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''[[Fertile]]''. Said of pollen-bearing stamens and seed-bearing fruits.
 
''[[Fertile]]''. Said of pollen-bearing stamens and seed-bearing fruits.
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''[[Fertilization]]''. Impregnation of the ovule; the act of union of sperm and egg cells, in the higher plants taking place within the ovule: fecundation.
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''[[Fertilization]]''. Impregnation of the [[ovule]]; the act of union of sperm and egg cells, in the higher plants taking place within the ovule: [[fecundation]].
    
''[[Fetid]]''. Having a disagreeable odor.
 
''[[Fetid]]''. Having a disagreeable odor.
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''[[Fibro-vascular]]''. Made up of both fibers and ducts; combination of fibrous and vascular structure.
 
''[[Fibro-vascular]]''. Made up of both fibers and ducts; combination of fibrous and vascular structure.
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''[[Filament]]''. Stalk of the anther.
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''[[Filament]]''. Stalk of the [[anther]].
    
''[[Filiform]]''., Thread-like; long and very slender.
 
''[[Filiform]]''., Thread-like; long and very slender.
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''[[Floriferous]]''. Flower-bearing.
 
''[[Floriferous]]''. Flower-bearing.
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''[[Foliaceous]]''. Leaf-like; said particularly of sepals and calyx- lobes and of bracts that in texture, size or color look like small or large leaves.
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''[[Foliaceous]]''. [[Leaf]]-like; said particularly of [[sepal]]s and [[calyx]]-lobes and of [[bract]]s that in texture, size or color look like small or large leaves.
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''[[-foliate]]''. In combinations, -leaved; having leaves; as trifoliate, three-leaved.
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''[[-foliate]]''. In combinations, -leaved; having [[leaves]]; as trifoliate, three-leaved.
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''[[-foliolate]]''. Having leaflets; as trifoliolate, of three leaflets.
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''[[-foliolate]]''. Having [[leaflet]]s; as trifoliolate, of three leaflets.
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''[[Follicle]]''. Dry, dehiscent pericarp opening only on the front suture.
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''[[Follicle]]''. Dry, dehiscent [[pericarp]] opening only on the front suture.
    
''[[Follicular]]''. With follicles; follicle-like.
 
''[[Follicular]]''. With follicles; follicle-like.
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''[[Foramen]]''. An aperture or opening.
 
''[[Foramen]]''. An aperture or opening.
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''[[Forked]]''. Branching or divided into nearly equal parts or members.
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''[[Forked]]''. [[Branch]]ing or divided into nearly equal parts or members.
    
''[[Fornicate]]''. Arched.
 
''[[Fornicate]]''. Arched.
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''[[Free]]''. Not joined to other organs; as petals free from the stamens or calyx.
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''[[Free]]''. Not joined to other organs; as [[petal]]s free from the [[stamen]]s or [[calyx]].
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''[[Frond]]''. Leaf of fern; sometimes used in the sense of foliage.
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''[[Frond]]''. [[Leaf]] of [[fern]]; sometimes used in the sense of [[foliage]].
    
''[[Frosted]]''. With a more or less shining or crystallized white covering.
 
''[[Frosted]]''. With a more or less shining or crystallized white covering.
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''[[Fructification]]''. The act or process of fruiting; also the fruiting organ or organs.
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''[[Fructification]]''. The act or process of [[fruit]]ing; also the fruiting organ or organs.
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''[[Fruit]]''. The ripened pericarp or pericarps with the adnate parts; the seed-bearing organ.
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''[[Fruit]]''. The ripened [[pericarp]] or pericarps with the [[adnate]] parts; the seed-bearing organ.
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''[[Fruticose]]''. Shrubby or shrub-like in the sense of being woody.
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''[[Fruticose]]''. [[Shrub]]by or shrub-like in the sense of being woody.
    
''[[Fugacious]]''. Falling or withering away very early.
 
''[[Fugacious]]''. Falling or withering away very early.
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''[[Function]]''. What a plant or a part does; its vital activities.
 
''[[Function]]''. What a plant or a part does; its vital activities.
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''[[Funicle]]''. The Btalk or stipe of an ovule or seed.
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''[[Funicle]]''. The [[stalk]] or [[stipe]] of an [[ovule]] or [[seed]].
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''[[Funnelform]]''. With tube gradually widening upward and passing insensibly into the limb, as in many flowers of Convolvulus; infundibuliform.  
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''[[Funnelform]]''. With tube gradually widening upward and passing insensibly into the limb, as in many flowers of [[Convolvulus]]; [[infundibuliform]].  
    
''[[Furrowed]]''. With longitudinal channels or grooves.  
 
''[[Furrowed]]''. With longitudinal channels or grooves.  

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