Category: A
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Ampliate
Enlarged [unusual term].
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Amplexicaul
Embracing the stem (e.g. the leaf base or stipules extending to the side of the stem opposite to the main blade). Clasping the stem by the base.
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Amplectant
Of a structure that embraces another [obscure term].
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Amphitropous
Ovule with embryo-sac curved and at right angles to its stalk. An ovule attached by the middle of one side, i. e. the raphe truly lateral.
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Amphimixis (adj) amphimictic
Reproduction by seed produced by sexual means.
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Amphidiploid
Plant formed from the sexual union of parents with different chromosome sets, forming a tetraploid.
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Amphicarpous
Producing two different kinds of fruits; Applied to a small secondary inflorescence occurring at the base of the culm in certain genera of Cyperaceae, particularly Schoenoplectus.
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Amphicarpic
Producing two different kinds of fruits.
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Amentiform
Resembling a catkin.
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Amentiferous
Bearing catkins.