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Tristichous
Plants; Botany

Arranged in three rows on a stem, each row in the same plane.

Distichous
Plants; Botany

Arranged in two rows on opposite sides of a stem and thus in the same plane.

Acropetal
Plants; Botany

Arising or developing in a longitudinal sequence beginning at the base and proceeding towards the apex. Cf. Basipetal.

Raceme
Plants; Botany

An indeterminate inflorescence in which a main axis produces a series of flowers on lateral stalks, the oldest at the base and the youngest at the top. Adj. Racemose.

Trichome
Plants; Botany

An unbranched epidermal outgrowth, e.g. A hair, a papilla; in blue-green algae, a single row of cells in a filamentous colony.

Caruncle
Plants; Botany

An outgrowth of a seed coat (testa), near the hilum.

Hemiparasite
Plants; Botany

An organism which lives on and derives part of its nourishment from a different organism, and is partially self-supporting.

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