Botany

Botany

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Bifacial

Plants; Botany

Of leaves, flat or channelled with distinct adaxial and abaxial surfaces.

Opposite

Plants; Botany

Of leaves, borne at the same level but on opposite sides of the stem; of floral parts, on the same radius (as). Cf. Alternate.

Alternate

Plants; Botany

Of leaves or other lateral organs, borne singly at different heights on the axis; of floral parts, on a different radius, e.g. Describing the position of stamens with respect to petals. Cf. Opposite.

Spiral

Plants; Botany

Of leaves or floral organs, borne at different levels on the axis, in an ascending spiral, eg Echium wildpretii. Cf. Cyclic.

Keeled

Plants; Botany

Of leaves or bracts, folded and ridged along the midrib.

Indeterminate

Plants; Botany

Of growth, the condition in which the terminal bud persists and produces successive lateral branches.

Of growth, without a single, persistent growing point; changing direction by frequent replacement of the growing apex by a lateral growing point below it; of a stem, growing in the above manner. Cf. ...