Botany

Botany

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

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Botany

Mallee

Plants; Botany

A growth habit in which several woody stems arise separately from a lignotuber (usually applied to shrubby eucalypts); a plant having the above growth habit.

Nut

Plants; Botany

A hard, dry, indehiscent fruit formed from two or more carpels but containing only one seed.

Prickle

Plants; Botany

A hard, pointed outgrowth from the surface of a plant, involving several layers of cells but not containing a vein.

Accessory fruit

Plants; Botany

A fruit, or group of fruits derived from one flower, in which the conspicuous, fleshy portion develops from the receptacle and is shed with the true fruit(s) attached.

Operculum

Plants; Botany

A lid or cover becoming detached at maturity by abscission; in Eucalyptus (for example), a cap covering the bud and formed by fusion or cohesion of perianth parts.