Glossary

Month: March 2020

  • Napiform

    Napiform

    (Of roots) shaped like a turnip, i.e. broadly ovoid and tapering to a point.  

  • Nanophyll

    Leaf size class proposed by Raunkiaer (1934): between 25 and 225 mm2.  

  • Naked pollinia

    (Of orchids) pollinia which lack caudicles and other elements of the pollinarium, as in Dendrobieae and Bulbophyllinae.  

  • Naked

    Without other organs (leaves, scales, hairs, indusium or perianth). (Of rhizome) without scales; (Of flower) without calyx or corolla. Uncovered, exposed to view, nude, bare, devoid of clothing.    

  • Nadir

    Nadir

    Lowest point.  

  • Nacreous

    With a pearly sheen.  

  • N

    Haploid generation, as opposed to 2n, the diploid generation.  

  • Myxogenic

    Referring to hairs that swell on contact with water, producing a slime- or jelly-like excretion.  

  • Myrmecophyte

    Any plant associated with ants often with specialised structures to feed or house them.  

  • Myrmecophilous

    (Of plants) with an affinity for ants, sometimes with specialised structures thought to harbour or feed ants.