Category: P
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Petiole
Leaf stalk, the basal and usually narrowly cylindrical part of the leaf which carries the vascular bundles and is intermediate in position between stem and blade. The stalk of a leaf or an unexpanded section. The stalk of a leaf supporting the expanded portion. The stalk that supports the lamina; if missing, the leaf is…
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Petiolate, Petioled
With a leaf stalk, not sessile. Having a stalk or petiole Possessing a petiole.
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Petalostemonous
With the stamens fused to the corolla.
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Petaloid
Formed or coloured like a petal; (Of stamens) without filament/anther distinction, but like a petal with marginal microsporangia. When any other organ is petal-like.
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Petalody
A condition in which flower parts such as stamens assume the shape of petals.
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Petaline
Referring to the petals.
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Petaliferous
Bearing petals.
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Petal
A single, usually free, unit of a completely divided corolla or second floral whorl (keel petals in many papilionoid legumes are partially fused/united along their lower margins). A member of the inner set of floral leaves, usually colored or white and serving to attract pollinators. Free segment of the corolla. The leaflike parts of a…
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Perulate
(Of buds) covered in scales.
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Perula (plural perulae)
Scale on a leaf bud.