Botany

Botany

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

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Botany

regular; radially symmetrical; may be bisected into similar halves in at least two planes. Generally applies to flowers in which the perianth segments within each whorl are alike in size and shape; ...

aculeate

Biology; Botany

armed with prickles; e.g. the stem of a rose.

annual

Biology; Botany

a plant that completes its life cycle and dies within one year.

apocarpous

Biology; Botany

of a gynoecium consisting with one or more carpels which are free from one another (or almost so)

anthesis

Biology; Botany

time of flowering; the stage at which the pollen is released from the anthers inside the bud onto the pollen presenter, usually corresponding with flower opening.