Category: A

With female flowers at the apex of the inflorescence.  

Growing only at the apex of the stem. The higher cryptogamous plants.  

Growing only at the apex of the stem.  

With two or more main veins starting at the base of the leaf, running parallel to the leaf margin and meeting (or almost meeting) at the apex.  

(Of a capsule fruit) dehiscing through terminal fissures [obscure term].  

Used of characters that arise during the lifetime of a plant as a result of environmental (not genetic) influences. Characteristics of a person that are not ascribable to heredity. Referring to a condition which is neither congenital nor hereditary and which a person develops after birth in reaction to his or her environment. Resulting from…

Sterile male flower found with a fertile female flower as a flower pair in the inflorescence of Calamus (specialist term used in Palmae).  

Scimitar-shaped, thin and curved with pointed apex [unusual term].  

Of surface, with fine lines, as if scratched.