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Botany

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

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Botany

porate

Plants; Botany

Of a pollen grain, with rounded apertures only. Cf. Colporate.

perfoliate

Plants; Botany

Of a sessile leaf or bract, having its base completely wrapped around the stem.

extravaginal

Plants; Botany

Of a shoot, arising from an axillary bud which breaks through the sheath of the subtending leaf.

gynobasic

Plants; Botany

Of a style, arising near the base of the gynoecium, e.g. Between the lobes of the ovary.

favulariate

Plants; Botany

Of a surface, finely ribbed, the ribs separated by zig-zag furrows.

viscid

Plants; Botany

Of a surface, sticky; coated with a thick, syrupy secretion.

pantoporate

Plants; Botany

Of a pollen grain, with rounded apertures all over the surface.

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