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Botany

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

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midrib

Plants; Botany

The central, and usually the most prominent, vein of a leaf or leaf-like organ.

cellulose

Plants; Botany

The compound from which a plant's cell walls are made. Most of the parts of plants that we can see and touch are cellulose. Cellulose is the plant fibers used in fabrics, paper and cardboard, ...

nucellus

Plants; Botany

The central tissue of an ovule, within which the megaspore mother cell is formed.

pith

Plants; Botany

The central region of a stem, inside the vascular cylinder.

nucleus

Plants; Botany

The central or original part around which other parts are formed.

columella

Plants; Botany

The central axis of a moss capsule; sometimes applied to the central axis of fruits and cones.

cell

Plants; Botany

The basic unit of plant structure consisting, at least when young, of a protoplast surrounded by a wall.

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