Category: S

Thin and dry.  

Boat-shaped. One of the carpal bones in the wrist. A bone in the wrist shaped like a peanut that acts as a block to prevent the wrist from bending too far. The scaphoid is vulnerable to injury from falls and collisions, particularly among athletes such as gymnasts, skaters, and football players who are likely to…

(In this work) fleshy.  

When the limb of the corolla spreads at right angles from a slender tube.  

Same as the above when applied to the calyx. Opposed to Monosepalous.  

Starchy.  

Marked with longitudinal and parallel lines. Marked with pale lines.  

The process of isolating the volatile principles from a material by passing steam through it (or boiling it with water) and condensing the steam to recover the usually insoluble volatile substance. A method of selectively extracting volatile compounds oil from plant material by boiling or steaming in water, followed by condensation. A method involving the…

Clusters of spore cases in ferns. Clusters of spore sacs on a fern frond.  

Wavy in and out, in the plane of the blade.