Botany

Botany

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

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Nucleus

Plants; Botany

The central or original part around which other parts are formed.

Columella

Plants; Botany

The central axis of a moss capsule; sometimes applied to the central axis of fruits and cones.

Incumbent

Plants; Botany

Of the orientation of an embryo, with the cotyledons lying face to face and folded downwards beside the radicle; of anthers, lying against the inner face of the filament.

Autochthonous

Plants; Botany

Of the inhabitants of a region, original; earliest known; (applied to an element of the australian flora rich in endemics and believed to have been evolving in australia for a long period of time).