Glossary

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  • Dissimilar

    Unlike.  

  • Dissilient

    Bursting apart, as in some ripe fruits [unspecific term, not recommended].  

  • Dissepiment

    A partition in an ovary or fruit.  

  • Disseminule

    Any part of the plant used in distribution: seed, fruit, part of fruit or any other part that can grow plantlets.  

  • Dissemination

    Distribution of ripe seeds. In epidemiology, a scattering or spreading of organisms from host to host or in pathogens from one locus of infection to another. The fact of being widespread throughout the body.  

  • Dissected

    Divided into segments. Cut deeply into many divisions. Finely cut or divided into many, narrow segments (as in a leaf). Deeply divided or lobed into many small segments, though not truly compound (as in many Artemisia species).  

  • Disposition

    Arrangement. A person’s general character or tendency to act in a particular way. A natural tendency or aptitude exhibited by an individual or group. It may be manifested by acquiring a certain disease. A natural tendency or aptitude exhibited by an individual or group. It may be manifested by acquiring a certain disease.  

  • Dispersal

    Dispersal

    The movement of propagation units such as seeds away from the parent plant by mechanical means such as wind, animals etc. Referring to seeds, this describes the removal of seeds from parent plant to a new location by wind, water, birds, or other animals. Many fruits are fleshy or have a fleshy coat around the…

  • Dispermous

    With two seeds only.  

  • Disjunction

    Separation of homologous chromosomes during anaphase of mitosis or meiosis. The separation of pairs of homologous chromosomes during meiosis or of the chromatids of a chromosome during anaphase of mitosis or meiosis. Separation of the homologous pairs of chromosomes during anaphase of the first meiotic di¬ vision.  

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