Plants

Plants

Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion.

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loculicidal

Plants; Botany

Of the dehiscence of a fruit, along lines coinciding with the centres of loculi. Cf. Septicidal.

cochlear

Plants; Botany

Of the arrangement of corolla lobes in a bud, a variant of imbricate aestivation.

convolute

Plants; Botany

Of the arrangement of corolla lobes in a bud, a form of imbricate aestivation in which each segment has one edge overlapping the adjacent segment, like a furled umbrella.