Category: T

(Adject) of the testa.  

The outer coat of the seed (the inner coat is the tegumen). The seed coat, that is, the hardened mature integument.  

(Of surfaces) with markings in squares or rectangles (as on the petals of Fritillaria).  

(Adject.) third-order, one order down from secondary; for example, tertiary venation of a leaf or leaflet; (Noun) (plural tertiaries) side-branches of the main branches. Third, coming after secondary and primary.  

On or in the ground. Growing in the ground, the way most plants do, rather than perched in trees. Growing in the ground, the way most plants do, rather than in water (aquatic) or perched on trees (epiphytic).  

(Colour) brownish or dull orangish-red.  

(Of a 2-dimensional structure) divided in three to the base.  

With three leaflets attached to one point.  

When three pinnate leaflets are borne at the summit of the main petiole.  

Arranged in a whorl or cluster of three;   Comprising three leaflets, which may themselves be similarly divided two (bi-) or three (tri-) times ternate.