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Botany

Terms that are in relation to the study or science of plants.

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sinuate

Plants; Botany

With deep, wave-like depressions along the margin. Cf. Undulate.

broom-like

Plants; Botany

With many branches parallel or almost so and usually erect, as in spartium (spanish broom).

secund

Plants; Botany

With all the parts grouped on one side or turned to one side (applied especially to inflorescences).

penniveined

Plants; Botany

With conspicuous lateral veins diverging from the midrib and lying approximately parallel to each other.

discolorous

Plants; Botany

Variegated; coloured differently on different sides. Cf. Concolorous.

linear

Plants; Botany

Very narrow in relation to the length, and with the sides parallel.

resupinate

Plants; Botany

Twisted through 180°, e.g. As with the ovary of most Orchidaceae.

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