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Botany

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

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Germination

Plants; Botany

The process in which a seed emerges from a period of dormancy.

Cortex

Plants; Botany

The region of a stem or root surrounding the vascular cylinder but inside the epidermis.

Radicle

Plants; Botany

The portion of an embryo that gives rise to the root system of a plant. Cf. Plumule.

Strigose

Plants; Botany

With sharp, stiff hairs which are slanting rather than erect.

Sinuate

Plants; Botany

With deep, wave-like depressions along the margin. Cf. Undulate.

Broom-like

Plants; Botany

With many branches parallel or almost so and usually erect, as in spartium (spanish broom).

Secund

Plants; Botany

With all the parts grouped on one side or turned to one side (applied especially to inflorescences).

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