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Botany

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

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Botany

lenticel

Plants; Botany

A loosely-packed mass of cells in the bark of a woody plant, visible on the surface of a stem as a raised powdery spot, through which gaseous exchange occurs.

class

Plants; Botany

A major taxonomic rank, between order and division.

sepal

Plants; Botany

A member of the (usually green) outer whorl of non-fertile parts surrounding the fertile organs of a flower.

suture

Plants; Botany

A line of junction between two fused organs; a line of dehiscence.

prophyll

Plants; Botany

A leaf formed at the base of a shoot, usually smaller than those formed subsequently.

phyllode

Plants; Botany

A leaf whose blade is much reduced or absent, and whose petiole and rachis have assumed the functions of the whole leaf. Cf. Cladode.

bract

Plants; Botany

A leaf-like structure, different in form from the foliage leaves and without an axillary bud, associated with an inflorescence or flower.

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