Botany

Botany

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monadelphous

Plants; Botany

Of stamens, united by their filaments into one bundle.

acrostichoid

Plants; Botany

Of sporangia, densely covering the abaxial surface of the fertile frond, i.e. Not in distinct groups; of ferns, having the sporangia arranged as above.

Of sporangia, not covered by an indusium; of seeds, exposed on the surface of a sporophyll (not enclosed within an ovary); of flowers, without perianth; of protoplasts or gametes, not bounded by a ...

valvate

Plants; Botany

Of sepals or petals in a bud, meeting edge to edge, not overlapping. Cf. Imbricate.

viviparous

Plants; Botany

Of seeds or fruits, germinating before being shed from the parent plant.

perigynous

Plants; Botany

Of perianth segments and stamens, arising from a cup or tube (hypanthium) that is free from the ovary but extending above its base. Cf. Hypogynous, epigynous.