Flowers

Flowers

Of or realting to the reproductive part of a flowering plant. The flower facilitates the unification of sperm and eggs. Also, flowers are used by humans as decoration, romance, ritual, religion, medicine, and food source.

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hypha

Plants; Flowers

Threadlike filaments that form the mycelium (body) of a fungus.

inflorescence

Biology; Flowers

A cluster of flowers.

internode

Plants; Flowers

The region of a stem between two nodes, when there is no branching of the vascular tissue.

lamina

Plants; Flowers

Any broad and flattened region of a plant or alga, which allows for increased photosynthetic surface area.

leaf

Biology; Flowers

An organ found in most vascular plants; it consists of a flat lamina (blade) and a petiole (stalk). Many flowering plants have additionally a pair of small stipules near the base of the petiole.