Category: T

  • Tunicate

    With sheathing, concentric layers.  

  • Tunic

    Coat of a bulb, consisting of dead leaf bases; Any loose membranous skin not formed by epidermis. A loose membranous outer skin not the epidermis; the loose membrane about a bulb. An investing membrane.  

  • Tundra

    Flat or nearly flat area without trees in the subarctic regions.  

  • Tumid

    Inflated, swollen. Swollen at one portion.  

  • Tumescent

    Slightly swollen, swelling. Swollen or showing signs of swelling, usually as a result of a build-up of blood or water within body tissues.  

  • Tumble-weed

    Whole plant that breaks off from its roots and is blown about by the wind, thereby scattering or distributing its seeds.  

  • Tufted grasses

    Grasses growing in compact clumps.  

  • Tufted

    Growing in tight groups; for example, the bases of the individual plants touching.  

  • Tuft domatia

    (Of domatia) resembling tufts of hairs (as in some Rubiaceae).  

  • Tubuliflorous

    When all the flowers of a head have tubular corollas [unusual term, not recommended].