Botany Terms

Front 1

corolla

Back 1

set of petals

Front 2

umbel

Back 2

pedicels all the same length

Front 3

polysepalous

Back 3

sepals unfused

Front 4

tuber

Back 4

swollen fleshy tip of underground stem

Front 5

follicle

Back 5

dry fruit; splits open along single seam to release seeds

Front 6

drupe

Back 6

pericarp divided three layers
seed>pit(stone)>flesh(meso)>skin(exo)

Front 7

berry

Back 7

pericarp is soft

Front 8

indehiscent

Back 8

not designed to open and release seeds

Front 9

true fruit

Back 9

develops from single ovary of single flower

Front 10

polypetalous

Back 10

petals unfused

Front 11

gamopetalous

Back 11

petals fused

Front 12

adventitious

Back 12

roots originating from within stems

Front 13

capsule

Back 13

dehiscent fruit from a compound pistil

Front 14

bulb

Back 14

short underground stem surrounded by fleshly leaf bases

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rachis

Back 15

extension of the petiole that bears the pinnae

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pinnate

Back 16

long axis to cmpd leaf

Front 17

indeterminate

Back 17

inflorescence in which the main axis produces only lateral flowers

Front 18

determinate

Back 18

inflorescence in which the main axis terminates in a flower that opens up first, causing growth of the primary axis to stop

Front 19

multiple fruit

Back 19

fruit from multiple closely packed flowers

Front 20

accessory fruit

Back 20

fruit/clusters includes tissue not derived from ovary

Front 21

aggregate fruit

Back 21

fruit from several to many carpels from a single flower

Front 22

typically has tapped roots

Back 22

dicots

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corymb

Back 23

flowers all end up at the same height point

Front 24

typically has fibrous roots

Back 24

monocots

Front 25

rhizome

Back 25

stem with horizontal growth; usually subterraneous

Front 26

stolon

Back 26

horizontally growing stem above ground surface; produces offshoots

Front 27

hypogynous

Back 27

superior

Front 28

septa/septum

Back 28

wall divides chambers of a compound pistil

Front 29

cyme

Back 29

blooms at the center first, then center of side branches. DETERMINATE

Front 30

hypanthium

Back 30

floral cup

Front 31

epigynous

Back 31

inferior

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pedicle

Back 32

supports flower

Front 33

peduncle

Back 33

long axil

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zygomorphic

Back 34

bilaterally symmetrical

Front 35

style

Back 35

rises up from the ovary, at the summit

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actinomorphic

Back 36

radially symmetrical

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stamen

Back 37

male parts, of anther on top of a filament

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receptacle

Back 38

summit of pedicel

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adnation

Back 39

fusion of unlike parts

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connation

Back 40

fusion of like parts

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monoecious

Back 41

unisexual, parts on different areas of plant

Front 42

dioecious

Back 42

different male and female plants

Front 43

radicle

Back 43

embryonic root

Front 44

panacle

Back 44

peduncle is branched

Front 45

palmate

Back 45

no rachis; leaflets attached to common plant

Front 46

cauline

Back 46

leaves on the stem

Front 47

dissections

Back 47

simple OR compound OR doubly compound

Front 48

achene

Back 48

dry, indehiscent, single-seeded fruit

Front 49

carpel

Back 49

subunit of a compound pistil

Front 50

pistil

Back 50

female parts

Front 51

sepals

Back 51

green, leaf-like; outermost whorl

Front 52

pedicel

Back 52

stalk

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gynoecium

Back 53

pistil or set of pistils

Front 54

androecium

Back 54

set of stamens

Front 55

perianth

Back 55

calyx and corolla

Front 56

calyx

Back 56

set of sepals

Front 57

acuminate

Back 57

sharp, long-tapering

Front 58

mucronate

Back 58

small, abrupt point