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Botany

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

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Botany

basiscopic

Plants; Botany

Pointing towards the base (applied to the first lateral vein of a leaflet on the side nearer the leaf base).

indeterminate

Plants; Botany

Of growth, the condition in which the terminal bud persists and produces successive lateral branches.

sympodial

Plants; Botany

Of growth, without a single, persistent growing point; changing direction by frequent replacement of the growing apex by a lateral growing point below it; of a stem, growing in the above manner. Cf. ...

moniliform

Plants; Botany

Of hairs, constricted between the cells like a string of beads; of fruits, constricted between the seeds.

isobilateral

Plants; Botany

Having structurally similar upper and lower surfaces.

actinomorphic

Plants; Botany

Of flowers, symmetrical about more than one vertical plane. Cf. Zygomorphic.

synangium

Plants; Botany

Of fruit, several fruits united in a single structure.

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