Category: S

(In pteridophytes) a sac or capsule containing spores. A spore case in which asexual spores are produced. A receptacle in which spores are formed in lycopods and ferns.  

The part of the fertile leaf carrying the sporangium; (In Equisetum) peltate organ bearing sporangia. A modified part of a fertile leaf or a peltate organ (in Equisetaceae) that bears the sporangia. In microbiology, the supporting stalk for a spore sac of certain fungi.  

Spongy, soft.  

(In taxonomy) taking the narrow view and describing many taxa as separate entities. OPPOSITE: lumping. (The respective botanists are called splitters and lumpers). A mental mechanism in which the self or others are viewed as all good or all bad, with failure to integrate the positive and negative qualities of the self and others into…

Divided nearly to the base. To divide something, or become divided. A type of leavened confectionery that is sweet to the taste, shaped like a biscuit and sliced open like a shortcake. It is commonly paired with fresh fruit, butter or clotted cream.  

(Of cotyledons) closely parallel and folded once, with the radicle lying against the surface.  

Minute coiled threads in some seed coats that uncoil when moistened.  

(Of organ arrangement) in a spiral or ascending coil along an axis; for example, leaves on a stem with one (alternate) leaf per node.