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Botany

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

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Botany

phloem

Plants; Botany

The tissue in the conducting system of a plant through which metabolites (products of chemical reactions in the plant) are transported.

microspore

Plants; Botany

The smaller of the two kinds of spores produced in the sexual life cycle of a heterosporous plant, giving rise to the male gametophyte.

microsporangium

Plants; Botany

The smaller of the two kinds of sporangia produced in the sexual life cycle of a heterosporous plant.

abaxial

Plants; Botany

The side or surface of an organ, facing away from the axis. Cf. Adaxial.

fruit

Plants; Botany

The seed-bearing structure in an angiosperm, formed from the ovary after flowering.

flower

Plants; Botany

The sexual reproductive structure of the angiosperm, typically consisting of gynoecium, androecium and perianth and the axis bearing these parts.

hilum

Plants; Botany

The scar on a seed coat (testa) at the place where it was attached to its stalk during development.

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