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

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Gametophyte

Plants; Botany

A plant, or phase of a plant's life cycle, that bears gametes.

Scleromorph

Plants; Botany

A plant whose leaves (or stems, if leafless) are hard in texture, usually having thick cuticle and containing many fibres. Cf. Xeromorph.

Biennial

Plants; Botany

A plant whose life span extends for more than one but less than two years after germination.

Perennial

Plants; Botany

A plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons.

Geophyte

Plants; Botany

A plant whose perennating buds are buried in the soil.

Raphe

Plants; Botany

The part of the stalk of an anatropous ovule that is fused along the side of the ovule.

Mery

Plants; Botany

The number of parts per whorl that characterises a particular flower (generally constant for the perianth whorls and less often for the whorl(s) of stamens also). Adj. Merous. Cf. Trimerous.

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