Category: P
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Pectinate
Like a comb, with very close, narrow and parallel divisions.
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Pearl bodies
Food bodies for ants, found especially in many legume species, which encourage ants to defend the plant against herbivores.
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Peach
(Colour) pinkish orange. In 334 B.C., Alexander the Great did two things: he conquered Persia and he sent back to Greece the pits of a few peaches, a fruit that neither he nor anyone else in Europe had seen before. The pits were planted, the trees thrived, and soon Alexander’s peaches were being introduced all…
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Paxillate
With very closely parallel venation running from the midrib to the margin at a slight angle [unusual term]. Of a pinnately veined leaf with close parallel venation running from the midrib to the margin at an angle.
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Patulous
Spreading, expanded [unusual term]. Being spread wide open. Stretched open, patent. Expanded or open wide. This term is often used to describe the opening of the womb when there’s a suspicion of an impending abortion. If the cervix is open, an abortion is likely unavoidable. Without the threat of abortion, an open cervix suggests a…
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Pathological
Indicative of or caused by a morbid condition. Pertaining to pathology (= branch of medicine that treats the essential nature of the disease, especially the structural and functional changes in tissues and organs of the body caused by the disease). Referring to a disease, or caused by a disease. Relating to or arising from disease.…
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Patelloid
Circular with a rim.
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Patelliform
Shallowly disc-shaped, shaped like a knee-cap, round and thick, concave on one side and convex on the other [rarely used term].
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Partite
Cleft or divided, but not quite to the base.
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Partim
Partly.