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Botany
Terms that are in relation to the study or science of plants.
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Persistent
Plants; Botany
Remaining attached to the plant beyond the expected time of falling (e.g. Of sepals not falling after flowering).
Homosporous
Plants; Botany
Producing only one kind of spore in the sexual reproductive cycle, and hence one gametophyte which produces both male and female gametes. Cf. Heterosporous.
Heterogamous
Plants; Botany
Producing flowers of two or more kinds with respect to their fertile organs, e.g. Male and female or bisexual and female. Cf. Homogamous.
Basiscopic
Plants; Botany
Pointing towards the base (applied to the first lateral vein of a leaflet on the side nearer the leaf base).
Hydrophytes
Plants; Botany
Plants normally living with the vegetative parts submerged or floating in water, or only partially emergent.
