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aerial
Biology; Botany

of the air; growing or borne above the surface of the ground.

aestivation
Biology; Botany

the arrangement of sepals and petals or their lobes in an unexpanded flower bud; cf. vernation arrangement of leaves in a bud.

aggregate fruit
Biology; Botany

a cluster of fruits formed from the free carpels of one flower, e.g. blackberry; cf. multiple fruit.

alien
Biology; Botany

differing in nature, foreign; a plant introduced from elsewhere (exotic, introduced, non-native, non-indigenous).

alkaloid
Biology; Botany

molecule with a nitrogenous base, many used as drugs; e.g. morphine, quinine, strychnine.

alternate
Biology; Botany

(as adjective) leaves or flowers borne singly at different levels along a stem includes spiralled parts; or (as verb) when something occurs between something else, for example stamens alternating ...

abaxial
Biology; Botany

the side away from the axis, for instance the lower surface of a leaf.

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