Botany

Botany

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

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Biennial

Biology; Botany

Plant which completes its life cycle and dies within the second year; usually also forms a basal rosette of leaves the first year and flowers and fruits the second year.

Making use of names consisting of two words to form the scientific name (or combination) in a Latin form. For example, where the first is the name of the genus to which the species belongs, and the ...

Binomial nomenclature

Biology; Botany

The system of nomenclature in which the scientific name of a species is a combination of two names, the first name being the generic name. The second name is referred to botanically as the specific ...