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

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meiosis

Plants; Botany

The two-stage division of a diploid nucleus, occurring once in every sexual life cycle, in which gene recombination occurs and the number of chromosomes characteristic of the sporophyte plant is ...

genotype

Plants; Botany

The total complement of hereditary factors (genes) acquired by an organism from its parents and available for transmission to its offspring. Cf. Phenotype.

pollination

Plants; Botany

The transfer of pollen from the male organ, where it is formed, to the receptive region of a female organ, e.g. From anther to stigma.

bole

Plants; Botany

The trunk of a tree, below the lowest branch. Cf. Canopy.

xylem

Plants; Botany

The tissue, in a vascular plant, that conducts water and mineral salts from the roots to the leaves.

rudimentary

Plants; Botany

Poorly developed and not functional. Cf. Vestigial, obsolete.

hydrophytes

Plants; Botany

Plants normally living with the vegetative parts submerged or floating in water, or only partially emergent.

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