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THE VIRIDIPLANTAE

GLOSSARY FOR THE KINGDOM VIRIDIPLANTAE

This page is intended as a supplement to the Kingdom Viridiplantae and its related pages.  It is not intended as an exhaustive glossary of botanical terms.  Click on the first letter of the term or short phrase to come close to the term in question. 

 

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A

ABAXIAL

ACENTRIC MITOSIS

ACHENE

ACROCARPOUS

ACTINOMORPHIC

ACTINOSTELE

ADAXIAL SURFACE

ADVENTITIOUS ROOTS

AERENCHYMA

AGGREGATE FRUIT

AMPHAGASTREA

AMPHIPHLOIC SIPHONOSTELE

ANTHER

ANTHERIDIA

ANTHERIDIAL INITIAL

APOCARPOUS

ARCHAEGONIAL CHAMBER

ARCHAEGONIUM

ARILS

ATACTOSTELE

AWN

B

BASAL ROSETTE

BASAL SHEATH

BERRY

BISEXUAL STROBILI

BISPORANGIATE CONES

BITEGMATIC OVULES

BORDERED PITS

BRACT

C

CALYPTRA

CALYX

CAMBIUM

CANAL

CAPSULE

CAPSULES

CARYOPSIS

CATKIN

CELL CAP

CELL PLATE

CELLULOSIC SCALES

CENTRARCH STELES

CENTRIFUGALLY

CENTRIPETALLY

CIRCINATE VERNATION

CLOCKWISE BASAL BODIES

COENOBIA

COLUMELLA

COMPANION CELLS

COMPLETE

COMPOUND STROBILI

CONE SCALE

COROLLA

CORTEX

CORTICATED

CORYMBS

COUNTER-CLOCKWISE BASAL BODIES

CRUCIATE FLAGELLAR ROOTS

CUP-SHAPED INDUSIUM

CUPULE

D

DECUSSATE

DEHISCE

DEHISCE

DESMIDS

DETERMINATE GROWTH

DICHOTOMOUS BRANCHING

DICOT

DICOTYLEDONOUS

DICTYOSTELE

DIOECIOUS

DIRECTLY OPPOSED BASAL BODIES

DRUPE

E

ECTOPHLOIC SIPHONOSTELE

EGG

ELATER

EMBRYO SAC

EMBRYOPHYTE

ENATION

ENDOSPERM

ENDOSPERM

ENTIRE

EPIDERMIS

EPIGYNOUS

EPIPHYTES

EUSPORANGIA

EUSPORANGIATE SYNANGIA

EUSTELIC

EXARCH PROTOSTELES

F

FALSE BERRY

FALSE INDUSIUM

FERTILE PINNA

FIBERS

FIBERS)

FILAMENT

FLOWER

FOLLICLE

FOOT

FRONDS

FRUIT

FURROWING

G

GAMETOPHORE (GAMETANGIOPHORE)

GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE

GEOPHYTES

GYNOECIUM

H

HAPLONTIC

HEAD

HESPERIDIUM

HETEROSPOROUS

HOMOSPOROUS SPORANGIA

HYDROIDS

HYPOGYNOUS

I

IMPERFECT FLOWER

INCOMPLETE

INDETERMINATE

INFLORESCENCE

INTEGUMENTS

INTERCALARY MERISTEM

INVOLUCRE

J

K

L

LATEX

LEAVES

LEGUME

LEPTOIDS

LEPTOSPORANGIATE

LIGNIFIED

LIGULES

LIPID BODY

LOCULE

LONGITUDINAL LAMELLAE

M

MACROPHYLLS

MEGASPOROCYTE

MEROUS

MESARCH

METACENTRIC CENTRIOLES

MICROPHYLLS

MICROPYLE

MONOCOT

MONOSULCATE

MUCILAGE CANALS

MULTIAXIAL

MULTILAYERED STRUCTURE (MLS)

MULTIPLE FRUIT

N

NECK CANAL CELLS

NECK CELLS

NODULES

NUCELLUS

NUT

O

OPERCULUM

OVERTOPPING

OVULARIES

OVULARY

OVULE

P

PALMATELY VEINED

PAPPUS

PENDANT

PEPO

PERFECT FLOWER

PERFECT FLOWER

PERIANTH

PERISTOMAL TEETH

PERISTOME

PETALOID

PETALS

PHLOEM 

PHRAGMOPLAST

PHYCOPLAST

PINNA

PINNATELY VEINED

PISTILS

PLACENTATION

PLECTOSTELE

PLEUROCARPOUS

POLAR CENTRIOLES

POLLEN

POLLEN 3 APERTURES

POLLEN CHAMBER

POLYPETALOUS

POLYSTELIC

POME

PROTHALLIAL CELL

PROTONEMA

PROTONEMA

PSEUDOMONOPODIAL

PSEUDOPODIUM

Q

R

RACEME

RANKS

RECEPTACLE

RHIZOIDS

RHIZOMATOUS

RHIZOME

RHIZOPLAST

ROOTS

ROSETTE TREES

S

SACCATE

SACCATE

SAMARA

SARCINOID

SCALARIFORM

SCHIZOCARP

SECONDARY XYLEM

SEED

SEPALS

SETA

SIEVE TUBES

SIPHONOSTELE

SOLENOSTELE

SORUS

SPADIX

SPATULATE

SPIKE

SPIKELET

SPORANGIOPHORES

SPUR SHOOT

STALK CELL

STAMENS

STIGMA

STIPULES

STOMATA

STROBILI

STYLE

SUNKEN STOMATA

SUNKEN STOMATA

SYNCARPOUS

T

TEPALS

THALLUS

TRACHEIDS

TRISULCATE

TRUE INDUSIUM

TUBE CELL

TWO-RANKED

U

UMBEL

UNISTRATOSE

UNISTRATOSE

V

VASCULAR BUNDLES

VENTER

VESSELS

W

WHORLED LEAVES

X

XYLEM

Y

Z

ZYGOMORPHIC

 


This page is maintained by Jack R. Holt.  Last modified 03/08/2007 .