Native Plants
Botanical Glossary
Glossary of commonly used botanical terms and their definitions.
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| Supports Conservation Biological Control | A plant that attracts predatory or parasitoid insects that prey upon pest insects. | |
| Tap | The main, central root of a plant. | |
| Taproot | A single main root that grows vertically into the ground. | |
| Tendril | A slender coiling or twining structure modified from a leaf, branch, or other organ. | |
| Tepals | Collective term for sepals and petals when sepals are petal-like, as in Cooperia pedunculata (rain lily). | |
| Thorn | A sharp-pointed structure formed by a modified branch. | |
| Threatened | An animal or plant species likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range. | |
| Toothed | Said of petals or leaves having margins more or less sharply indented. | |
| Tree | A woody perennial plant usually having a single main stem or trunk which generally grows more than 20 feet tall. | |
| Trifoliate | Having three leaflets. | trifoliate.jpg |
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