Ligulate. 
Linear. 
Membranaceous or 
Membraneous. 
Monostachya. 
Muricated. 
Nodes. 
Obcordate. 
Obovate. 
Orbicular. 
Order. 
Ovate. 
Panicle. 
Paniculate. 
Patent. 
Patulous. 
Pedicel. 
Peduncle. 
Pendulous. 
Perianth. 
Petal. 
Petiole. 
Pili. 
Pilose. 
Pistil. 
Plicate. 
Plumose. 
Pruinose. 
Pseudobulb. 
Pubescent. 
Pulverulent. 
Pyriform. 
Raceme. 
Racemose. 
Rachis. 
Radiate. 
Radicle. 
Raft. 
Reniform. 
Repand. 
Resuspinate. 
Retrorse. 
Retuse. 
Revolute. 
Rhizome. 
Rhomboid. 
Ringent. 
Strap-shaped. 
Long and narrow. 
Having the texture of a membrane. 
Having a single spike. 
Covered with short, hard excrescences. 
Knots; points from which leaf buds spring. 
Inversely heart-shaped. 
Inversely egg-shaped. 
Round (said of a leaf in which the stem is in the centre 
with veins spreading equally in all directions). 
A large division in the classification of plants. It is often 
subdivided into tribes. 
Egg-shaped. 
A branching raceme. 
Forming a panicle. 
Spreading. 
Divergent; spreading outwards. 
Stalk of a flower in a cluster or a small branch of a peduncle. 
Stalk supporting a cluster of flowers. 
Hanging or drooping. 
Name sometimes given to the calyx or corolla, or both. 
One of the separate parts of a corolla. Orchids usually have 
three petals, the lower one modified into a labellum. 
Leaf stalk. 
Enlarged cells—simple hairs. 
Provided with pili. 
The female organ of a plant. 
Folded or plaited. 
Furnished with feathery hairs. - 
Frosted. 
An enlarged bulbous-like aerial stem covered with a thick 
epidermis. 
Covered with soft, short downy hairs. 
Covered with fine, powdery matter. 
Pear-shaped. 
Primary peduncle or floral axis with the youngest flowers 
at the top; a cluster. 
Flowering in racemes. 
(a) A name sometimes given to the general axis of in- 
florescence or flower spike. 
(b) The main stem of a plant. 
Said of a flower when the florets of the ray or margin are 
ligulate, while those of the centre or disk are tubular. 
Young root growing from the embryo in the seed. 
A lattice-like structure used as a support for certain orchids. 
Kidney-shaped. 
Having a slightly wavy margin. 
Inverted by a twist of the stalk. 
Turned backwards. 
Blunt—said of a leaf when the apex is flattened or slightly 
depressed. 
Curled or rolled outwards. 
A root stock; stem which runs along the surface of the 
soil, sends out roots from the lower side and leaf-buds 
or branches from the upper side. 
Oval but somewhat angular in the middle. 
Arched or gaping. 
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