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(Prefix meaning) in between.  

1–3 outer cell layer(s) of an ovule that enclose the nucellus. In botany, one or sometimes two outer layers of the ovule, which develop into the seed coat. A covering layer, e.g. the skin. The skin; comprised of all layers: the epidermis, dermis, and corium. Another name for skin. The term is also used for…

‘In a dried state’, used to indicate possible differences between a dried specimen and fresh plant material.  

Place or mode where one body is attached to another larger one. Most muscles have at least two tendons, each one attaching to a bone. The one that tends to be more mobile is called the insertion. The place or mode of attachment of a muscle; the moveable part of a muscle during action. The…

Placed in.  

Fertilisation of flowers effected by the transfer of pollen to stigma by insects.  

Describing plants that derive (part of) their nutrition from insects that they have captured; term now replaced by carnivorous, signalling that these plants capture not only insects but other animals as well. Plant that traps and digests insects and other small animals. Obtaining part of the required nutrition by catching and digesting insects.  

On a label.  

(Of leaves or petals) with the margins rolled inwards. (Of cap margin) Curved in toward the gills and rolled up. Rolled toward the centre of a structure, usually in reference to margins.  

New shoot, which eventually becomes separate from the parent as its lower part dies; A branch or shoot that carries on further growth of the plant without becoming detached.