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Botany

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

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Carpophore

Plants; Botany

In ferns, the stalk of a sporocarp; in a fruit, the stalk of a mericarp.

Ruminate

Plants; Botany

Mottled in appearance, e.g. Of bark, or of the food reserves in a seed.

Perennate

Plants; Botany

Maintain a dormant, vegetative state throughout non-growing seasons.

Sepaloid

Plants; Botany

Looking like sepals, e.g. Of bracts, usually green and arranged in a ring beneath a flower.

Plumose

Plants; Botany

Like a feather; with fine hairs branching from a central axis.

Petaloid

Plants; Botany

Like a petal; soft in texture and coloured conspicuously.

Pepo

Plants; Botany

Literally, a pumpkin (latin); a fruit with firm skin, pulpy interior, many seeds and a single locule.

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