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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
Campanulate - Bell-shaped.
Venation - The arrangement of veins within a leaf.
Leaflet - A division or part of a compound leaf.
Berry - A fleshy, indehiscent fruit with few to many seeds.
Unisexual - A flower that possesses either stamens or carpels but not both.
Rhizobia - Soil-borne bacteria which form nitrogen-rich root nodules.
Compound - A leaf divided into two or more leaflets.
Spur - A tubular or saclike extension of a sepal or petal, usually containing nectar.
Calyx - The sepals taken collectively. These may be distinct, or joined to form a cup or tube; they may be of any color but are usually green. When the calyx is present, it encloses the other parts of the flower in bud.
Vine - Plants that climb by twining, tendrils, or clinging.
UPL - Upland - Nonhydrophyte. Almost never occurs in wetlands.
Clasping - Leaf partially encircles the stem.
Palmately compound - Leaflets radiating from one point, resembling a hand with the fingers spread. Leaves may also be palmately lobed or have palmate venation.
Pod - A dry fruit that splits after ripening, a term applied to fruits in the Legume Family.
Alternate - Placed singly at different heights on the stem; not opposite or whorled.