/dehiscent Deliquescent Deltoid Dentate Denticulate Depressed Determinate Diadelphous Dialypetalous Diandrous Dichasium Dichotomous Diclesiurn Diclinous Didynamous Diffuse Digitate Dimorphic Dioecious Diplostemonous Disc Discoid Disk Flowers Dissected Distichous Distinct Diurnal Divaricate Divergent Divided Dorsal Dorsifixed Dorsiventral Double Double-serrate Downy Drupe Drupelet E- or Ex- Ebracteate Echinate Eciliate Elater Elliptic Elongate Emarginate Embryo Embryotega Enation Endarch Endemic Endocarp Endosperm Ensiform Entire Entomophilous Ephemeral Epi- Epibiotic Epigynous Epipetalous Epiphyte Equitant Erose Estipulate Eusporangiate Even-pinnate Evergreen Excurrent Exfoliate Exine Exocarp Exserted Exstipulate Extrorse Eye Falcate Falls Farinaceous Fasciated Fascicle Fasciculate Fastigiate Feminine Fenestrate Fertile Fertilization Fetid Filament Filiform Fimbriate Flabellate Flaccid Flexuous Floccose Florets Floricane Floriferous Flower Foliaceous Follicetum Follicle Foveolate Free Free-central Frond Fruit Fruticose Fugacious Funiculus Funnelform Furcate Furrowed Fusiform Galea Gametophyte Gamopetalous Gamophyllous Gamosepalous Gemma Geniculate Genotype Gibbous Glabrate Glabrous Gland Glandular Glandular-Punctate Glandutar-Pubescent Glaucescent Glaucous Glochid Glomerate Glume Glutinous Granular, Granulose Gynoecium Gynophore Gynostemium Haft Halophyte Hastate Hastula Haustoria Head Heart-Shaped Helicoid Cyme Hemi- Herb Herbaceous Herbage Hermaphroditic Hetero- Heterogamous Heterogeneous Heterosporous Hilum Hippocreptiform Hirsute Hirtellous Hispid Hispidulous Hoary Homo- Homochlamydeous Homogeneous Homosporous Horsetail Husk Hyaline Hybrid Hygroscopic Hypanthium Hypocotyl Hypocrateriform Hypogynous Imbricate Imparipinnate Incised Included Incumbent Indeterminate Indigen Indumentum Induplicate Indurated Indusium Inferior Inflated Inflorescence Infundibular Insectivorous Inserted Integument Inter- Interfoliar Internode Interrupted Intra- Intrafoliar Intraspecific Introrse Inverted Involute Irregular flower Jointed Jugum Karyotype Keel Keeled Labellum Labiate Lacerate Laciniate Lactiferous Lacuna Lageniform Lamellate Lament Lamina Lanate Lanceolate Lanuginose Lanulose Lateral Latex Lax Leaf Stalk Leaflet Legume Lemma Lenticular Lepidote Lianous Ligneous Ligulate Ligule Limb Linear Lineate Lingulate Lip lntrafoliar lnvolucel lnvolucre Lobe Lobule Locule (Loculus) Loculicidal Lodicule Lorate Lycopsid Lyrate Macrospore Manubrium Marcescent Marginal Placentation Masculine Megasporangium Megaspore Megasporophyll Membranous, Membranaceous Mericarp Meristem Micropyle Microsporangium Microsporophyll Midrib Mlcrospore Monadelphous Moniliform Monocephalic Monochasium Monochlamydous Monocolpate Monoecious Monogynous Monopetalous Monophyletic Monotypic Motile Mucro Mucronate Mucronulate Multicarpellate Multiciliate Multiple Fruit Muricate Muriform Naked Flower Navicular Nectary Neutral Flower Nocturnal Node Nodose Novirame Nut Nutlet Ob- Obcompressed Obcordate Obdiplostemonous Oblanceolate Oblique Oblong Obovate Obovoid Obsolescent Obsolete Obtuse Ocrea Odd-pinnate Oligo- Ontogeny Operculate Operculum Opposite Orbiculate Ortho- Ovary Ovate Ovoid Ovulate Ovule Palate Palea, Palei Paleobotany Palman Palmate Palmatifid Pandurate Panicle Paniculate Papilionaceous Corolla Papillate (Papillose) Pappus Parietal Parted Patent Pectinate Pedate - Pedicel Peduncle