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caryopsis
Plants; Botany

A dry, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit in which the seed coat (testa) is closely fused to the fruit wall (characteristic of grasses).

anthocarp
Plants; Botany

A false fruit consisting of the true fruit and the base of the perianth, as in Nyctaginaceae.

buttress
Plants; Botany

A flange of tissue protruding from the main outline of the base of a tree.

cladophyll
Plants; Botany

A flattened, leaf-like photosynthetic stem not bearing leaves or scales. Cf. Phylloclade.

hypanthium
Plants; Botany

A cup or tube bearing floral parts above the base, and often above the top, of the ovary of a flower, e.g. In many Myrtales. Cf. Calyx tube.

struma
Plants; Botany

A cushion-like swelling, e.g. At the apex of staminal filaments in dianella.

dichasium
Plants; Botany

A cymose inflorescence with opposite branching below the flower which terminates each axis. Cf. Monochasium.

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