Glossary

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  • Faux

    Upper part of the throat of a calyx or corolla.  

  • Faucal

    Having to do with the throat of the corolla or calyx [unusual term, not recommended].  

  • Fastigiate

    Fastigiate

    (Of branches) erect and closely parallel, ‘bundled’, and coming from a common point. Upright, close and parallel. Bundled, erect and closely parallel structures emerging from one point.  

  • Fasciculate

    Fasciculate

    (Of erect branches) in close bundles.  

  • Fasciclodes

    Sterile fascicles (e.g. in the stamens of some Guttiferae/Clusiaceae).  

  • Fascicled

    In bundles or close groups. Clustered. Growing in a bundle.  

  • Fascicle

    Fascicle

    A cluster of similar organs (e.g. leaves or flowers) arising from more or less the same point. A close cluster. Fasciculi, small bundle of nerve, muscle, or tendon fibers; also called fasciculus.  

  • Fasciated

    Very flattened; (In stems) abnormally flattened and widened, often the result of abnormal fusion of parts.  

  • Farinose

    Covered with a meal-like powder.  

  • Farinaceous

    Mealy, resembling flour Surface covered with small white particles. Mealy in texture. An odor or taste of freshly ground flour meal; mealy. Referring to flour, or containing starch.  

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