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Botany

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

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crown

Plants; Botany

The part of a tree or shrub above the level of the lowest branch.

chalaza

Plants; Botany

The part of an ovule to which the end of the stalk (funicle) is attached.

raphe

Plants; Botany

The part of the stalk of an anatropous ovule that is fused along the side of the ovule.

mery

Plants; Botany

The number of parts per whorl that characterises a particular flower (generally constant for the perianth whorls and less often for the whorl(s) of stamens also). Adj. Merous. Cf. Trimerous.

taproot

Plants; Botany

The main, descending root of a plant that has a single, dominant root axis.

division

Plants; Botany

The major taxonomic rank within the plant kingdom (in which the phylum is no longer generally recognised). Cf. Phylum.

pollen

Plants; Botany

The microspores of seed plants; the powdery mass of microspores shed from anthers.

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