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Shoot growing downwards from a bulb or corm and producing a new bulb or corm at its apex; (In parasitic plants) an outgrowth of the haustorium that grows into the tissues of the host plant.  

Towards the left (when viewed from the front) (e.g. in climbing stems).  

From the Latin sine loco, ‘without a place’; used for a herbarium specimen without locality information.  

From the Latin sine descriptio, ‘without a description’; (in nomenclature) used for a scientific name published without any description, and hence invalid.  

An inflorescence with pedicels of equal length.  

(Of leaves) not divided into leaflets. OPPOSITE: compound; (Of inflorescences) with only one order of branching; (Of fruits) resulting from the ripening of a single ovary, as opposed to compound fruits (which are derived from more than one flower). Not divided, e.g., applied to a leaf not divided into leaflets. A herb used on its…

Shaped like a siliqua (used in Capparaceae).  

A fruit divided into two cells by a thin partition, opening by two valves which fall away from a frame on which the seeds are borne; more than three times as long as wide (e.g. in Cruciferae/Brassicaceae). A pod, more than three times as long as broad, found in the crucifer family (Cruciferae).  

Silicule, a short siliqua, but less than three times as long as wide. A pouch, or short pod. A pod, less than three times as long as broad, found in the crucifer family (Cruciferae).  

Containing silica.