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Glossary of botanical and horticultural technical terms.
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Glossary of botanical and horticultural technical terms
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The following set of words includes many descriptive terms used on Plants.am and elsewhere, with explanations of their meaning.
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The following set of words includes many descriptive terms used on Plants.am and elsewhere, with explanations of their meaning.
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==A==
 
''[[Aberrant]]''. Unusual, or exceptional; a plant or structure that varies from customary structure or from the type; used mostly of variation.
 
''[[Aberrant]]''. Unusual, or exceptional; a plant or structure that varies from customary structure or from the type; used mostly of variation.
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''[[Axis]]''. The main or central line of development of any plant or organ; the main stem.
 
''[[Axis]]''. The main or central line of development of any plant or organ; the main stem.
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''[[Bacca]]''. A berry.
 
''[[Bacca]]''. A berry.
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''[[Bush]]''. A low and thick shrub, without distinct trunk.
 
''[[Bush]]''. A low and thick shrub, without distinct trunk.
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''[[Caducous]]''. Falling off early, or prematurely, as the sepals in some plants.
 
''[[Caducous]]''. Falling off early, or prematurely, as the sepals in some plants.
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Cymose inflorescence. With central flowers opening first. Cypsela. An old term for the fruit of composites, being dry, one-celled and one-seeded.
 
Cymose inflorescence. With central flowers opening first. Cypsela. An old term for the fruit of composites, being dry, one-celled and one-seeded.
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Deciduous. Falling, as the leaves of non-evergreen trees.
 
Deciduous. Falling, as the leaves of non-evergreen trees.
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Dumose. Low and branching, as a bush.
 
Dumose. Low and branching, as a bush.
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==E==
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E- or Ex-. In Latin-formed words, usually denoting, as a prefix, that parts are missing, as exstipulate, without stipules, estriate, without stripes.
 
E- or Ex-. In Latin-formed words, usually denoting, as a prefix, that parts are missing, as exstipulate, without stipules, estriate, without stripes.
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Eye. The marked center of a flower; a bud on a tuber, as on a potato; a single-bud cutting.
 
Eye. The marked center of a flower; a bud on a tuber, as on a potato; a single-bud cutting.
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Fades. The general appearance or "looks" of a plant; or the characteristic appearance of a plant society.
 
Fades. The general appearance or "looks" of a plant; or the characteristic appearance of a plant society.
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Fusiform. Spindle-shaped; narrowed both ways from a swollen middle, as dahlia roots.
 
Fusiform. Spindle-shaped; narrowed both ways from a swollen middle, as dahlia roots.
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Galea. A hood or a helmet-shaped part or structure, as found in the upper lip of some corollas.  
 
Galea. A hood or a helmet-shaped part or structure, as found in the upper lip of some corollas.  
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Gynophore. Stipe of an ovary prolonged within the calyx.
 
Gynophore. Stipe of an ovary prolonged within the calyx.
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Habit. The looks, appearance, general style or mode of growth; as an upright, open, decumbent or strict habit.
 
Habit. The looks, appearance, general style or mode of growth; as an upright, open, decumbent or strict habit.
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Hypogynous. Borne on the torus, or under the ovary; said of the stamens or petals.
 
Hypogynous. Borne on the torus, or under the ovary; said of the stamens or petals.
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Immarginate. Without a rim or edge.
 
Immarginate. Without a rim or edge.
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Irregular flower. Some parts different from other parts in same series.
 
Irregular flower. Some parts different from other parts in same series.
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Jointed. With nodes, or points of real or apparent articulation.
 
Jointed. With nodes, or points of real or apparent articulation.
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Keeled. Ridged like the bottom of a boat; also the two front united petals of a papilionaceous flower.
 
Keeled. Ridged like the bottom of a boat; also the two front united petals of a papilionaceous flower.
    
Knaur. An excrescence, bur or knot of woody tissue that will grow when removed and used as a cutting.
 
