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Botany

scorpioid
Plants; Botany

Of a cymose inflorescence, branching alternately on one side and then the other. Cf. Helicoid.

definite
Plants; Botany

Of a constant number; of stamens, twice as many as the petals or sepals, or less; of an inflorescence, ending in a flower or an aborted floral bud.

endosperm
Plants; Botany

Nutritive tissue in a seed, in angiosperms triploid and formed in the embryo sac after fertilisation, in gymnosperms haploid and derived from the sterile portion of the female gametophyte. Cf. ...

perisperm
Plants; Botany

Nutritive tissue in an angiosperm seed, formed from the nucellus. Cf. Endosperm.

ray
Plants; Botany

A zygomorphic flower in asteraceae; a radial band of cells traversing the conducting elements in woody stems.

asexual
Plants; Botany

Not forming part of a cycle which involves fertilisation and meiosis.

introduced
Plants; Botany

Not indigenous; not native to the area in which it now occurs. Cf. Adventive.

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