Tuberculate Jgiffc, ^/>|g Covered with knobby projections. 



Tuberoid i&^it Resembling a tuber. 



Tubular ^f ^c Hollow, like a pipe. 



Tunicate M<W<^1 Coated 



Turbinate f£M\j\ Shaped like a top. 



Turgid §;'\k Swollen, but not with air. 



Twig $5t£ A small shoot or branch. 



Twiners HHm Plants which climb by stems which twine around their support. 



Twitting fiH Winding spirally. 



Umbel Wt.T&ttFf- A flower cluster in which the pedicels arise from one point like the 



ribs of an umbrella. 

 Umbellate Wj&$i Arranged in umbels. 



Umbo PfJ^f The central point of a cone scale, as in Pinus. 

 Uncinate -Jl-^fi*J Hooked. 

 Under shrub -|-/f/i ^ A low shrub, particularly one growing near or under taller shrubs 



or trees. 

 Undidate ^W\S Wavy. 

 Unifoliate A^H With a single leaflet. 

 Unilaterally ij'-MEft In a one-sided manner. 

 Unilocular ^.|g$j One-celled. 

 Unisexual M'- ft Eft Of one sex. 



Urceolate jSj|$; Contracted at the mouth; urn-shaped. 

 Utricle MW: A membranous bladdery sac enclosing an achene, or the whole fruiting 



structure including both sac and achene. 

 Vaginate ^fJEft Sheathed. 

 Vallecular ~}XMfM^ Having grooves with ridges bstween, as the fruit of Umbclliferac 



or the stems of Equisctum. 

 Valvate %$JHk, SUfH^ Opening by valves; parts meeting in a flower bud but not 



overlapping. 

 Valve vS$$, 7 A¥\ A partially detached lid of an anther pore; a section of a dehiscent 



capsule. 

 Valvular ffl&k Opening by valves. 

 Variegated -j|fe$J Irregulary colored; blotched. 

 Varietal ~$lW?ti Pertaining to a variety. 

 Variety ^g A subdivision of a species. 

 Vascular ft'lffft Relating to vessels. 



Vegetative 'B r M$ { J Relating to a growing shoot, rather than to an inflorescence. 

 Vein M. A strand of vascular tissue in a leaf. 

 Veinlet ffljjljt A small vein. 

 Velum ^Hf^ A membrane; particularly the membrane covering the sporocarp in 



Isoetes. 

 Velvety $M?& Soft-hairy. 



Venation MFf The arrangement of veins in a leaf. 

 Ventral fltMEft The inner face, as of a leaf or carpel. 

 Vernation #jM#JI^; Arrangement of leaves in the bud. 

 Verrucose #$fEft Warty. 

 Versatile T^M Turning freely on its stalk. 

 Vertex *£ Tip. 

 Verticil late ^^ Whorled. 



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