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Botany

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

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Heteroblastic

Plants; Botany

Having the adult parts of the plant (especially the leaves) distinctly different in form from the juvenile parts.

Protogynous

Plants; Botany

Having the female sex organs maturing before the male; of a flower, shedding the pollen after the stigma has ceased to be receptive. Cf. Protandrous.

Penniveined

Plants; Botany

Having conspicuous lateral veins divergent from the midrib and lying approximately parallel to each other.

Aquatic

Plants; Botany

Living in or on water for all or a substantial part of the life span (generally restricted to fresh/inland waters).

Adventive

Plants; Botany

Introduced recently, in particular since colonisation by man. Cf. Introduced.

Scribble

Plants; Botany

Irregular lines on the bark of some eucalypts, being the old tunnels burrowed by moth larvae between bark layers and exposed when the outer layer falls.

Articulate

Plants; Botany

Jointed; having joints where separation may occur naturally; of a stem, having nodes.

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