Glossary

Category: M

  • Mat-forming

    Low-growing plants growing so close together that they form a continuous ground cover; Prostrate and rooting at the nodes (in which case a single plant can form a mat).  

  • Massula (plural massulae)

    Hardened frothy mucilage enclosing the microspores in heterosporous plants; (In orchids) pollen mass.  

  • Maroon

    (Colour) dark red.  

  • Marmorate

    With coloured veins, as in some marbles.  

  • Maritime

    Associated with the sea or coast.  

  • Marine

    Marine

    Growing in the sea.  

  • Marginicidal

    Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels, a kind of septifragal.  

  • Marginate

    With a well-defined margin that is distinct from the other part(s). Having a different color at the edge than on the face of the gills.  

  • Margin

    Margin

    Edge or boundary. The edge of the leaf blade. The perimeter, or edge, of a leaf structure. The edge; in the case of the cap, the area away from the disc toward and including the edge. The edge of a leaf or petal. The edge of any flat organ such as a leaf or petal.…

  • Marcescent

    Marcescent

    (Of leaves or corolla) remaining attached to the plant after withering, not abscissing. Withering without falling off.