Category: S

(In Moraceae) the compound fruit(s); for example, the hollow-centred fruits of Ficus. A hollow vase-like inflorescence with the flowers lining the inside; restricted to the fig. A compound hollow fruit with flowers and seeds inside, like a fig (Ficus, Moraceae).  

The group of cells that pushes the embryo down into the developing endosperm.  

Extending upwards; for example, said of pinnae when the pinna base runs part way up the rachis.  

Producing suckers or runners from the base.    

Above the leaves.  

Growing above an axil, not in it. Above the armpit.  

Not clear; Vestigial but presumed to have been present in ancestors.  

Leaning backwards with the face up [unusual term]. To turn the palm of the hand upward, pronate. To turn the hand so that the palm faces upwards. To turn the forearm or hand so that the palm faces upward.  

(In leaf bud folding) with one margin rolled within the other.  

(Of buds, ovules or corms) borne immediately above one another on the same axis.