Knaur. An excrescence, bur or knot of woody tissue that will grow when removed and used as a cutting.
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Labellum. Lip, particularly the lip of orchids.
 
Labellum. Lip, particularly the lip of orchids.
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Lyratc. Pinnatifid but with an enlarged terminal lobe and smaller lower lobes.
 
Lyratc. Pinnatifid but with an enlarged terminal lobe and smaller lower lobes.
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Medullary. Relating to the pith; the medullary rays seen in cross-sections of woody trunks radiate from the medulla or pith.  
 
Medullary. Relating to the pith; the medullary rays seen in cross-sections of woody trunks radiate from the medulla or pith.  
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Mycelium. Vegetative part of a fungus, composed of threads or thready tissue.
 
Mycelium. Vegetative part of a fungus, composed of threads or thready tissue.
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Naked flower. With no floral envelopes; without calyx and corolla.  
 
Naked flower. With no floral envelopes; without calyx and corolla.  
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Nutlet. A small or diminutive nut; nucule.
 
Nutlet. A small or diminutive nut; nucule.
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Ob-. A Latin syllable, usually signifying inversion.  
 
Ob-. A Latin syllable, usually signifying inversion.  
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Ovuliferous. Ovule-bearing.
 
Ovuliferous. Ovule-bearing.
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Painted. Said of colors that are in streaks of unequal brilliancy.  
 
Painted. Said of colors that are in streaks of unequal brilliancy.  
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Pyxis. Pod opening or dehiscing by a transverse ring.
 
Pyxis. Pod opening or dehiscing by a transverse ring.
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Quadrangular. Four-angled.
 
Quadrangular. Four-angled.
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Quintupled. Five times; multiplied by five.
 
Quintupled. Five times; multiplied by five.
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Raceme. A simple elongated indeterminate cluster with stalked flowers.  
 
Raceme. A simple elongated indeterminate cluster with stalked flowers.  
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Runner. A slender trailing shoot taking root at the nodes.
 
Runner. A slender trailing shoot taking root at the nodes.
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Sabulose. Growing in or pertaining to sandy places.
 
Sabulose. Growing in or pertaining to sandy places.
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Syncarpous. Having carpels united. See Apocarpus. Syngenesious. Anthers united in a ring, as in Composite.
 
Syncarpous. Having carpels united. See Apocarpus. Syngenesious. Anthers united in a ring, as in Composite.
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Tapering. Gradually becoming smaller or diminishing in diameter or width toward one end.
 
Tapering. Gradually becoming smaller or diminishing in diameter or width toward one end.
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Turgid. Swollen from fullness.
 
Turgid. Swollen from fullness.
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Umbel. Corymbose or indeterminate cluster with branches or rays arising from a common point and about equal in length, resembling framework of umbrella; umbels are characteristic of the Umbellifera.
 
Umbel. Corymbose or indeterminate cluster with branches or rays arising from a common point and about equal in length, resembling framework of umbrella; umbels are characteristic of the Umbellifera.
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Utricle. A small bladder; a bladdery 1-seeded fruit.
 
Utricle. A small bladder; a bladdery 1-seeded fruit.
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Vahate. Opening by valves or pertaining to valves; meeting by the edges without overlapping, as leaves or petals in the bud.  
 
Vahate. Opening by valves or pertaining to valves; meeting by the edges without overlapping, as leaves or petals in the bud.  
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Volute. Rolled up.
 
Volute. Rolled up.
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Watersprout. A strong rapid-growing adventitious shoot in a tree-top or bush or on a trunk.
 
Watersprout. A strong rapid-growing adventitious shoot in a tree-top or bush or on a trunk.
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Wort. Old word for a plant or herb; now used only in combination, as mother-wort, spiderviort, liverwort.
 
Wort. Old word for a plant or herb; now used only in combination, as mother-wort, spiderviort, liverwort.
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