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Ob
(Prefix) against; (In botany) usually indicating “the other way round from the usual”: ovate is eggshaped, obovate is egg-shaped with the attachment point at the base and the widest part near the top.
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Nyctitropic
The turning or positioning of leaves or leaflets at night (as in many Leguminosae/Fabaceae species).
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Nyctinastic
The pressing together of leaves or leaflets at night to reduce transpiration.
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Nyctanthous
Flowering at night.
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N.V
From the latin non vidi, ‘I have not seen’, placed after a specimen citation in a publication if the specimen has not been seen by the author.
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Nutlet
A small nut, often used in Cyperaceae for their often small hardened fruits. (In Cyperaceae) hardened, usually minute, one-seeded fruit, the surface of which may be smooth to variously patterned and a diagnostic character for many species. Often called an achene in literature on Cyperaceae. A small or diminutive nut, similar to an achene but…
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Nutating
The revolutions of the growing tip.
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Nutant
Nodding.
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Nut
A one-seeded indehiscent fruit with a hard dry pericarp (the shell) that is derived from a one-loculed ovary. A relatively large, dry, indehiscent fruit with a hard wall, usually containing only one seed. The homely word nut is the country cousin of some fancy, city-slicker words, including, nucleus, nuclear and nougat. All these words ultimately…
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Numerous
Many, more than ten.
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