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BOTANICAL GLOSSARY
Glossary of commonly used botanical terms and their definitions. Use the search bar below to look up a botanical term.
15 Random Botanical Terms
Mucronate - Leaf apex with short spiny tip.
Crenate - Having rounded teeth along the margin.
Hastate - A triangle with two sides abruptly concave; in the form of two pointed lobes pointing outwards.
Bud - A small cell-mass in the process of dividing from a stem to form a flower, leaf or another stem.
Axil - The upper angle between two structures or organs, as where a leaf or branch joins the stem.
Zygote - A reproductive cell formed by the fusion of two gametes.
Twig - A small branch.
Fern - Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants (pteridophytes) having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores.
Opposite - Said of leaves originating in pairs at a node, with the members of each pair opposite each other on the stem.
Involucre - A whorl of distinct or united leaves or bracts beneath a flower or cluster of flowers commonly found especially on species in Asteraceae but also in Apiaceae, Dipsacaceae and Polygonaceae. Also a bract or bract pair subtending the inflorescence of some members of Betulaceae, especially Carpinus and Corylus.
Falcate - Sickle-shaped.
Cactus/Succulent - A plant having leaves and/or stems which are thick and fleshy.
Genus - A group of related species classified within a family.
Weed - Any plant growing where it is not wanted.
Spur - A tubular or saclike extension of a sepal or petal, usually containing nectar.