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Botany

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

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Botany

Deciduous

Plants; Botany

Falling seasonally, e.g. Of the leaves or bark of some trees.

Adnate

Plants; Botany

Fused along the whole length to an organ of a different kind, e.g. Applied to a stamen fused to a petal.

Dichotomous

Plants; Botany

Forking into two equal branches resulting from division of the growing point.

Conduplicate

Plants; Botany

Folded together, with the fold-line along the long axis (e.g. Of cotyledon in a seed).

Induplicate

Plants; Botany

Folded inwards so that the outer faces of the margins are in contact.

Monocarpic

Plants; Botany

Flowering and fruiting only once during its life span.

Compressed

Plants; Botany

Flattened in one plane, either dorsally (bringing the front and back closer together) or laterally (bringing the sides closer together).

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