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Botany

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

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coccus

Plants; Botany

One of the (usually 1-seeded) lobes of a distinctly lobed fruit, becoming separate at maturity. Pl. Cocci.

stipule

Plants; Botany

One of a pair of appendages at the bases of leaves in many dicotyledons.

lodicule

Plants; Botany

One of a pair of tiny scales in a grass floret, between the lemma and the fertile parts of the flower, which may be reduced perianth segments.

axile

Plants; Botany

On an axis; of a placenta, on the central axis of the ovary.

concolorous

Plants; Botany

Of uniform colour; of leaves, having both surfaces the same colour.

allopatric

Plants; Botany

Of two or more species, having different ranges of distribution. Cf. Sympatric.

syngenesious

Plants; Botany

Of the stamens of one flower, fused together by the anthers e.g. In asteraceae. Cf. Synandrium.

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