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Botany

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

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Botany

petaloid

Plants; Botany

Like a petal; soft in texture and coloured conspicuously.

pepo

Plants; Botany

Literally, a pumpkin (latin); a fruit with firm skin, pulpy interior, many seeds and a single locule.

aquatic

Plants; Botany

Living in or on water for all or a substantial part of the life span (generally restricted to fresh/inland waters).

adventive

Plants; Botany

Introduced recently, in particular since colonisation by man. Cf. Introduced.

scribble

Plants; Botany

Irregular lines on the bark of some eucalypts, being the old tunnels burrowed by moth larvae between bark layers and exposed when the outer layer falls.

articulate

Plants; Botany

Jointed; having joints where separation may occur naturally; of a stem, having nodes.

antisepalous

Plants; Botany

Inserted in front of the sepals; opposite the sepals.

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