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BOTANICAL GLOSSARY
Glossary of commonly used botanical terms and their definitions. Use the search bar below to look up a botanical term.
15 Random Botanical Terms
Axillary - Growing from an axil.
Acuminate - Gradually tapering to a point.
Threatened - An animal or plant species likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Dentate - Sharply toothed, with the teeth pointing straight out from the margin.
Entire - Said of margins without teeth or lobes.
Solitary - Borne singly; alone.
Lobe - Part or segment of a flower or leaf; a deep indentation that does not break the continuity of the structure.
Proximal - Toward the base of a plant or the point of attachment of a plant part. Cf, Distal.
Bract - A reduced or modified leaf occurring at the base of a flower or group of flowers. Bracts are sometimes arranged in rows, like shingles on a roof, usually closely cupping the blossoms of Asteraceae (Sunflower Family); cf. Phyllary. Sometimes brightly colored or petallike, as in Castilleja spp. (paintbrush), or threadlike, as in Daucus carota (Queen Anne's Lace). ...
IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Capitulum - An inflorescence composed of multiple florets arranged in a flower head and surrounded by an involucre of bracts as found on many species in Asteraceae.
Radial asymmetry - The flower can be cut into two equal halves in many ways, provided that the plane of cutting passes through the center.
Samara - A dry, winged, one-seeded fruit.
Acaulescent - Without a distinct stem.
Decumbent - Lying on the ground but having an ascending tip.