Botany

Botany

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Scorpioid

Plants; Botany

Of a cymose inflorescence, branching alternately on one side and then the other. Cf. Helicoid.

Definite

Plants; Botany

Of a constant number; of stamens, twice as many as the petals or sepals, or less; of an inflorescence, ending in a flower or an aborted floral bud.

Endosperm

Plants; Botany

Nutritive tissue in a seed, in angiosperms triploid and formed in the embryo sac after fertilisation, in gymnosperms haploid and derived from the sterile portion of the female gametophyte. Cf. ...

Anatropous

Plants; Botany

Of an ovule, inverted so that the micropyle faces the placenta.

Half-inferior

Plants; Botany

Of an ovary, partly below and partly above the level of attachment of the perianth and stamens.

Superior

Plants; Botany

Of an ovary, borne above the level of attachment of the other floral parts, or above the base of a cup (hypanthium) that is free from the ovary and bears the perianth segments and stamens. Cf. ...