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involucre
Plants; Botany

A group of bracts enveloping a condensed inflorescence; a layer of tissue enveloping particular structures, e.g. An archegonium in Bryophyta, sporangia in Hymenophyllaceae.

tetrad
Plants; Botany

A group of four; four pollen grains remaining fused together at maturity, e.g. In Ericaceae, Epacridaceae.

family
Plants; Botany

A group of one to many genera believed to be related phylogenetically, usually clearly separable from other such groups.

conflorescence
Plants; Botany

A compound inflorescence consisting of two or more unit inflorescences.

monocotyledon
Plants; Botany

A flowering plant whose embryo has only one cotyledon (seed leaf). Cf. Dicotyledon.

dicotyledon
Plants; Botany

A flowering plant whose embryo has two (rarely more) cotyledons (seed leaves). Cf. Monocotyledon.

grain
Plants; Botany

A fruit characteristic of grasses (= caryopsis); pollen grain, a microspore of a seed plant, or the partially developed gametophyte formed from it.

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