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Botany

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

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Bracteole

Plants; Botany

A small bract-like structure borne singly or in pairs on the pedicel or calyx of a flower.

Micropyle

Plants; Botany

A small canal through the integument(s) of an ovule, persisting as a pore in the seed coat (testa).

Bulbil

Plants; Botany

A small, deciduous bulb (or tuber) formed in the axil of a leaf and functioning to propagate the plant vegetatively.

Stipe

Plants; Botany

A small stalk; in ferns, the petiole of a frond; in algae, the cylindrical basal portion of a thallus.

Papilla

Plants; Botany

A small, elongated protuberance on the surface of an organ, usually an extension of one epidermal cell. Adj. Papillose.

Spore

Plants; Botany

A simple propagule, produced either sexually or asexually, and consisting of one or a few cells.

Holotype

Plants; Botany

A single specimen designated by the author of a plant (or animal) name, at the time of original publication, as that to which the name shall apply; the 'voucher specimen' of a name.

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