Botany

Botany

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

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Corymb

Plants; Botany

A racemose inflorescence in which the pedicels of the lower flowers are longer than those of the flowers above, bringing all flowers to about the same level.

Scale

Plants; Botany

A reduced or rudimentary leaf, e.g. Surrounding a dormant bud; a thin flap of tissue, e.g. On the ventral surface of a liverwort thallus and at the base of a stamen in Simaroubaceae.

Stomium

Plants; Botany

A region of dehiscence, e.g. Of an anther in flowering plants or of a capsule in mosses. Pl. Stomia.

Stolon

Plants; Botany

A prostrate or trailing stem that produces roots at the nodes.

Callus

Plants; Botany

A protruding mass of hardened tissue, often formed after an injury but sometimes a regular feature of the plant, e.g. On the labellum of some orchids and the axis of the spikelet of some grasses. ...