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Botany

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

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Bole

Plants; Botany

The trunk of a tree, below the lowest branch. Cf. Canopy.

Xylem

Plants; Botany

The tissue, in a vascular plant, that conducts water and mineral salts from the roots to the leaves.

Filament

Plants; Botany

The stalk of a stamen; a thread one or more cells thick; in blue-green Algae, a trichome enclosed in a mucilaginous sheath. Cf. Anther.

Peduncle

Plants; Botany

The stalk of an inflorescence; in ferns, the stalk of a sporocarp. Adj. Pedunculate.

Scape

Plants; Botany

The stem-like, flowering stalk of a plant with radical leaves.

Cohesion

Plants; Botany

The sticking together of floral parts of the same whorl without organic fusion. Adj. Coherent.

Spatulate

Plants; Botany

Spoon-shaped; broad at the tip and narrowed towards the base.

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