Peg Pellucid Peltate Pendulous Penninerved Pentamerous Perennate Perennial Perfoliate Pergamentaceous Perianth Pericarp Perigone Perigynium Perigynous Periphery Persistent Personate Perulate Petal Petaloid Petiole Petiolule Phanerogam Phenotype Phloem Phyllary Phylloclade Phyllodium Phyllotaxy Phylogeny Phylum Pilose Pinna Pinnate Pinnatifid Pinnatisect Pinnule Pistil Pistillate Pistillode Pith Pitted Placenta Placentation Plexus Plicate Plumose Pod Pollen Pollen Sac Pollination Pollinium Polyandry Polygamodioecious Polygamous Polygonal Polymorphic Polypetalous Polyphylesis Polyploid Polysepalous Pome Pore Poricidal Porrect Posterior Praemorse Prickle Primocane Primordium Procumbent Proliferous Prophyll Prostrate Protandrous Prothallus Protogynous Pruinose Pseud-, Pseudo- Pseudobulb Pseudoterminal Bud Puberulent Pubescent Pulvinate Pulviniform Pulvinus Punctate Pungent Pustular Pyrene, Pyrena Pyriform Pyxis Raceme Racemose Rachilla, Rhachilla Rachis Radiate Radical Radicle Ramiform Rank Raphe Raphides Ray Receptacle Reclinate, Reclining Recurved Reftexed Regular Flower Reniform Repand Replum Resinous Resupinate Reticulate Retrorse Retuse Revolute Rhizoid Rhizomatous Rhizome Rhizophore Rhombate, Rhomboidal Rib Rootstock Rosette Rostellum Rostrate Rosulate Rotate Rotund Rudimentary Rugose Ruminate Runcinate Runner Rush-like Saccate Sagittate Salverform Samara Saprophyte Sarmentose Sautate Scabrous Scale Scandent Scape Scapose Scarious Schizocarp Scorpioid Scorpioid Cyme Secund Seed Segment Sepal Sepaloid Septate Septicidal Septum (plural septa) Seriate Sericeous Serrate Serrulate Sessile Seta Setaceous Setiform Setose Sheath Shrub Sigmoid Siliceous Silicle Silique Silky Silvery Simple Sinus Smooth Soboliferous Solitary (plural sori) Sorus Spadix Spathaceous Spathe Spathe Valves Spatulate Sperm Sphenopsid Spicate Spike Spikelet Spine Spinescent Spinulose Sporangiophore Sporangium Spore Sporocarp Sporogenous Sporophyll Sporophyte Spreading Spur Squamate Squamose Stalk Stalked Bud Stamen Staminate Staminode (Staminodium) Standard Stellate Stem Sterile Stigma Stigmatic Stipe Stipel Stipitate Stipule Stolon Stomate Stone Striate Strict Strigose Strobile Strobilus Stylar Style Stylopodium Sub- Subherbaceous Subinferior Subpetiolar Subshrub Subtend Subulate Subvalvate Succulent Suffrutescent (Suffruticose) Sulcate Superior Supine Suppressed Suprafoliar Suture Syconium Symmetrical Sympetalous Symphysis Sympodial inflorescence Synandrium Syncarpous Syngenesious Synsepalous Tailed Tapering Taxon Tendril Tepal Terete Terminal Ternate Terrestrial Testa Tetrad Tetradynamous Tetrahedal Tetramerous Tetrandrous Thalamus Thallus Theca Throat Thyrse, Tyrsus Tomentose Tomentulose Torulose Torus Trabecula Tree Tri- Triad Trichome Tricolpate Trifoliate Trifoliolate Trigonal Triquetrous Triternate Truncate Tuber Tubercle Tuberous Tumid Tunic Tunicated Turbinate Turgid Turion Twig Umbeilliform Umbel Umbellate Umbo Uncinate Undulate Unguiculate Unifoliolate Unigeneric Unijugate Unilateral Unilocular Unisexual Urceolate Utricle Vaginate Vallecular Valvate Valve Vascular Vasiform Velamen Velum Velutinous Venation Ventral Ventricose Vernation Verrucose Versatile Verticil Verticillate Verticillate Inflorescence Vesicle Vessels Vestigial Vexillum Villous Virgate Viscid Voluble Whorl Wing Woolly Xerophyte Xylem Zygomorphic
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