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Botany

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

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Solitary

Plants; Botany

Of flowers, borne singly, not grouped in an inflorescence.

Cell

Plants; Botany

The basic unit of plant structure consisting, at least when young, of a protoplast surrounded by a wall.

Perianth

Plants; Botany

The calyx and corolla of a flower, especially where the two are similar.

Rachis

Plants; Botany

The axis of an inflorescence or a pinnate leaf; pl. Rachises.

Ovary

Plants; Botany

The basal portion of a carpel or group of fused carpels, enclosing the ovule(s).

Vernation

Plants; Botany

The arrangement of unexpanded leaves in a bud. Cf. Aestivation.

Receptacle

Plants; Botany

The axis of a flower (= torus); in ferns, an axis on which sporangia arise.

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