Floret /jNft A small flower, as one unit of a grass spikelet. 



Foetid %$$ With a strong and disagreeable odor. 



Foliaceous 'M\kify Leaf-like. 



Foliate ^Mtfy With leaves. 



Foliolate -^'h%N) With leaflets. 



Follicle iffH A fruit composed of one carpel which opens along one side. 



Free $|£ Not joined, the reverse of adnate. 



Fringed }k§i\k The margin bearing hair-like appendages. 



Fruit $kfX The fertilized and developed ovary. 



Frutescent : M~^\k Becoming shrubby. 



Fugacious yfci'#i'ft Soon falling off. 



Fulvous H^fe Tawny, brownish yellow. 



Fuscous Kfr.Ci Dusky, brownish gray. 



Fusiform |^|/v Spindle-shaped, tapering towards each end. 



Gamopetalous £-$f$j Having the petals united. 



Geniculate IjjiilliM Abruptly bent. 



Genus (pi. genera) M The smallest natural group containing distinct species. 



Gibbous iJcitft With a pouch-like enlargement. 



Glabrate HM^S Almost glabrous. 



Glabrous M=&{fy Smooth, without hairs. 



Glabrescent j#£=§6'?J Becoming glabrous. 



Gland (]!jJ A secreting structure. 



Glandular -JMi. Having glands. 



Glandular hair ]]££ A hair with a gland at base or tip. 



Glaucescent jf^fe Somewhat glaucous. 



Glaucous ^f|$J Covered with a waxy bloom, as a cabbage leaf. 



Glomerate Plfl:-^ Gathered into heads. 



Glomerule Ml^CfefiF A dense head-like cluster. 



Glumes H/t The pair of scales which subtend a grass spikelet but do not directly 

 enclose a floret. 



Glumiferous M<M$I Bearing glumes. 



Glutinous Pififi^j Covered with a sticky exudation. 



Grain MV<< WtWi The caryopsis or fruit of a member of Gramineae. 



Granular SUfi^ Composed of small particles. 



Gregarious Tftlfc Growing in colonies. 



Grit cell SffflOS A cell of hardened stony texture, as in the fruit of the pear. 



Gynobasic J£jj Applied to a style which is attached at the base of the ovary. 



Gynophore iltlS^ The stalk of a pistil within the flower. 



Gynostemium ^ift The "column" of an orchid. 



Halberd- shaped ffiffc Hastate. 



Halophyte Jfi'l-Jifilt A plant of salt marshes or other salty situations. 



Hastate ^lf£ Like an arrowhead, with basal lobes turned widely outward; halberd- 

 shaped. 



Haustorium ®f§ Root-like sucker of a parasitic plant, e.g. Cuscuta. 



Head 'M{\k\\l\t' A dense cluster of small flowers. 



Herb '<"<'- ^\\{\M A plant with no persistent stem above ground. 



Herbaceous T^.'fW] Like an herb. 



Herbarium fjff^Ki/i-v A collection of dried plants. 



Hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic F'If'If/f; Having both sexes, e.g. with stamens and 



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