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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
Petiole - A leaf stem.
Deciduous - Having leaves that all fall off at the end of the growing season, or at least wither up and become lifeless.
Pith - The spongy tissue in the center of a stem.
FACW - Facultative Wetland - Hydrophyte. Usually occurs in wetlands, but may occur in non-wetlands.
IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Emarginate - Having a shallow notch at the tip.
Rosette - An arrangement of leaves radiating from the stem at a nearly common level, frequently at or just above the ground line.
Rhizobia - Soil-borne bacteria which form nitrogen-rich root nodules.
Acute - Pointed apex with margins that form an angle between 45 and 90 degrees.
Involucel - A bract or bracts subtending an individual flower in a compound inflorescence.
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.
Vein - A rib of tissue, usually in a leaf.
Laciniate - Fringed or having edges irregularly and finely slashed.
Lobe - Part or segment of a flower or leaf; a deep indentation that does not break the continuity of the structure.
Dentate - Sharply toothed, with the teeth pointing straight out from the margin.