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11List of plant morphology terms — Biologists that study plant morphology use a number of different terms to describe plant organs and parts that can be observed with the human eye using no more than a hand held magnifying lens. These terms are used to identify and classify plants …
12Commelina communis — Asiatic dayflower Commelina communis flowers after rain Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …
13bract — noun Etymology: New Latin bractea, from Latin, thin metal plate Date: 1770 1. a leaf from the axil of which a flower or floral axis arises 2. a leaf borne on a floral axis; especially one subtending a flower or flower cluster • bracteal adjective …
14Magnoliaceae — ▪ plant family magnolia family of the order Magnoliales that contains 7 genera and 227 species, including many handsome, fragrant flowering trees and shrubs. Most have simple leaves and an elongated conelike floral axis with flowers that… …
15cyme — noun Etymology: New Latin cyma, from Latin, cabbage sprout, from Greek kyma swell, wave, cabbage sprout, from kyein to be pregnant; akin to Sanskrit śvayati it swells, grows Date: 1794 an inflorescence in which each floral axis terminates in a… …
16inflorescence — noun Etymology: New Latin inflorescentia, from Late Latin inflorescent , inflorescens, present participle of inflorescere to begin to bloom, from Latin in + florescere to begin to bloom more at florescence Date: 1760 1. a. the mode of development …
17bracteole — noun Etymology: New Latin bracteola, from Latin, diminutive of bractea Date: circa 1828 a small bract especially on a floral axis …
18Camissonia claviformis — Taxobox | name = Camissonia claviformis image width = 260px regnum = Plantae phylum = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Myrtales familia = Onagraceae genus = Camissonia species = C. claviformis binomial = Camissonia claviformis… …
19carpophore — /kahr peuh fawr , fohr /, n. Bot. 1. a slender prolongation of the floral axis, bearing the carpels of some compound fruits, as in many plants of the parsley family. 2. Mycol. the fruiting body of the higher fungi. [1865 70; CARPO 1 + PHORE] * *… …
20Magnoliales — ▪ plant order Introduction the magnolia order of flowering plants, consisting of 5 families, 154 genera, and about 3,000 species. Members of Magnoliales include woody shrubs, climbers, and trees. Along with the orders Laurales, Piperales, and… …
