Month: March 2020

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

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

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

Without other organs (leaves, scales, hairs, indusium or perianth). (Of rhizome) without scales; (Of flower) without calyx or corolla.   ...

Lowest point.  

With a pearly sheen.  

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

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

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

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