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Botany

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

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Indumentum

Plants; Botany

The epidermal appendages, e.g. Hairs or scales, collectively.

Phylogeny

Plants; Botany

The evolutionary development of a plant group, i.e. Its derivation from its ancestors and the relationship among its members. Adj. Phylogenetic.

Ontogeny

Plants; Botany

The development of a single organism, i.e. The sequence of stages through which it passes during its lifetime.

Midrib

Plants; Botany

The central, and usually the most prominent, vein of a leaf or leaf-like organ.

Cellulose

Plants; Botany

The compound from which a plant's cell walls are made. Most of the parts of plants that we can see and touch are cellulose. Cellulose is the plant fibres used in fabrics, paper and cardboard, ...

Nucellus

Plants; Botany

The central tissue of an ovule, within which the megaspore mother cell is formed.

Pith

Plants; Botany

The central region of a stem, inside the vascular cylinder.

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