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Botany

Terms that are in relation to the study or science of plants.

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Botany

life sciences

Biology; Botany

Umbrella term for all sciences which study living organisms.

eusporangiate

Plants; Botany

Of ferns, having sporangia with walls more than one cell thick. Cf. Leptosporangiate.

Vessel

Plants; Botany

A capillary tube formed from a series of open-ended cells in the water -conducting tissue of a plant.

Chlorophyll

Biology; Botany

A green pigment in plant cells that is used in the process of photosynthesis and oxygen is produced in this process.

Flower

Plants; Botany

The sexual reproductive structure of the angiosperm, typically consisting of gynoecium, androecium and perianth and the axis bearing these parts.

Hilum

Plants; Botany

The scar on a seed coat (testa) at the place where it was attached to its stalk during development.

Rhachilla

Plants; Botany

The secondary axis of a decompound leaf or inflorescence.

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