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Botany

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

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proximal

Plants; Botany

Near to the point of origin or attachment. Cf. Distal.

raphides

Plants; Botany

Needle-like crystals that occur in bundles in the vacuoles of some plant cells.

ruminate

Plants; Botany

Mottled in appearance, e.g. Of bark, or of the food reserves in a seed.

perennate

Plants; Botany

Maintain a dormant, vegetative state throughout non-growing seasons.

sclerenchyma

Plants; Botany

Mechanical tissue with heavily thickened cell walls.

sepaloid

Plants; Botany

Looking like sepals, e.g. Of bracts, usually green and arranged in a ring beneath a flower.

plumose

Plants; Botany

Like a feather; with fine hairs branching from a central axis.

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