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Anthocarp
Plants; Botany

A false fruit consisting of the true fruit and the base of the perianth, as in Nyctaginaceae.

Buttress
Plants; Botany

A flange of tissue protruding from the main outline of the base of a tree.

Cladophyll
Plants; Botany

A flattened, leaf-like photosynthetic stem not bearing leaves or scales. Cf. Phylloclade.

Hypanthium
Plants; Botany

A cup or tube bearing floral parts above the base, and often above the top, of the ovary of a flower, e.g. In many Myrtales. Cf. Calyx tube.

Struma
Plants; Botany

A cushion-like swelling, e.g. At the apex of staminal filaments in dianella.

Dichasium
Plants; Botany

A cymose inflorescence with opposite branching below the flower which terminates each axis. Cf. Monochasium.

Monochasium
Plants; Botany

A cymose inflorescence with the branches arising singly. Cf. Dichasium.

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