Glossary

Category: A

  • Angular

    With an angle, as where two planes meet; having to do with angles.  

  • Angiosperm

    Angiosperm

    Colloquial term for the taxon Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, the flowering plants; distinct from the gymnosperms by having the ovules enclosed in a ovary or carpel. Flower-bearing plants; ovules are enclosed in an ovary that forms the fruit after fertilization. The most diverse group of flowering plants; angiosperms produce flowers and fruits, and contain seeds (of…

  • Anfractuose

    (Of hairs) wavy, twisted together tightly.  

  • Aneuploid

    With a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number common in related plants. In genetics, an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the monoploid or basic number.  

  • Anemophily

    Anemophily

    Pollination by wind.  

  • Anemophilous

    Anemophilous

    Wind-pollinated.  

  • Anemochory

    Anemochory

    Dispersal of fruit or seed by wind.  

  • Anemochore, (adj) anemochorous

    A plant distributed or dispersed by wind.  

  • Andro-polygamous

    With male and bisexual flowers on the same plant.  

  • Androphore

    Androphore

    A stalk on which the stamens are carried. A stalk or other supporting arrangement under stamens raised above their regular position in the flower.