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Palmate venation
The major veins of a leaf originate from the same point at the base.
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Leaf petiole
The narrow stalk that connects the leaf blade with the stem. It is not always present.
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Leaf margin
The edge of a leaf blade.
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Spadiax
Fleshy flower spike bearing many tiny florets; the type of flower spike found in members of the arum family, usually enclosed or subtended by a leafy sheath or spathe.
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Winter annual
An annual plant that begins its growth from seed in the fall and produces basal leaves that overwinter.
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Stalkless
Lacking a stalk; a stalkless leaf is attached directly to the stem at the leaf base.
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Glade
An opening in the forest with bedrock at or near the surface and drought-resistant plants.
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Escape
A plant that has been cultivated in an area and subsequently spread from there into the wild. A plant that is on the away to becoming naturalized, having ‘escaped’ from cultivation. Espalier The technique of training a tree or shrub, most typically a fruit tree such as a peach or a fig, to grow flat…
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Disturbed
Referring to habitats that have been impacted by actions or processes associated with human settlement, such as ditching, grading, or long intervals of high-intensity grazing. Affected by a psychiatric disorder.
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Cluster
Any grouping or close arrangement of individual flowers that is not dense and continuous. A group of small items which cling together. A significant subset in a Statistical sample, e.g. of numbers of people affected by a particular disease or condition. In statistical terms a group of subjects, closely linked in time and/or place of…
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