This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to

botany Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "bot ...

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plant Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

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plant morphology Phytomorphology is the study of the physical form and external structure of plants.Raven, P. H., R. F. Evert, & S. E. Eichhorn. ''Biology of Plants'', 7th ed., page 9. (New York: W. H. Freeman, 2005). . This is usually considered distinct from ...

are included here as well as at the more specific

Glossary of plant morphology This page provides a glossary of plant morphology. Botanists and other biologists who study plant morphology use a number of different terms to classify and identify plant organs and parts that can be observed using no more than a handheld magni ...

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Glossary of leaf morphology The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular ...

. For other related terms, see

Glossary of phytopathology This is a glossary of some of the terms used in phytopathology. Phytopathology is the study of plant diseases. It is a multi-disciplinary science since prerequisites for disease development are the presence of a susceptible host species, a pathog ...

Glossary of lichen terms The following is a glossary of scientific terminology, terms used in the description of lichens, composite organisms that arise from algae or cyanobacteria living among Hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species in a Mutualism (biology), mutuali ...

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List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants i ...

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Tetradenia riparia leaves and buds IMG 2103c

Rothmannia globosa, blaarbearing, Uniegeboutuine, a

Populus angustifolia × balsamifera (5001208139)

Starr 070404-6665 Araucaria cunninghamii

Alyssum linifolium leaf2 ST (14931806424)

Arachnoid leaves of unidentified Gazania 2012 07 05 7252s

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Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) leaves (11683653383)

Gymnocladus dioicus Berlin Bernauer TP03

Leaf morphology type ternately-compound biternate

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Dianthus chinensis - Raspberry parfait 3

Leaf bud of American Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) showing imbricate cataphylls 5405

Pfaffia gnaphalioides- Soriano, Palmar, Suelo arenoso pedregoso al margen del Lago

Muscari armeniacum flowerhead3 ST (14999577633)

Corms of Crocosmia, entire, partly peeled, and split

Crassula rupestris on cliff face - Cape Town

Murraya paniculata leaves at Peravoor (cropped)

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caducous Dehiscence is the splitting of a mature plant structure along a built-in line of weakness to release its contents. This is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia. Sometimes this involves the complete detachment of a part; structures that ...

{{defn, defn= Falling off early, e.g. the {{gli, sepals of poppies, which fall off when the {{gli, petals begin to open. Compare ''{{gli, persistent'' and ''{{gli, fugacious''. {{term, term= caespitose , content=

caespitose This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary o ...

{{defn, defn= Tufted or turf-like, e.g. the growth form of some grasses. {{term, term= calcarate , content=

calcarate This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary o ...

{{defn, defn= possessing a {{gli, spur. {{term, term= calcareous , content=

calcareous Calcareous () is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky. The term is used in a wide variety of scientific disciplines. In zoology ''Calcareous'' is used as an a ...

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soil type A soil type is a taxonomic unit in soil science. All soils that share a certain set of well-defined properties form a distinctive soil type. Soil type is a technical term of soil classification, the science that deals with the systematic categori ...

or a lichen substrate rock type that is rich in or largely composed of calcium carbonate. {{term, term= calceolate {{defn, defn= Shaped like a slipper.{{sfn, Pell, Angell, 2016, p=41 {{term, term= calcicole , content=

calcicole A calcicole, calciphyte or calciphile is a plant that thrives in lime rich soil. The word is derived from the Latin 'to dwell on chalk'. Under acidic conditions, aluminium becomes more soluble and phosphate less. As a consequence, calcicoles grown ...

{{defn, defn= A plant which thrives in {{gli, calcareous soil. Also calciphile, calciphyte.

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