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Female flowers
Referring to flowers that are pistillate, having pistils but no stamens. Flower with functional female parts but without (or with only rudimentary) male parts. Those having pistils but no stamens. Flowers with pistils but no functional stamens. A flower with only female parts, lacking or having sterile rudimentary male parts (staminodes).
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Feathery
Feather shaped in outline, as in leaves.
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Dicotyledons
One of the two major divisions of the angiosperms (a group characterized by having ovules borne in ovaries) bearing two (or rarely more) cotyledons or seed leaves, comprising most of the familiar seed plants. One of the two major subdivisions of the flowering plants (the other, lesser one is the monocotyledons). Characterized by a pair…
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Dehiscent
Opening when mature, exposing or releasing the contents, as in a fruit releasing it seeds. Breaking open at maturity to release the contents. Opening by valves or along regular lines, as in ripe seed capsules or some anthers. A fruit that opens by sutures, pores, or caps. Breaking open at maturity to release the contents.…
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Cuttings
Small pieces of stems or roots that can be put in soil to develop into a complete plant. Decreasing body fat and body water content to very low levels in order to increase muscle definition. A piece of stem or root cut from a plant and used for propagation. According to the state of maturity…
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Compound leaf
A leaf with two or more distinct leaflets. Two or more leaflets attached to the leaf stalk (e.g., Walnut, Horse Chestnut, or Lupine). A leaf divided into two or more units, with each unit, or leaflet, resembling a separate leaf. Having the blade divided to the midrib and forming two or more leaflets on a…
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Coarse
Rough, as in the texture of a leaf.
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Climbing
Growing more or less erect without fully supporting its own weight, instead leaning, scrambling, twining, or attaching onto some other structure such as a tree or wall. Supported by clinging. Ascends upon other plants or objects by means of special structures. Rising by the help of some other object.
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Calyx
All the sepals of a flower, collectively. The outermost part of a flower, usually green. Sterile outer whorl of flower parts composed of sepals, usually covering an unopened flower bud. The outer whorl (usually green) of a flower consisting of sepals. A botanical term referring to the outer “cup” or whorl (q.v.) of petals or…
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Bulbil, bulblet
Diminutive of bulb; one of the small new bulbs arising around the parent bulb; a bulblike structure produced by some plants in the axils of leaves or in place of flowers. A small, usually axillary bulb or tuber capable of developing into a new plant, in some cases produced on a leaf or an inflorescence…
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