Glossary

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  • Polar

    Relating to the poles, or top and bottom ends, of a ± round organ. A characteristic of a molecule possessing a positive or negative charge.  

  • Poikilohydrous

    With its water content determined by the surrounding atmosphere, becoming dormant in the dry season after losing most of its water, rehydrating when water becomes available again. Becoming desiccated during dormancy in the dry season but capable of rehydration when water becomes available again.  

  • Podocarp

    A stem or stalk bearing the fruit [unusual term].  

  • Podium

    Small stalk or similar support [unusual term].  

  • Podarium

    (In cacti or other succulents) a modified leaf base functioning as the photosynthesising organ.  

  • Pod

    Pod

    A general term for a dry dehiscent fruit with a firm outer layer enclosing a hollow centre with one or more seeds; A legume formed of a single carpel; A siliqua, two-celled and divided by a thin partition. Any kind of dry, dehiscent fruit. A dry dehiscent fruit containing many seeds. Any dry dehiscent seed…

  • Pneumatophore

    Erect (breathing) root protruding above the soil, encountered especially in mangroves.  

  • Pneumathodes

    Aerating tissues or pores.  

  • Pluriseriate

    Having several rows.  

  • Pluriovulate

    (Of placentae, carpels or ovaries) with many ovules.  

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