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  • Infrageneric

    (Of taxa or variation) below the rank of genus.  

  • Infrafoliar

    Borne on the stem below the leaves (e.g. in palms where the inflorescence is borne below the leaves).  

  • Infra-axillary

    Below, not at, the axil. Beneath an axil.  

  • Infra

    Below, beneath.  

  • Inflorescence

    The part of the plant that bears the flowers, including all its bracts, branches and flowers, but excluding unmodified leaves. A flower cluster of a plant; the arrangement of the flowers on the axis. The arrangement of flowers in relation to the axis and to each other. Term for cluster or grouping of flowers on…

  • Inflexed

    Bent or curved inwards. Bent inward at an angle.  

  • Inflated

    Thin, slightly transparent, swollen as if blown up with air, bladdery. Puffed out like a bladder.  

  • Inferior

    Usually with reference to an ovary that has the calyx above it; Rarely of other flower parts that are inserted below the ovary [not recommended]. A term used in exercise to describe one body part’s position in relation to another. Inferior means below. Grown below some other organ. Describes an ovary located low in a…

  • Inermous

    Unarmed, without spines or thorns.  

  • Inequilateral

    With the two sides unequal.  

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