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Botany

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

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Apple

Biology; Botany

Pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family( Rosaceae).

Date palm

Biology; Botany

Date palm tree of Northern Africa cultivated in California, having feather like leaves and bearing clusters of dates.

Aeschynomenoid

Biology; Botany

A type of nodule caused by nitrogen-fixing bacteria in fabaceae, more or less ephemeral, with a subcortical growing zone.

Dong chong xia cao

Biology; Botany

This is the Chinese name for Ophiocordyceps sinensis, or caterpillar fungus. These Caterpillar fungi are the result of a parasitic relationship between the fungus and the larva of the ghost moth. ...

Rose

Biology; Botany

There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging ...

Stigma

Biology; Botany

The part of the pistil in flowering plants which receives the pollen in impregnation very varied in shape, and situated either directly on the ovary or at the summit of the style.

Carpel

Biology; Botany

The basic unit of the female reproductive part of a flower,consisting of ovary, stigma, and style,which occurs either singly or as one of a group.

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