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Plants; Botany

A placentation in which the ovules are borne on a free-standing central placenta within the ovary.

Halophyte
Plants; Botany

A plant adapted to living in highly saline habitats; a plant that accumulates high concentrations of salt in its tissues.

Forb
Plants; Botany

A non-woody plant other than a grass, sedge, rush, etc. Cf. Herb.

Segment
Plants; Botany

A part or sub-division of a divided organ; one of a group of similar organs named collectively, e.g. One petal = a segment of a corolla.

Dissepiment
Plants; Botany

A partition (septum) within an ovary or fruit, derived by fusion of adjacent carpels.

Prothallus
Plants; Botany

A gametophyte body, especially in ferns and related plants.

Floret
Plants; Botany

A grass flower, together with the lemma and palea that enclose it (often applied to flowers in Cyperaceeae and Asteraceae).

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