usually surrounding the seed. 

 Arillate JM^S^frx! Having an aril. 



Aristate ^i^W Awned; bearing a bristle-like appendage. 

 Armed ^-f'JKj Bearing thorns or prickles. 

 Aromatic Jf^^fy Having a spicy smell or taste. 

 Asexual 4ffif4fil) Without sex organs. 

 Asymmetrical /Ffjffcfft Irregular in outline or shape. 

 Athyroid tt¥^^.^ Resembling Athyrium. 

 Attenuate |#f$S#j Tapered. 



Auricle %~% A small lobe or ear, e.g. at the base of a leaf blade. 

 Awl-shaped §§^6*1 Narrow and tapering to a point; subulate. 

 Awn £ A bristle-like appendage, especially on the glumes or lemmas of grasses. 

 Axil 8$ The angle formed between the axis and any organ which arises from it, 



particularly a leaf. 

 Axile Ft>#3^ Borne on the axis. 

 Axile placenta ^M\%klSL Where the ovules are arranged along the central axis of the 



ovary. 

 Axillary fl££B*J Growing in an axil. 

 Axillary bud $£3f A bud located in a leaf axil. 

 Axis $il] An imaginary line around which the organs, e.g. of an inflorescence, are 



developed. 

 Bacca ^tH Berry. 

 Baccate 3&^$#j Berry-like. 

 Barbate JdMSEft Bearded. 



Bark ffifc The covering of a stem outside the wood, the bast. 

 Basal leaf ~^^M A leaf attached to the base of the stem. 

 Basifixed flgir&lj Attached by the base. 

 Bast |5 ^SR The bark of the stem. 

 Beak % A pointed projection. 

 Bearded j^fif^g^ Furnished with long stiff hairs. 



Berry W<^ A fleshy fruit in which the seeds are enclosed by a pulpy ovary wall. 

 Biennial H^£fi*j Requiring two seasons to complete its life cycle. 

 Bifid llgjftj 2-cleft. 

 Bifurcate ZL'%M Twice forked. 

 Bilabiate Hflf&l 2-lipped. 



Bilateral fe^'fr-j Arranged on opposite sides of an axis. 

 Binate "gi^j Divided into two parts. 



Bipinnate ZHH^^S ; J When both primary and secondary divisions of a leaf are pinnate. 

 Bisexual M'|'4KJ Having both stamens and pistils. 

 Biternate ZUHHffifi^ Twice divided into threes. 

 Bladdery M'MWJ Thin and inflated. 

 Blade ~^}f The expanded part of a leaf. 

 Bloomy i'Mfj) With a whitish waxy covering. 



Bract &}'{ A modified leaf, especially the leaf from the axil of which a flower develops. 

 Bracteal MV\^} Having the nature of a bract. 

 Bract eat e S^Mffi Bearing bracts. 

 Bracteole >h%Y\ A small bract. 



Bractlet '\^%r\ A bract inserted on a pedicel rather than subtending it. 

 Branchlet /Jv^ A small branch. 



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