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Herbaceous
An annual herb or a herb with annual stems from a perennial root; With the texture of a herb, soft and pliable or a plant with non-woody structures. Adjectival form of herb; also, leaflike in color or texture, or not woody. Herb-like; often applied to bracts, bracteoles or floral parts that are green and soft…
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Herb
Plant without a persistent woody stem above ground. Plant used for medicinal or culinary purposes. A plant, either annual, biennial, or perennial, with the stems dying back to the ground at the end of the growing season, and without woody stems. Aromatic leaves and sometimes the flowers of plants, usually of temperate origin. The word…
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Heptamerous
With parts in groups of seven.
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Hemitropous
Short for hemianatropous: halfanatropous, the ovule axis at 90° to the stalk. Nearly the same as Amphitropous.
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Hemitelioid
(Of indusium) not completely surrounding the receptacle base.
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Hemispherical
In the shape of half a sphere or globe.
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Hemiparasite
A plant that germinates without a host plant but which thereafter becomes dependant on a host.
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Hemi-epiphyte
Epiphytic for one stage of its life cycle but rooted in the soil during another stage. A primary hemi-epiphyte begins life as an epiphyte and later becomes rooted in soil, whereas a secondary hemi-epiphyte begins life rooted in soil and later becomes an epiphyte. A plant that is epiphytic during part of its life cycle…
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Hemicryptophyte
(In Raunkiaer’s system) a plant with a growing point that survives adverse seasons as resting bud at or near the level of the soil, as in tussocks and rosettes.
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Hemicellulose
A type of carbohydrates in the cell wall. Polysaccharides resembling cellulose but more soluble and less complex. Found particularly in cell walls. Complex carbohydrates included as dietary fibre, composed of polyuronic acids combined with xylose, glucose, mannose, and arabinose. Found together with cellulose and lignin in plant cell walls; most gums and mucilages are hemicelluloses;…
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