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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
Escape - A cultivated plant that has gone wild.
Deltoid - Triangular.
Tendril - A slender coiling or twining structure modified from a leaf, branch, or other organ.
Stolon - A horizontal above ground stem.
Distal - Toward the top of a plant or the tip of a plant part. Cf, Proximal.
Thorn - A sharp-pointed structure formed by a modified branch.
Compound Pistil - A pistil made up of two or more partially or completely united carpels.
Truncate - Ending abruptly, e.g., a leaf blade squared at the base.
Follicle - Dry, dehiscent fruit.
Cactus/Succulent - A plant having leaves and/or stems which are thick and fleshy.
Incomplete flower - A flower lacking one or more of the following: stamens, pistils, petals, sepals.
Anemophilous - Wind pollinated.
Scorpioid - Curled, like the tail of a scorpion.
Tepals - Collective term for sepals and petals when sepals are petal-like, as in Cooperia pedunculata (rain lily).
AW - Arid West - NWPL Region