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20 Cards in this Set
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AXIL
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The upper angle of where a leaf stalks joins the stem or a smaller stem joins a larger one.
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ALTERNATE
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One leaf attached at each node. See opposite and whorled
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CAPSULE
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A dry fruit which contains more than one seed and splits open when ripe.
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CALKIN
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A compound bloom consisting of scaly bracts and flowers of the same sex
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DECIDIOUS
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Refers to Trees which drop their leaves in Autum Compare evergreen.
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DOWNY
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With very short and weak soft hairs.
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Drupe
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A type of fruit having a single seed en closed in a hard layer and that is covered with soft, often juicy flesh,as in cherries and peaches.
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Evergreen
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A plant that retains green leaves throughout the year. Life span of an individual leaf can be 2-15 years.
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Leaflet
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A leaf-like portions of the blade of a compound leaf. There is no bud in the axil of its petiole.
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Leaf Scar-
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The impression in a twig at the point where a leaf was attached.
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Lenticel
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A pore in the bark of young trunks and branches through which air passes to interior cells.
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Lobe
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A division or projecting part of the blade of a leaf.
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Opposite
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Two leaves attached at each node.See alternate and whorled.
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Pedicel
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The stalk of a flower or inflorescence.
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Petiole
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The stalk attachinga leaf blade of a leaf.
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PITH
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The spongey material in the center of twigs and young truncks
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SESSILE
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Refers to a plant part having its bas eattached directly to the stem without a intervening.
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STALKED
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REFERS to a lea f or a flower having a lenth or petiole or pecicil between its base and the stem See sessile
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WITCHES
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Abnormal brushy growth of small branches caused by an infection
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WHORLED
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Three of more leaves or other parts attached to a stemat the same point
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