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Hyphae
Individual filaments of a fungal body. Minute tubular structures forming the mycelium and fruiting bodies of fungi. In botany, threadlike structures that compose the plant body of a fungus.
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Hypanthium
Cup-shaped extension of the floral axis (i.e. the receptacle), enlargement of the basal part of the flower, seemingly bearing calyx, corolla, stamens and surrounding the ovary, solid or tubular, believed to be formed out of the fused bases of the calyx, corolla and stamens; sometimes imprecisely called a floral tube. Cup-shaped enlargement of the flower…
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Hypanthodium
Inflorescence with enlarged, fleshy receptacle bearing the flowers on its surface; can be almost circular and hollow with a small opening (as in Ficus) or slightly concave (as in Dorstenia).
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Hygroscopic hairs
Hairs that react to the presence or absence of water by movement, or by turning slimy.
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Hygrophyte
Plant adapted to permanently damp (not wet) conditions, aquatic plant; Submerged or floating water plant, spending the adverse season on the bottom of a pond, river or lake.
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Hygrophilous
Moisture-loving, growing in wet or damp sites.
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Hydrophytic
Adapted to permanently flooded or waterlogged conditions.
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Hydrophyte
In Raunkiaer’s system, plant with growing points surviving adverse seasons as resting buds underwater and in mud/underground. A plant surviving adverse seasons with resting buds under water and underground in mud. In botany, a plant that grows wholly or partly submerged in water.
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Hydrophilous
Pollination effected by water; Used for ‘water-loving’ in general [this use not recommended].
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Hydrogeophyte
In Raunkiaer’s system, plant with growing points surviving adverse season as resting buds underwater. A plant surviving adverse seasons with its resting buds under water.
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