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''[[Obconical]]''. Inversely conical; cone attached at the small point.
''[[Obconical]]''. Inversely conical; cone attached at the small point.
''[[Oblanceolate]]''. Inversely lanceolate; with the broadest part of a lanceolate body away from the point of attachment.
''[[Oblanceolate]]''. Inversely [[lanceolate]]; with the broadest part of a lanceolate body away from the point of attachment.
''[[Oblique]]''. Slanting; unequal-sided.
''[[Oblique]]''. Slanting; unequal-sided.
''[[Oblong]]''. Longer than broad, and with the sides nearly or quite parallel most of their length.
''[[Oblong]]''. Longer than broad, and with the sides nearly or quite parallel most of their length.
''[[Obovate]]''. Inverted ovate.
''[[Obovate]]''. Inverted [[ovate]].
''[[Obovoid]]''. An ovoid body attached at the smaller end.
''[[Obovoid]]''. An ovoid body attached at the smaller end.
''[[Ochraceous]]''. Ochre-yellow, gradually changing to brown.
''[[Ochraceous]]''. Ochre-yellow, gradually changing to brown.
''[[Ocrea]]''. A boot-shaped or tubular stipule, as in Polygonum.
''[[Ocrea]]''. A boot-shaped or tubular stipule, as in [[Polygonum]].
''[[Oculus]]''. An eye; a leaf-bud when used as a cutting.
''[[Oculus]]''. An [[eye]]; a [[leaf]]-[[bud]] when used as a [[cutting]].
''[[Offset]]''. A plant arising close to the base of mother plant.
''[[Offset]]''. A plant arising close to the base of mother plant.
''[[Operculum]]''. A lid, as of a circumscissile capsule.
''[[Operculum]]''. A lid, as of a circumscissile capsule.
''[[Orthos]]''. In Greek compounds, signifying straight.
''[[Orthos]]''. In Greek compounds, signifying ''straight''.
''[[Orthotropous]]'' (ovule or seed). An erect straight seed, with the micropyle at the apex and hilum at the base.
''[[Orthotropous]]'' ([[ovule]] or seed). An erect straight [[seed]], with the [[micropyle]] at the apex and [[hilum]] at the base.
''[[Osseous]]''. Bony, hard, brittle; of very close texture.
''[[Osseous]]''. Bony, hard, brittle; of very close texture.
''[[Ovary]]''. Ovule-bearing part of a pistil.
''[[Ovary]]''. [[Ovule]]-bearing part of a [[pistil]].
''[[Ovate]]''. With an outline like that of hen's egg cut in two lengthwise, the broader end downward.
''[[Ovate]]''. With an outline like that of hen's egg cut in two lengthwise, the broader end downward.
''[[Ovoid]]''. A solid that is oval in outline.
''[[Ovoid]]''. A solid that is oval in outline.
''[[Ovule]]''. The body which, after fertilization, becomes the seed.
''[[Ovule]]''. The body which, after [[fertilization]], becomes the [[seed]].
''[[Ovuliferous]]''. Ovule-bearing.
''[[Ovuliferous]]''. [[Ovule]]-bearing.
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