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BOTANICAL GLOSSARY
Glossary of commonly used botanical terms and their definitions. Use the search bar below to look up a botanical term.
15 Random Botanical Terms
Lyrate - A pinnately divided leaf with an enlarged terminal lobe.
Scorpioid - Curled, like the tail of a scorpion.
Special Value to Honey Bees - Identified by beekeepers and pollination biologists as an important pollen or nectar source (honey plant) for honey bees.
Opposite - Said of leaves originating in pairs at a node, with the members of each pair opposite each other on the stem.
Tap - The main, central root of a plant.
Stipules - Leaflike structures that grow where the leaf is attached to the stem.
Follicle - Dry, dehiscent fruit.
Caudate - Tapering gradually into a long taillike tip
Quadrifidus - Divided into four parts.
Pedicel - The stalk of a single flower in a cluster of flowers.
FAC - Facultative - Hydrophyte. Occurs in wetlands and non-wetlands.
Sori - Cluster of sporangia in ferns and fungi.
Stem - The main axis of a plant.
Rosette - An arrangement of leaves radiating from the stem at a nearly common level, frequently at or just above the ground line.
Perfoliate - A leaf with the base united around the stem.